Ann E. Sutton
Annie Sutton was born in Pittsburgh, PA on April Fool's Day, 1946. She reportedly came out wailing and has done her best to continue doing so through out her singing career. Annie learned barbershop harmony and old standards by listening to her Dad sing around the house. She started singing professionally with a jazz piano trio but soon found herself belting out Blues, Rock and R&B with one of Pittsburgh's better-known bar bands of the 1960's, The Groove U, which featured Jimmy Beaumont and Robert Peckman. In 1971, Annie got a call to audition for The Rascals band in New York City.
The audition went very well, indeed, and Annie soon found herself living in the Rascals brownstone house in the Kips Bay section of Manhattan. She lived in NYC for 25 years and, in addition to the Rascals, Annie recorded and toured with White Elephant, Ten Wheel Drive, Gregg Allman, Robert Palmer, and Irene Cara. Annie was no stranger to the studio scene and has been heard on many radio and television commercials including Diet Coke, Chevrolet, and AT&T.
After moving back to Pittsburgh in 2001, Annie met Jeff Ingersoll (the one and only Bone Daddy) through her cousin Mike Sweeny, one of Pittsburgh's better known songwriters and a fine bass player as well. Jeff and Annie hit it off musically and are currently collaborating on recording a cd at Jeff's Boneyard Studios in McKeesport.
Here's a quote from Pittsburgh Blues legend Billy Price about one of Annie's recent appearances:
The high point of the night for me was Annie Sutton's amazing version of the Jerry Ragovoy song "You Don't Know Nothing About Love." I had never heard Annie before, but she is amazing (she did at least one LP with Felix Cavaliere and the Young Rascals). One of these days, after I stop monopolizing all the time at the studio, maybe Jeff will finish a CD with Annie-- I guarantee you it will be good.