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Chelsea Girl (Album) by Nico

Artist Biography For Nico

Nico 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988 Was A German Model Actress Singer And Songwriter. She Was Born Christa Päffgen In Cologne Germany.
Nico Started A Successful Career As A Model In Berlin And Paris Studied Acting At Lee Strasberg's New York Actor Studio. She Then Became Part Of The Swinging London Scene And Had A Short Relationship With The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones And She Recorded Her First Record In London In 1965 The Single I'm Not Saying/The Last Mile Produced By Jimmy Page For Rolling Stones Manager Andrew Loog Oldham's Label Immediate Records. Thanks To Jones She Met Andy Warhol In New York City And Became Part Of Warhol's Factory And Warhol Introduced Her To The Rock Band The Velvet Underground With Whom She Recorded The Album "The Velvet Underground & Nico" Featuring The Legendary Banana Cover Designed By Andy Warhol. The Album Has Been Named By Numerous Publications As One Of The Top 100 Albums Of All Time And Is Often Considered One Of History's 10 Most Influential Albums By Critics. Nico Later Recorded Several Solo Albums Including The Folksy Chelsea Girl In 1967 Followed By Original Albums Such As The Marble Index And Desertshore Which Were Much Darker And Avant Garde In Style. She Released Several More Albums Throughout The 1970s And 1980s Including The End... But Died In 1988 From A Cerebral Hemorrhage After Falling From Her Bike In Ibiza Spain. She Is Buried In Berlin Next To Her Mother. Solo Studio Discography 1967 - Chelsea Girl
1969 - The Marble Index
1970 - Desertshore
1974 - The End...
1981 - Drama Of Exile
1985 - Camera Obscura Live Discography 1974 - June 1 1974 With Kevin Ayers John Cale And Brian Eno 1986 - Behind The Iron Curtain
1986 - Live Heroes
1986 - Nico In Tokyo
1989 - Hanging Gardens
1993 - Do Or Die!
1994 - Heroine
1994 - Fata Morgana
1994 - Live In Pécs 1985
2000 - In Europe Do Or Die Diary 1982
2001 - Janitor Of Lunacy
2003 - 1972-01-29 Le Bataclan Paris France With Lou Reed And John Cale 2007 - All Tomorrow's Parties Live

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Chelsea Girl

Chelsea Girl Is The Debut Solo Studio Album By German Singer Nico Released On October 1967 Through Verve Records. The Album Recorded Following Nico's Collaboration With The Velvet Underground On Their 1967 Debut Studio Album. The Title Is A Reference To Andy Warhol's 1966 Film Chelsea Girls In Which Nico Starred. Much Of The Album Features Instrumental Work And Songwriting Credits From Velvet Underground Members Lou Reed Sterling Morrison And John Cale. The Song "I'll Keep It With Mine" Was Written By Bob Dylan While Three Songs Are By Jackson Browne Who Contributes Guitar.