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Anastacia Newkirk (her real name) was
born September 17, either 1974 or 1973 (the year is
not confirmed yet) in New York City and was raised
by her mother in Chicago following her parents'
divorce. At age 14, she moved back to the West Side
of Manhattan. "I come from a very artistic
family," says the artist. "My father was a
singer on the Catskills hotel and East Coast
nightclub circuits. My mother is an actress who
worked in musical theater and on Broadway. It wasn't
as though I've wanted to be a singer all my life,
but I grew up in an atmosphere of artistic
expression and encouragement."
Anastacia graduated from the Professional Children's
School in Manhattan where, she recalls, "I was
just about the only student not working
already." She dabbled in poetry; sang along
with her mother's Barbra Streisand and Elton John
records; and with her older sister, became a regular
at the New York dance club 1018.
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