The daughter of a North Carolina preacher, piano mistress Tori Amos' first foray into pop music was with a rather tacky quasi-metal band called Y Kant Tori Read. Bucking the then-popular crunchy '90s grunge sounds, her debut solo album, 1992's "Little Earthquakes," found a healthy niche market. Her follow-up, "Under the Pink," catapulted Amos into stardom with hits such as "Cornflake Girl" and "God."  

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