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Sting
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Born: Oct 2, 1951
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Born Gordon Matthew Sumner in Wallsend, Northumberland. His mother was Audrey, and his father was Ernest. He received his name Sting from his striped sweater in which Gordon Solomon said that he looked like a bee.
Primarily a musician, he worked in the band "The Police" until 1984 after which he went solo. Before his music career he was a ditch digger, a school-teacher who taught English and was also a soccer coach. He received an honorary Doctorate of Music degree from Northumbria University in October 1992, and from Berklee College of Music in May, 1994. He plays on guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, piano, harmonica, saxophone and pan-flute.
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