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Melissa Ferrick

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American musician

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Boston
Active from
1970-09-21
folk

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
89,600
Total plays
909,670

Tags

female vocalistssinger-songwriterfolkfolk rockacoustic

American singer-songwriter Melissa Ferrick (born September 21, 1970) emerged in 1991 as part of a group of new female alternative singer/songwriters, much in the vein of Liz Phair. Ferrick began singing in coffeehouses after dropping out of college, eventually winding up in Boston. Her major breakthrough arrived one night when she replaced Morrissey's opening act less than an hour before showtime. Ferrick's performance impressed Morrissey and he invited her to open for him during the rest of the

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Global cancer statistics

    · 2011 · cited 23,192x

  2. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,617x

  3. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,787x

  4. Theory Building From Cases: Opportunities And Challenges

    · 2007 · cited 12,146x

  5. A program for annotating and predicting the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms, SnpEff

    · 2012 · cited 11,284x

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