Sting - Every Breath You Take

Born in Newcastle, England in 1951, the son of a milkman, Gordon Matthew Sumner, grew up in the turmoil of the shipbuilding industry and wanted to become a musician very early.

He played cruise ships, backing strippers in cabarets, and developed a love for the bass guitar. Having played in jazz/rock bands like "Last Exit" and other various groups, including a Dixieland jazz group, where he got the name "Sting" from a yellow/black striped shirt, he settled down with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers for a decade-long tenure with the smashing rock trio, The Police.

He then went on to record solo albums. In addition, holds a reputation as one of the most literate songwriters and talented musicians in the world. Sting is married to film producer Trudie Styler, and has six children with Trudie and ex-wife, actress Frances Tomelty. Sting owns a Jacobian castle in Wiltshire, which he calls "Lake House", where he records his albums, a place in London, an apartment in New York, a place on the beach in Malibu, California, and a Renaissance Florentine Villa called "Palagio" in Figline Valdarno, Tuscany, Italy.

One ironic thing pertaining to Sting is that for one summer he attended the University of Saskatchewan as before he got his start within music he intended to pursue a career as a teacher.

Called pretentious and is accused of intellectual arrogance for stepping into territory not usually covered by pop stars. Yet with time Sting has went far beyond the days of dealing with the music critics.