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performing south wales , australia photo : denise o'hara at the narooma blues festival , in new -lsb- http://www.reneegeyer.com.au official website -rsb- dry , easy pieces , bump band red , sun , mother earth , sanctuary 1970 & ndash ; present rca , abc , larrikin , a & m , emi , mushroom/fesival , polydor , portrait , wea renée geyer
 renée geyer solo_singer 11 september 1953 pop , r & b , jazz , soul renee geyer.jpg melbourne , victoria , australia renée rebecca geyer singer
renée geyer

renée rebecca geyer -lrb- born 11 september 1953 , melbourne , victoria , australia -rrb- is an australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz , soul and r&b idioms .
she had commercial success as a solo artist in australia , with `` it 's a man 's man 's world '' , `` heading in the right direction '' and `` stares and whispers '' in the 1970s and `` say i love you '' in the 1980s .
geyer has also been an internationally respected and sought-after backing vocalist , whose session credits include work with sting , chaka khan , toni childs and joe cocker .
in 2000 , her autobiography , `` confessions of a difficult woman '' , co-written with music journalist ed nimmervoll , was published .
in her candid book , geyer detailed her drug addictions , sex life and career in music .
she described herself as `` a white hungarian jew from australia sounding like a 65-year-old black man from alabama '' .
she spent more than ten years based in the united states but had little chart success there .
geyer returned to australia in the mid-1990s and her career has continued into the 21st century with her 2003 album , `` tenderland '' , which peaked at # 11 on the aria albums charts .
rock historian ian mcfarlane described her as having a `` rich , soulful , passionate and husky vocal delivery '' .
geyer 's iconic status in the australian music industry was recognised when she was inducted into the aria hall of fame on 14 july 2005 , alongside the easybeats , hunters & collectors , smoky dawson , split enz and normie rowe .
geyer and fellow 1970s singer , marcia hines , are the subjects of australian academic , jon stratton 's 2008 cultural studies article , `` a jew singing like a black woman in australia : race , renée geyer , and marcia hines '' .
