Kate Bush turns 60
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Today is the 60th birthday of Kate Bush. She wrote her first big hit "Wuthering Heights" when she was 18 years old after watching the end of a documentary about Emily Bronte's novel of the same name.
Some of the lyrics in the song are drawn directly from the novel. The song was a number one hit in the United Kingdom in 1978.
Earlier, this year, Bush was commissioned to write a tribute to Bronte. It will be engraved on a stone which will be part of a series of sculptures honoring Bronte near her birthplace in England.
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