Melissa Etheridge Profile

Birth Name: Melissa Lou Etheridge

Birth Date: May 29th, 1961

Birth Place: Leavenworth, Kansas

Genres:
Rock

Spouse:
Actress Tammy Lynn Michaels

Children:
Son, Miller Steven, born on October 17th, 2006
Daughter, Johnnie Rose, born on October 17th, 2006

Debut Album: Melissa Etheridge (1988)

Breakthrough Singles:
"I'm the Only One" (1993)
"Come to My Window" (1994)
"If I Wanted To" (1995)
"I Want to Come Over" (1996)
"I Need to Wake Up" (2006)

Did You Know:
Her song "I Need to Wake Up" for the movie "Inconvienent Truth" won an Oscar in 2007
She is openly gay and a gay rights activist