The Famous Lady Gaga

This Blog is for ages six to thirty.  For all Lady Gaga fans as well!! Go Gaga.     

     Joanna Stefani Germanotta known as Lady Gaga was born on March 20^th, 1986.  She got her nickname from a Queen’s song called “Radio Gaga.”  She is from a good Italian family from the lower East Side of New York.  Lady Gaga ahs become a successful American singer, writer and musician.

 

     Growing up, Joanna would sing along on her tape recorder to songs by Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper.  Her and her father used to enjoy the Beatles and Rolling Stones together while dancing and singing along.  Her favorite gender of music is rock, pop and theatre, which have reflected her own style of music.  By the age of thirteen, Joanna had written her first piano ballad.  She attended Regis High School where she participated in several school plays and was part of the Jazz Band.  Surprisingly she also attended an all-girls private school called the Convent of the Sacred Heart School – where Paris and Nicky Hilton attended too.

 

     Her career began to form at the age of fourteen when she would sing on open mike nights at clubs like Bitter’s End in New York City.  In 2006 Joanna started working with music producer Rob Fusari.  With him, she wrote many of her early down town hits.  It was in 2007 when Joanna landed a job that would change her life drastically forever.  She was offered a deal with Interscope as a songwriter and was partnered with Akon.

 

     Now Joanna is a worldwide known American singer.  She has recently released an album titled The Fame and has successfully hit the charts at number five in Canada.