Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Amy Jade Winehouse
Born	14 September 1983 Southgate, London, England
Died	23 July 2011 (aged 27) Camden, London, İngiltərə
Genres	Soul, R&B, jazz
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1998–2011
Labels	Island, Lioness, Universal Republic (U.S.)
Website	amywinehouse.com

Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer-songwriter, known for her powerful contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul, and jazz. She received extensive publicity over her substance abuse and mental health issues.
Winehouse’s 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her 2006 follow-up album, Back to Black, led to six Grammy Award nominations and five wins, tying the record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night, and made Winehouse the first British singer to win five Grammys, including three of the “Big Four”: Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. On 14 February 2007, she won a BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist; she had also been nominated for Best British Album. She won the Ivor Novello Award three times, one in 2004 for Best Contemporary Song (musically and lyrically) for “Stronger Than Me”, one in 2007 for Best Contemporary Song for “Rehab”, and one in 2008 for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for “Love Is a Losing Game”, among other prestigious distinctions. The album was the third biggest seller of the 2000s in the United Kingdom.
Winehouse had been credited as an influence in the rise in popularity of female musicians and soul music, and also for revitalising British music. Winehouse’s distinctive style has been the muse for fashion designers such as Karl Lagerfeld. The singer’s problems with drug and alcohol abuse, as well as self-destructive behaviour, were regular tabloid news from 2007 until her death. She and her former husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were plagued by legal troubles that left him serving prison time. In 2008, Winehouse faced a series of health complications that threatened both her career and her life.
Winehouse died on 23 July 2011, at her home in London; police have described the cause of her death as “unexplained.”

Early life

Winehouse was born in the Southgate area of north London to a Jewish family. who were the source of her interest in jazz. Winehouse was the younger of two children of Mitchell Winehouse, a taxi driver, and Janis Winehouse (née Seaton), a pharmacist. Winehouse had an older brother, Alex. Mitchell would constantly sing around the house, often singing Frank Sinatra to young Amy, who also took to a constant habit of singing to the point that teachers found it difficult keeping her quiet in class.

When Winehouse was nine years old, her grandmother, Cynthia, suggested she attend the Susi Earnshaw Theatre School for further training. At age ten, Winehouse founded a short-lived rap group called Sweet ‘n’ Sour with childhood friend Juliette Ashby. She stayed at the Earnshaw school for four years before seeking full time training at Sylvia Young Theatre School, but was allegedly expelled at 14 for “not applying herself” and for piercing her nose. With other children from the Sylvia Young School, she appeared in an episode of The Fast Show in 1997. She later attended the BRIT School inSelhurst, Croydon and attended Southgate School and Ashmole School.
Music career
Early career
After toying with her brother’s guitar, Winehouse received her first guitar when she was 13, and began writing music a year later. She began working soon after, including as a showbiz journalist for the World Entertainment News Network, in addition to singing with a jazz band. Her sometimes boyfriend at the time, soul singer Tyler James, sent her demo tape to an A&R person. Winehouse signed to Simon Fuller’s 19 Management in 2002. While being developed by the management company, the artist was kept an industry secret. Her future A&R representative at Island/Universal, Darcus Beese, heard her by accident when the manager of The Lewinson Brothers showed him some productions of his clients on which Winehouse featured as vocalist. When he asked who the singer was the manager told him he was not allowed to say. Having decided that he wanted to sign her it took several months of asking around for Beese to eventually discover who the singer was. By this time Winehouse had already recorded a number of songs and signed a publishing deal with EMI. Through the publishers she formed a working relationship with the producer Salaam Remi.
Beese introduced Winehouse to his boss, Nick Gatfield, and the Island head shared his enthusiasm in signing the young artist. Winehouse was signed to Island/Universal as rival interest in Winehouse had started to build, with representatives at EMI and Virgin also starting to make moves. Beese told HitQuarters that he felt the reason behind the excitement over an artist who was an atypical pop star for the time was due to a backlash against reality TV music shows with audiences becoming starved for genuine young talent.
Major label success
Winehouse’s debut album, Frank, was released on 20 October 2003. Produced mainly by Salaam Remi, many songs were influenced by jazz and, apart from two covers, every song was co-written by Winehouse. The album received positive reviews with compliments over the “cool, critical gaze” in its lyrics and brought comparisons of her voice to Sarah Vaughan, Macy Gray and others.
The album entered the upper levels of the UK album chart in 2004 when it was nominated for BRIT Awards in the categories of “British Female Solo Artist” and “British Urban Act”. It went on to achieve platinum sales. Later in 2004, she won the Ivor Novello songwriting Award for Best Contemporary Song, alongside Salaam Remi, with her contribution to the first single, “Stronger Than Me”. The album also made the short list for the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. In the same year, she performed at the Glastonbury festival, on the Jazzworld stage, and at the V Festival. After the release of the album, Winehouse commented that she was “only 80 percent behind [the] album” because of the inclusion by her record label of certain songs and mixes she disliked.
International success
In contrast to her jazz-influenced former album, Winehouse’s focus shifted to the girl groups of the 1950s and 1960s. Winehouse hired New York singer Sharon Jones’s longtime band, the Dap-Kings to back her up in the studio and on tour. In May 2006, Winehouse’s demonstration tracks such as “You Know I’m No Good” and “Rehab” appeared on Mark Ronson’s New York radio show on East Village Radio. These were some of the first new songs played on the radio after the release of “Pumps” and both were slated to appear on her second album. The 11-track album was produced entirely by Salaam Remi and Ronson, with the production credits being split between them. Ronson said in a 2010 interview that he liked working with Winehouse because she was blunt when she did not like his work. Promotion of Back to Black soon began, and in early October 2006, Winehouse’s official website was re-launched with a new layout and clips of previously unreleased songs. Back to Black was released in the UK on 30 October 2006. It went to number one on the UK Albums Chart numerous times, and entered at number seven on the Billboard 200 in the United States. It was the best-selling album in the UK in 2007, selling 1.85 million copies over the year.
The album spawned a number of singles. The first single released from the album was the Ronson-produced “Rehab”. The song reached the top ten in the UK and US. Time magazine named “Rehab” the Best Song of 2007. Writer Josh Tyrangiel praised Winehouse for her confidence, opining, “What she is mouthy, funny, sultry, and quite possibly crazy” and, “It’s impossible not to be seduced by her originality. Combine it with production by Mark Ronson that references four decades worth of soul music without once ripping it off, and you’ve got the best song of 2007.” The album’s second single and lead single in the U.S., “You Know I’m No Good”, was released in January 2007 with a remix featuring rap vocals by Ghostface Killah. It ultimately reached number 18 on the UK singles chart. The title track, “Back to Black”, was released in the UK in April 2007 and peaked at number 25, but was more successful across mainland Europe. “Tears Dry on Their Own”, “Love Is a Losing Game” and “Just Friends” were also released as singles, but failed to achieve the same level of success.
A deluxe edition of Back to Black was also released on 5 November 2007 in the UK. The bonus disc features B-sides, rare, and live tracks, as well as “Valerie”. Winehouse’s debut DVD I Told You I Was Trouble: Live in London was released the same day in the U.K. and 13 November in the U.S. It includes a live set recorded at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire and a 50-minute documentary charting the singer’s career over the previous four years. Frank was released in the United States on 20 November 2007 to positive reviews. The album debuted at number 61 on the Billboard 200 chart. In addition to her own album, she has collaborated with other artists on singles. Winehouse was a vocalist on the song “Valerie” on Ronson’s solo album Version. The song peaked at number two in the UK, upon its October single release. The song was nominated for a 2008 Brit Award for “Best British Single”. Her work with ex-Sugababe Mutya Buena, “B Boy Baby,” was released on 17 December 2007. It served as the fourth single from Buena’s solo debut album Real Girl.
Continued success and acclaim
By year’s end, Winehouse had garnered numerous accolades and awards. The singer won 2008 Grammy Awards in the categories of Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the single “Rehab”, while her album Back to Black was nominated for Album of the Year and won the Best Pop Vocal Album award. Producer Mark Ronson’s work with her won the award in the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical category. The singer also earned a Grammy in the Best New Artist category. This earned Winehouse an entry in the 2009 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records for Most Grammy Awards won by a British Female Act. She performed “You Know I’m No Good” and “Rehab” at the awards ceremony via satellite, as her visa approval came through too late for her to travel to the U.S. She said “This is for London because Camden town is burning down,” in reference to the Camden Market fire. After the Grammy Awards, album sales increased catapulting Back to Black to number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 after initially peaking at number seven. On 13 January 2008, Back to Black held the number one position on the Billboard Pan European charts for the third straight week. In January 2008, Universal Music International said it believed that there was a correlation between number of albums sold and the extensive media coverage the singer had received.
A special deluxe edition of “Back to Black” topped the UK album charts on 2 March 2008. The original edition of the album resided at the number 30 position, in its 68th week on the charts, while “Frank” charted at number 35.[52] By 12 March, the album had sold a total of 2,467,575 copies, 318,350 of those in the previous 10 weeks, putting the album on the UK’s top 10 best-selling albums of the 21st century for the first time. On 7 April, “Back to Black” was residing at the top position on the pan-European charts for the sixth consecutive and thirteenth aggregate week.[54] Back to Black was the world’s seventh biggest selling album for 2008. These sales helped keep Universal Music’s recorded music division from dropping to levels experienced by the overall music market.
At the 2008 Ivor Novello Awards, Winehouse became the first artist to receive two nominations for the top award, best song, musically and lyrically. She won the award for “Love Is a Losing Game” and was nominated for “You Know I’m No Good”.[57] “Rehab”, a Novello winner for best contemporary song in 2006, also received a 2008 nomination for bestselling British song.[58] Winehouse was nominated for a MTV Europe Award in the Act of The Year category.[59] Amy Winehouse – The Girl Done Good: A Documentary Review, a 78-minute DVD, was released on 14 April 2008. The documentary features interviews with those who knew her at a young age, helped her gain success, jazz music experts, as well as music and pop culture specialists.[60][61] A clip of Winehouse’s music is included in the “Roots and Influences” area that looks at connections between different artists at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC, which opened in December 2008. One thread starts with Billie Holiday continues with Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige and finishes with Winehouse. In a poll of United States residents conducted for VisitBritain by Harris Interactive that was released in March 2009, one fifth of those polled indicated they had listened to Winehouse’s music during the previous year. Winehouse performed with Rhythms del Mundo on their cover of the Sam Cooke song “Cupid” for an Artists Project Earth benefit album that was released on 13 July 2009.
Final projects
Winehouse and Mark Ronson contributed a cover of Lesley Gore’s “It’s My Party” to the Quincy Jones tribute album Q Soul Bossa Nostra released 9 November 2010.[66] Winehouse and drummer ?uestlove of the Roots had agreed to form a group. Winehouse’s problems obtaining a visa delayed the still unnamed group from working together. Producer Salaam Remi has already created some material with Winehouse as part of the project. According to a newspaper report, Universal Music pressed her regarding new material in 2008. According to that same report Winehouse as of 2 September had not been near a recording studio. It was noted that she had touring obligations during the summer and also that if an album was quickly recorded, it would be at least a year before an album could be released. In late October, Winehouse’s spokesman was quoted as saying that Winehouse has not been given a deadline to complete her third album, for which she is learning to play drums.

Influence on the music industry
British singer Adele had credited Winehouse’s success in the United States for making her and fellow British singer Duffy’s journey to the United States “a bit smoother”.[72] American singer Lady Gaga credited Winehouse with paving the way for her rise to the top of the charts. She appeared to be using a metaphorical analogy to explain that Winehouse made it easier for unconventional women to have mainstream pop success.[73] The “Winehouse phenomenon” has been credited by Sebastian Danchin, author of Encyclopedia of Rhythm & Blues and Soul, of kick-starting a revival of soul music that has been ongoing since 2000. Danchin quoting Raphael Saadiq, Anthony Hamilton, and John Legend said “Amy Winehouse was produced by people who wanted to create a marketing coup. The positive side is that it reacquainted an audience with this music and played an introductory role for others. This reinvigorated the genre by overcoming the vintage aspect”.[74]
The release of Back to Black and the emergence of Lily Allen has been credited by The Sunday Times as directly creating the market for the media proclaimed “the year of the women” in 2009 which has seen five female artists nominated for the Mercury Prize. After the album was released record companies sought out female artists with a similar sound and fearless and experimental female musicians in general. Adele and Duffy were the second wave of artists with a sound similar to Winehouse’s. A third wave of female musicians that has emerged since the album was released are led by VV Brown, Florence and the Machine, La Roux and Little Boots.[75] In February 2010, rapper Jay-Z credited Winehouse with revitalising British music, saying, “There’s a strong push coming out of London right now, which is great. It’s been coming ever since I guess Amy (Winehouse). I mean always, but I think Amy, this resurgence was ushered in by Amy.”[76] In March 2011 the New York Daily News ran an article attributing the continuing wave of British female artists that have been successful in the United States to Winehouse and her absence. Spin magazine music editor Charles Aaron was quoted as saying “Amy Winehouse was the Nirvana moment for all these women,” “They can all be traced back to her in terms of attitude, musical styles or fashion”. According to Keith Caulfield chart manager for Billboard “Because of Amy, or the lack thereof, the marketplace was able to get singers like Adele and Duffy,” “Now those ladies have brought on the new ones, like Eliza Doolittle, Rumer and Ellie.
During her 2009 stay in St. Lucia Winehouse worked on new music with producer Salaam Remi. It was claimed by Island that a new album would be due in 2010, Island co-president Darcus Beese said, “I’ve heard a couple of song demos that have absolutely floored me”.[69] In July 2010 Winehouse was quoted as saying her next album would be released no later than January 2011, which has since passed, saying “It’s going to be very much the same as my second album, where there’s a lot of jukebox stuff and songs that are… just jukebox, really.” Mark Ronson said in July 2010 that he had not started to record the album.
American singer Tony Bennett had chosen Winehouse and several other artists to duet with him on his forthcoming album Duets II scheduled for 20 September 2011 release.
Live performances
Winehouse toured in conjunction with the Back to Black album’s release. She performed headlining gigs in September and November 2006, including one of the Little Noise Sessions charity concerts at the Union Chapel, Islington. On 31 December 2006, Winehouse appeared on Jools Holland’s Annual Hootenanny and performed a cover of Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” along with Paul Weller and Holland’s Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. She also performed Toots & the Maytals’ “Monkey Man”. She began a run of another 14 gigs beginning in February 2007. At his request, Bruce Willis introduced Winehouse before her performance of “Rehab” at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards. Winehouse made awards organizers nervous when she went on a Las Vegas jaunt in the hours before the show.[78] During the summer of 2007, Winehouse performed at various festivals, including UK’s Glastonbury Festival,[79] Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival, Rock Werchter and Baltimore’s Virgin Music Festival.
Winehouse’s tour, lakin, did not go as well. In November 2007, the opening night of a 17-date tour was marred by booing and walkouts at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. A music critic for the Birmingham Mail said it was “one of the saddest nights of my life…I saw a supremely talented artist reduced to tears, stumbling around the stage and, unforgivably, swearing at the audience.”[80] Other concerts ended similarly, with, for example, fans at her Hammersmith Apollo performance saying that she “looked highly intoxicated throughout”,[81] until she announced on 27 November 2007, that her performances and public appearances were cancelled for the remainder of 2007, citing doctor advice to take a complete rest. A statement issued by concert promoter Live Nation blamed “the rigours involved in touring and the intense emotional strain that Amy has been under in recent weeks” for the decision.
On 20 February 2008, Winehouse performed at the 2008 BRIT Awards, performing “Valerie” with Mark Ronson, followed by “Love Is a Losing Game”. She urged the crowd to “make some noise for my Blake.”[83] In Paris, she performed what was described as a “well-executed 40 minute” set at the opening of a Fendi boutique.[84] Although her father, manager and various members of her touring team reportedly tried to dissuade her, Winehouse performed at the Rock in Rio Lisboa festival in Portugal in May 2008.[16] Although the set was plagued by a late arrival and problems with her voice, the crowd warmed to her. In addition to her own material she performed two Specials covers.[85] Winehouse performed at Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday Party concert at London’s Hyde Park on the 27 June,[86] and the next day at the Glastonbury Festival.[87] On 12 July at the Oxegen Festival she performed a well-received 50 minute set[88] which was followed the next day by a 14 song set at T in the Park.[89] On 16 August she played at the Staffordshire leg of the V Festival, and the following day played the Chelmsford leg of the festival. Organizers said that Winehouse attracted the biggest crowds of the festival. Audience reaction was reported as mixed.[90] On 6 September she was the headliner at ‘Bestival’. She performed what was described as a polished set which ended with her storming off the stage. Her hour late arrival caused her set to be cut off at the halfway point due to a curfew.[91]
In May 2009, Winehouse returned to performing at a jazz festival in St. Lucia amid torrential downpours and technical difficulties. During her hour long set it was reported she was unsteady on her feet and had trouble remembering lyrics. She apologised to the crowd for being “bored” and ended her set by walking off the stage in the middle of a song.[92][93] To a cheering crowd on 23 August at the V festival, Winehouse sang with The Specials on their songs “You’re Wondering Now” and “Ghost Town”.
Inİyul ayında010, she performed “Valerie” with Mark Ronson at a movie premiere. She sang lead but forgot some of the song’s lyrics.[70] In October Winehouse performed a four song set to promote her fashion line. In December 2010 Winehouse played a 40 minute concert at a Russian oligarch’s party in Moscow. Guests included other Russian tycoons and Russian show business stars. The tycoon hand picked the songs she played.[95]
During January 2011, she played five dates in Brazil, with opening acts of Janelle Monáe and Mayer Hawthorne.[96][97] On 11 February 2011, Winehouse cut short a performance in Dubai following booing from the audience. Winehouse was reported to be tired, distracted and “tipsy” during the performance.[98]
On 18 June 2011, Winehouse started her 12-leg 2011 European tour in Belgrade. Local media described her performance as a scandal and disaster, and she was booed off the stage due to her apparently being too drunk to perform. It was reported that she was unable to remember the city she was in, the lyrics of her songs or – when trying to introduce them – the names of the members of her band.[99][100] She then pulled out of performances in Istanbul and Athens which had been scheduled for the following week.[101] On 21 June it was announced that she had cancelled all shows of her European tour and would be given “as long as it takes” to sort herself out.[102]
Club nights
On 10 July 2008, Winehouse launched her own club night, Snakehips at the Monarch, in the Camden Monarch venue in London. Although billed as a DJ battle between her and another DJ, she stayed behind the decks swaying as another person actually played 1960s music.[103] She appeared at another Snakehips event at the Monarch on the night ofSentyabrmber. After reportedly arriving two hours late she spun music and played a short acoustic set.[104]
Other ventures

Winehouse joined a campaign to stop a block of flats being built beside the George Tavern, a famous London East End music venue. Campaign supporters feared the residential development would end the spot’s lucrative sideline as a film and photo location, on which it relies to survive.[105] As part of a breast cancer awareness campaign, Winehouse appeared in a revealing photograph for the April 2008 issue of Easy Living magazine.[106] Winehouse had an estimated £10m fortune, tying her for tenth place in the 2008 Sunday Times listing of the wealth of musicians under age 30.[107] The following year her fortune had dropped to an estimated £5m.[108] Her finances are run by Mitch and Janis Winehouse.[109] It was reported she earned about £1m singing at two private parties during Paris Fashion Week.[110] as well as another £1m to perform at a Moscow Art Gallery for Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.[111] Winehouse loaned a vintage dress used in her video for “Tears Dry on Their Own” as well as a DVD to the British Music Experience, a new museum dedicated to the history of British pop music.[112] The museum, located in The O2, opened on 9 March 2009.
In January 2009 Winehouse announced that she was launching her own record label. The first act on her Lioness Records is Winehouse’s 13-year-old goddaughter, Dionne Bromfield. Bromfield is scheduled to release her first album which features covers of classic soul records on 12 October.[115] Winehouse is the backing singer on several tracks on the album and she performed backing vocals for Bromfield on the television programme Strictly Come Dancing on 10 October.[116] Winehouse and her family are the subject of a 2009 documentary shot by Daphne Barak entitled Saving Amy.[117] She entered into a joint venture in 2009 with EMI to launch a range of wrapping paper and gift cards containing song lyrics from her album Back to Black.[118] On 8 January 2010 a television documentary My Daughter Amy aired on Channel 4.[119] Saving Amy was released as a paperback book in January 2010.[120] Winehouse has collaborated on a 17 piece fashion collection with the Fred Perry label. It was released for sale in October 2010. According to Fred Perry’s marketing director “We had three major design meetings where she was closely involved in product style selection and the application of fabric, colour and styling details,” and gave “crucial input on proportion, colour and fit”. The collection consists of “vintage-inspired looks including capri pants, a bowling dress, a trench coat, pencil skirts, a longline argyle sweater and a pink-and-black checkerboard-printed collared shirt”.[121][122]
Personal life

In the years before her death, there were many paparazzi-published photographs of Winehouse. The singer obtained an injunction against them under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.[123] The court order banned a leading paparazzi agency from following her. Photographers were also banned from following her within 100 metres of her home and photographing Winehouse in her home or the home of her friends and family. According to a newspaper report, sources close to the singer said legal action was taken out of concern for the safety of Winehouse and those close to her.[123]
Relationships
Winehouse married on-off boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil (born August 1978), a former video production assistant.[124] on 18 May 2007, in Miami, Florida. Fielder-Civil was a “dropout” of Bourne Grammar School, who moved to London at aged 16 from his native Lincolnshire.[16] In a June 2007 interview, Winehouse admitted she could be violent towards him when she had been drinking.[125] In August 2007, they were photographed, bloodied and bruised, in the streets of London after an alleged fight, although she contended her injuries were self-inflicted.[126] Winehouse’s parents and in-laws publicly reported their numerous concerns, citing fears that the two might commit suicide, with Fielder-Civil’s father encouraging fans to boycott her music.[127] Fielder-Civil was quoted in a British tabloid as saying he introduced her to crack cocaine and heroin.[128] During a visit with Mitch Winehouse at the prison in July 2008, Fielder-Civil reportedly said that they would cut themselves to ease the pain of withdrawal.
From 21 July 2008 to 25 February 2009, Fielder-Civil was imprisoned following his guilty plea on charges of trying to pervert the course of justice as well as a charge of grievous bodily harm with intent.[129][130][131] The incident, in July 2007, involved an assault on a pub landlord that resulted in a broken cheek.[132] According to the prosecution the landlord accepted £200,000 as part of a deal to “effectively throw the [court] case and not turn up”. The prosecution testified that the money used to pay off the landlord belonged to Winehouse,.”[133] but that Winehouse pulled out of a meeting with the men involved in the plot, because she had to attend an awards ceremony.
Winehouse was spotted with aspiring actor Josh Bowman on holiday in St. Lucia in early January 2009, saying she was “in love again, and I don’t need drugs.”[135] She commented that the “whole marriage was based on doing drugs” and that “for the time being I’ve just forgotten I’m even married.”[135] On 12 January, Winehouse’s spokesman confirmed that “papers have been received” for what Fielder-Civil’s solicitor has said is divorce proceedings based on a claim of adultery.[136][137] OnFevraluary, Blake Fielder-Civil was quoted as saying that he planned to continue divorce proceedings to give himself a drug-free fresh start.[131] In March Winehouse was quoted in a magazine as saying, “I still love Blake and I want him to move into my new house with me — that was my plan all along … I won’t let him divorce me. He’s the male version of me and we’re perfect for each other.”[138] Uncontested,[139] the divorce was granted on 16 July 2009, and became final on 28 Avqust 2009.[139] Upon his request Fielder-Civil received no money in the settlement.
Substance abuse and mental health issues
Winehouse’s battles with substance abuse were the subject of much media attention. In various interviews, she admitted to having problems with self-harm, depression and eating disorders.[4][5] In 2005, she went through a period of drinking, heavy drug use, violent mood swings and weight loss.[16] People who saw her during the end of that year and early 2006 reported a rebound that coincided with the writing of Back to Black.[16] Her family believes that the mid-2006 death of her grandmother, who was a stabilising influence, set her off into addiction.[16] In August 2007, Winehouse cancelled a number of shows in the UK and Europe, citing exhaustion and ill health. She was hospitalised during this period for what was reported as an overdose of heroin, ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine and alcohol.[141] Winehouse told a magazine that the drugs were to blame for her hospitalisation and that “I really thought that it was over for me then.”[142] Soon after, Winehouse’s father commented that when he had made public statements regarding her problems, he was using the media because it seemed the only way to get through to her.[143]
On 2 December 2007, images of the singer outside her home in the early morning hours, barefoot and wearing only a bra and jeans, appeared on the internet and in tabloid newspapers. In a statement, her spokesman blamed paparazzi harassment for the incident.[144] The spokesman reported that the singer was in a physician-supervised program and was channelling her difficulties by writing a lot of music.[145] The British tabloid The Sun posted a video of a woman, alleged to be Winehouse, apparently smoking crack cocaine and speaking of having taken ecstasy and valium. Winehouse’s father moved in with her,[146] and Island Records, her record label, announced the abandonment of plans for an American promotion campaign on her behalf.[147] In late January 2008, Winehouse reportedly entered a rehabilitation facility for a two-week treatment program.[148]
On 23 January 2008, the video was passed on to the Metropolitan Police,[147] who questioned her on 5 February.[149] No charges were brought. On 26 March 2008, Winehouse’s spokesman said she was “doing well” and denied a published report in a British tabloid that consideration was being given to having her return to rehab.[150] Her record company reportedly believed that her recovery remained fragile.[151] By late April 2008, her erratic behaviour, including an allegation of assault, caused fear that her drug rehabilitation efforts have been unsuccessful,[152] leading to efforts by Winehouse’s father and manager to seek assistance in having her sectioned.[153] Her dishevelled appearance during and after a scheduled club night in September sparked new rumours of a relapse. Photographers were quoted as saying she appeared to have cuts on her legs and arms.[104]
In an interview released in June 2009 Winehouse’s father said the singer was in a drug replacement programme. He said she was gradually recovering but that heavy drinking was causing “slight backward steps”. A documentary shot early in 2009 shows Winehouse apparently intoxicated according to a newspaper report.[154] Pictures published by a magazine in July 2009 upon her return to the United Kingdom from her extended stay in St. Lucia appeared to show that Winehouse had gained weight and that her complexion was improved.[155] In an October 2010 interview Winehouse said she had been drug-free for three years, saying “I literally woke up one day and was like, ‘I don’t want to do this any more.’”[156]
Winehouse entered the Priory Clinic on 25 May 2011, where she stayed for one week.[157]
Legal problems
In October 2007, Winehouse and her then-husband were arrested in Bergen, Norway for possession of seven grams of marijuana. The couple were later released and fined 3850 kroner (around £350).[158] Winehouse first appealed the fines, claiming she was “duped” into confessing,[158][159] but later dropped the appeal.[160]
OnAprelpril 2008, Winehouse was cautioned after she admitted to police she slapped a man in the face, a “common assault” offence. She voluntarily turned herself in and was held overnight. Police said, at her arrival she was “in no fit state” to be interviewed.[161] Winehouse was arrested on 7 May 2008 on suspicion of possessing drugs after a video of her apparently smoking crack cocaine was passed to the police in January,[162] but was released on bail a few hours later because they could not confirm, from the video, what she was smoking.[141][163] The Crown Prosecution Service considered charging her with possessing a controlled drug and allowing her premises to be used for the supply by others of a controlled drug, but she was cleared when the service could not establish that the substance in the video was a controlled drug.[164] In reaction to the decision, former police commander John O’Connor said it is an “absolute scandal that nothing could be done” about Winehouse “cooking a snook at the law”.[165] Some members of Parliament also reacted negatively.[165][166] Two London residents were subsequently charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine and ecstasy to Winehouse.[167] One of the pair was sentenced to two years in prison on 13 December 2008, while the other received a two-year community order.[168]
OMartarch 2009, Winehouse was arrested and charged with common assault following a claim by a woman that Winehouse hit her in the eye at a September 2008 Prince’s Trust charity ball.[169] At the same time, she was reported to have spat at the English socialite Pippa Middleton and to have headbutted a photographer.[170] Winehouse’s spokesperson announced the singer cancelled a scheduled United States Coachella Festival appearance in “light of current legal issues”.[171] Swearing in under her legal name of Amy Jade Civil, Winehouse appeared in court on 17 March to enter her plea of not guilty.[172] On 23 July her assault trial began with prosecutor Lyall Thompson charging that Winehouse acted with “deliberate and unjustifiable violence” while appearing to be under the influence of alcohol or another substance. The woman, Sharene Flash, testified that Winehouse “punched me forcefully in my right eye. She used a fist, her right one.” Winehouse testified that she did not punch Flash, but tried to push Flash away from her because she was scared of Flash. Winehouse cited her worry that Flash would sell her story to a tabloid, Flash’s height advantage, and Flash’s “rude” behaviour as reasons for her fear of Flash.[173][174] On the 24 July, District Judge Timothy Workman ruled that Winehouse was not guilty of the charge. Workman cited the facts that all but two of the witnesses were intoxicated at the time of the incident and that medical evidence did not show “the sort of injury that often occurs when there is a forceful punch to the eye”.[175]
On Dekabrber 2009, Winehouse was arrested again on charges of common assault, plus another charge of public order offence. Winehouse assaulted the front-of-house manager of the Milton Keynes Theatre after he asked her to move from her seat.[176] On Yanvarary 2010, she admitted common assault and disorderly behaviour. She was given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £85 court costs and £100 compensation to the man she attacked.[177]
Health problems
On 23 June 2008, Winehouse’s publicist corrected earlier misstatements by Mitch Winehouse that his daughter had a small amount of emphysema, instead claiming she had signs of what could lead to early-stage emphysema.[178] Mitch Winehouse had also stated that his daughter’s lungs are operating at 70 percent capacity and that she had an irregular heartbeat. Mitch Winehouse said that these problems were caused by her chain smoking and crack cocaine use. The singer’s father also reported that doctors have warned Winehouse that, if she continued smoking crack cocaine, she would have to wear an oxygen mask and would eventually die.[179] In a radio interview, Mitch Winehouse said the singer is responding “fabulously” to treatment which includes being covered with nicotine patches.[180] British Lung Foundation spokesman Keith Prowse noted this type of condition can be managed with treatment. Prowse also said the condition is not normal for a person her age but “heavy smoking and inhaling other substances like drugs can age the lungs prematurely”.[181] Norman H. Edelman of the American Lung Association explained that if she stopped smoking, her lung functions would decline at the rate of a normal person, but continued smoking would lead to a more rapid decline in lung function.[182] Photographs of the singer with a cigarette in her mouth, taken 23 June 2008, were widely published.
Winehouse was released from The London Clinic 24 hours after returning from a temporary leave to perform at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday and at a concert in Glastonbury, and continued receiving treatment as an outpatient.[184] On 23 July Winehouse stated that she had been diagnosed with “some areas of emphysema” and said she is getting herself together by “eating loads of healthy food, sleeping loads, playing my guitar, making music and writing letters to my husband every day”.[185] Winehouse began precautionary testing on her lungs and chest on 25 Oktyabr 2008[186] at the London Clinic for what was reported as a chest infection. Winehouse was in and out of the facility and was granted permission to set her own schedule regarding home leave.[68] She returned to the hospital on 23 November 2008 for a reported reaction to her medication.

Death
At 3:54 pm BST (14:54 UTC) on 23 July 2011, two ambulances were called to Winehouse’s home in Camden, London. Shortly afterwards, the Metropolitan Police confirmed her death. There is currently an open investigation to determine the cause of death, which is described by police as unexplained. After her death was announced, media and camera crews appeared as crowds gathered near Winehouse’s residence to pay their respects. Forensic investigators entered the flat as police cordoned off the street outside. Her record label, Universal, released a statement that read in part: “We are deeply saddened at the sudden loss of such a gifted musician, artist and performer.”
An autopsy is scheduled for Sunday, 24 July 2011.

Controversy
Winehouse’s dichotomous public image of critical and commercial success versus personal turmoil proved to be controversial. The New Statesman magazine called Winehouse “a filthy-mouthed, down-to-earth diva,”[195] while Newsweek magazine called her “a perfect storm of sex kitten, raw talent and poor impulse control.”[196] Karen Heller with The Philadelphia Inquirer summarised the maelstrom this way:
She’s only 24 with six Grammy nods, crashing headfirst into success and despair, with a codependent husband in jail, exhibitionist parents with questionable judgement, and the paparazzi documenting her emotional and physical distress. Meanwhile, a haute designer Karl Lagerfeld appropriates her dishevelled style and eating issues to market to the elite while proclaiming her the new Bardot.
By 2008, her continued drug problems threatened her career. Even as Nick Gatfield, the president of Island Records, toyed with the idea of releasing Winehouse “to deal with her problems”, he remarked on her talent, saying, “It’s a reflection of her status [in the U.S.] that when you flick through the TV coverage [of the Grammys] it’s her image they use.”[147] Post-Grammys, some questioned whether Winehouse should have been honoured with the awards given her recent personal and drug problems,[198][199][200] including Natalie Cole, who introduced Winehouse at the ceremony. Cole (who battled her own substance-abuse problems while winning a Grammy for Best New Artist in 1975[201]) remarked, “I think the girl is talented, gifted, but it’s not right for her to be able to have her cake and eat it too. She needs to get herself together.”[201] In an opinion newspaper commentary, Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, said that the alleged drug habits of Winehouse and other celebrities sends a bad message “to others who are vulnerable to addiction” and undermines the efforts of other celebrities trying to raise awareness of problems in Africa, now that more cocaine used in Europe passes through Africa.[202] Winehouse’s spokesperson called Costa a “ludicrous man” and noted that “Amy has never given a quote about drugs or flaunted it in any way. She’s had some problems and is trying to get better. The U.N. should get its own house in order.”[203] Graeme Pearson, the former head of Scotland’s drug enforcement agency, criticised Winehouse and Kate Moss for making going to rehab a badge of honour, thus giving the false impression that quitting drugs is easy, because many can not afford to go to clinics.[204]
Winehouse has become a staple in popularity polls. The 2008 NME Awards nominated Winehouse in the categories of “Villain of the Year”, “Best Solo Artist”, and “Best Music DVD”; Winehouse won for “Worst Dressed Performer”.[205][206] In its third annual list, Glamour magazine named Winehouse the third worst dressed British Woman.[207] Winehouse was ranked number two on Richard Blackwell’s 48th annual “Ten Worst Dressed Women” list, behind Victoria Beckham.[208] In an April 2008 poll conducted by Sky News, Winehouse was named the second greatest “ultimate heroine” by the UK population at large, topping the voting for that category of those polled under 25 years old.[209] Psychologist Donna Dawson commented that the results demonstrate women like Winehouse who have “a certain sense of vulnerability or have had to fight against some adversity in their lives” receive recognition.[209] Winehouse was voted the second most hated personality in the United Kingdom in a poll conducted one month later by Marketing magazine.[210]
İyun 2008 brought a report that Winehouse, singing a disparaging chant about blacks, the disabled, and homosexuals, and containing racial epithets about Pakistanis and Indians, was taped by her former husband Fielder-Civil, despite assurances to her that he was not filming.[211] Winehouse denied allegations that she was a racist, saying “I don’t want to play anything down, but I’m the least racist person going.”[211] Winehouse added that the film was taken during “really, really happy times.”[211] Speaking at a discussion entitled Winehouse or White House?: Do we go too big on showbiz news? Jeff Zycinski, head of BBC Radio Scotland, said the BBC and media in general were complicit in the destruction of celebrities like Winehouse. He said that public interest in the singer’s lifestyle does not make her lifestyle newsworthy. Rod McKenzie editor of the BBC Radio One program Newsbeat replied that “If you play [Amy Winehouse's] music to a certain demographic, those same people want to know what’s happening in her private life. If you don’t cover it, you’re insulting young license fee payers.”[212] British singer and songwriter Lily Allen was quoted in a Scottish newspaper as saying “I know Amy Winehouse very well. And she is very different to what people portray her as being. Yes, she does get out of her mind on drugs sometimes, but she is also a very clever, intelligent, witty, funny person who can hold it together. You just don’t see that side”.[213]

Artistic impressions
London’s Mall Galleries opened an exhibition in May 2008 that included a sculpture of Winehouse, entitled Excess. The piece, created by Guy Portelli, had a miniature of the singer lying on top of a cracked champagne bottle, with a pool of spilled liquid underneath. The body was covered with what appeared to be tiny pills, while one outstretched hand held a glass. Another piece, a print entitled “Celebrity 1″ by artist Charlotte Suckling, was exhibited in the same exhibition.[214] A wax sculpture of Winehouse went on display at the London Madame Tussauds on 23 JIyul2008. The singer did not attend the unveiling, although her parents did.[215] A sculpture by Marco Perego, entitled “The Only Good Rock Star Is a Dead Rock Star”, that depicts Winehouse lying in a pool of blood with an apple and a bullet hole in her head after being shot by American novelist and beat poet William S. Burroughs (in a recreation of the accidental killing of his wife Joan Vollmer[216]),[unreliable source?] was scheduled to go on display in New York’s Half Gallery on 14Noyabrr 2008. The sale price for the sculpture is listed at US $100,000. Perego said of the sculpture “Rock stars are the sacrificial animals of society.” Winehouse’s spokesperson said “It’s a funny kind of tribute. The artist seems in thrall to a tabloid persona that is not the real Amy. People often use her image to sell their work.”

Discography
Main article: Amy Winehouse discography
During her career, Winehouse created two studio albums and ten singles. Her debut album, Frank, released in October 2003, peaked at number thirteen on the UK Album Chart, but none of the four singles released from the album managed to reach the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart. Her second album, Back to Black, was released in October 2006 and went to number one in the UK and peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 in the United States. The album was certified five-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry and it was the best-selling album of 2007 in the UK. The first single from the album, “Rehab”, peaked at number seven in the UK, and number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. The album’s second single, “You Know I’m No Good” reached number eighteen in the UK. Other singles were the title-track, “Back to Black”, “Tears Dry on Their Own” and “Love Is a Losing Game”. A special deluxe edition of the album was released in the UK in November 2007 and also topped the charts. By mid-2009 Back to Black had sold a total of 2,985,303 copies and was the eighteenth biggest seller ever in the UK. Winehouse collaborated with other artists, including as a vocalist on the song “Valerie” on Mark Ronson’s solo album, Version. The song peaked at number two in the UK. She also collaborated with ex-Sugababe Mutya Buena, haqqında “B Boy Baby,” from Buena’s solo album, Real Girl.
Albums
2003: Frank
2006: Back to Black
Singles
Winehouse’s singles were as follows:
2003 “Stronger Than Me”
2004 “Take the Box”; “In My Bed” / “You Sent Me Flying”; and “Fuck Me Pumps” / “Help Yourself”
2006 “Rehab”
2007 “You Know I’m No Good”; “Back to Black”; “Tears Dry on Their Own”; and “Love Is a Losing Game”
2008 “Just Friends”

AMY in Pictures

Valentine SMS

Soocha aap say baaat karooon ……

Phir Soocha …ek mulaqaat Karoon …

Phir Sooocha ….q na … Intezaar karoon …

Phir.. Soocha …q na .. ek kaam karoon …

ek piyaara sa sms aap k naam karoon …

HAPPY VALENTINE DAY

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Ham se dur jaoge kaise,

dil se hame bhulaoge kaise,

ham vo khushbu hai jo baste hai

saso me khud ki saso ko rok paoge kaise.

Happy Valentines Day

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Kitna bhi chaho na bhool paoge

Hum se jitna dur jao nazdik pao ge

Humein mita sakte ho to mita do

yaadein meri, magar..

kya sapno se juda kar pao ge humein.

HAPPY VALENTINE DAY

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Zindagi May Hamesha Naye Log Milenge,

Kahin Ziyada To Kahin Kam Milenge,

Aitbaar Zara Soch Kar Karna,

Mumkin Nahi Har Jagah Tumhe Hum Milenge

HAPPY VALENTINE DAY

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Khushi se dil ko aabad karna…

Aur gham ko dil se azad karna,

Hamari bus itni gujarish hai ke hame bhi

Din me ek baar YAAD karna…

HAPPY VALENTINE DAY

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Kaha Main Nay Kahan Ho Tum????

Jawab Aya Jahan Ho Tum…

Mere Jeevan Say Zaahir Ho

Mere Gham Mein Nihaan Ho Tum….

Meri Tou Saari Duniya Ho

Mera Sara Jahan Ho Tum…….

Meri Sochon Ka Mehwar Ho

Mera Zor-e-Bayaan Ho Tum……

Main Hoon Lafz Muhabbat Hoon

Magar Meri Zuban Ho Tum…

HAPPY VALENTINE DAY

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Apke aane se zindagi kitni khubsoorat hai,

Apke aane se zindagi kitni khubsoorat hai,

Dil me basayi hai jo woh apki hi surat hai,

Dur jaana nahi humse kabhi bhulker bhi,

Hume har kadam per aapki zarurat hai.

HAPPY VALENTINE DAY

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V….is for Valentine

V….is for Valentine ; you are my only Valentine

A…..is for I will Always be yours

L…..is for Love at its most extreme

E…..is for Everlasting love ; Ecstatic love.

N…..is for Never-ending love

T…..is for we will Always be Together forever

I…..is for you being Intelligent and Innocent;

N….is 4 Natures naughty way of saying I luv you to

E…..is for Eternity our love is so ever lasting .

Chehrey Per Banawat Ka Gussa,

Aankhon Say Chalakta Pyar Bhi Hai,

Is Shauq-E-Ada Ko Kya Kahiye

Inkar Bhi Hai Iqraar Bhi Hai..

Ajj Iqraar Ker Hi Do..Dear..

Happy Valentine’s Day..

Plz Yaroo Boht Ho Gya

Apni Apni Girlfrnd Ko Sambhalo

Mujhe Phone Kar K Kehti Hai K Aj Se 16 Din Bad

Hmare Sath Date Pr Chlo

Happy Valentine’s Day

14 Feb 2011 ;->

Kabhi Ajnabee Se Milay The,

Fir Yhonhi Miltay Chale Gaye,

Hun To Aapko Dost Bananewale The Magar

Aap To Hamare Dil Ki Dhadkan Banthe Chale Gaye.

Happy Valentine’s Day….

Aap Ki Yaad Mai Sab Kuch Bhulaye Baithe Hain

Chiraag Khushiyon K Bujhaye Baithe Hain

Hum To Marenge Aap Ki Baahon Main

Yeh Bhi Maut Se Shart Lagaye Baithe Hain…

Kitna bhi chaho na bhol paoge

Kitna bhi chaho na bhol paoge

Hum se jitna dur jao nazdik pao ge

Humein mita sakte ho to mita do

yaadein meri, magar..

kya sapno se juda kar pao ge humein.

Kiss Day SMS

My Love For You Grows

More With Each Passing Day,

The Thought Of Your Gorgeous Face

Takes My Breath Away:

Those Brown Eyes Fill My Soul With Happiness,

Those Luscious Lips I Love To Kiss.

If a kiss was a raindrop i’d send u showers.

If a hug was a second i’d send u hours.

If a smile was water i’d send u a sea.

If love was a person i’d send u me…..

A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point.

That’s basic spelling that every woman ought to know.

How did it happen that our lips came together?

How does it happen that birds sing,

that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens

behind the shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill?

A kiss, and all was said.

Kuch Iss Tarah Se Hum Tere Nazdek Aa Chuke

Khud KO Tere Wajood Ka Hissa Bana Chuke

AB To Hamare Dard KI Koi Dua Kero

Hum To Tumhe Apna Mashia Bana Chuke

Happy Kiss Day

The Decision To Kiss For The First Time

Is The Most Crucial In Any Love Story.

It Changes The Relationship Of Two People

Much More Strongly

Than Even The Final Surrender;

Because This Kiss

Already Has Within It That Surrender.

A Kiss Is Something You Cannot Give Without Taking And Cannot Take Without Giving ~ Anonymous

My Love For You Grows

More With Each Passing Day,

The Thought Of Your Gorgeous Face

Takes My Breath Away:

Those Brown Eyes Fill My Soul With Happiness,

Those Luscious Lips I Love To Kiss.

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My love for you grows more with each passing day,

The thought of your gorgeous face takes my breath away:

Those brown eyes fill my soul with happiness,

Those luscious lips I love to kiss…

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Give me one kiss to go to sleep. Give me two kisses to dream. Give me an endless row of kisses to, when I wake up in the morning, think of you as the last kiss I never forget it.

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Kiss is not like Nokia…Connecting People

Kiss is not like Nike..Just Do It.

Kiss is not like Pepsi..Yeh Dil Maange More

But Kiss is like Pan Parag..Ek Se Mera Kya Hoga…

7 Feb- Rose Day

8 Feb- Propose Day

9 Feb- Chocolate Day

10 Feb- Teddy Day

11 Feb- Promise Day

12 Feb- Kiss Day

13 Feb -Hug Day

14 Feb- VALENTINE’S DAY

Valentine’s Week shower you with lots of roses, a proposal, chocolates, teddy, promises, kisses and hugs. Happy Valentine’s Week.

So enjoy kiss Day..Lovers….Tommorow is HUG Day….I will post some messages too.

The Valentine Week List 2011

Rose Day on Feb 7

Propose Day Feb 8

Chocolate Day Feb 9

Teddy Day Feb 10

Promise Day Feb 11

Kiss Day on Feb 12

Hug Day on Feb 13

Valentine Day on Feb 14

Hug Day is the most important part of the ongoing Valentines week. 12th February is celebrated as the Hug Day all over the world. You must go and hug your beloved tightly and let them know how much you love and care for them.

Hug day is the true essence of presenting your eternal love towards your near and dear ones. The day is not just for the lovers but even for those who have separated their ways. So make use of the day, it will help those people to reunite with their ex by hugging them and spending the rest of valentine week with each other.

The Valentines week started with Rose Day (7th February) and will end with the most important day Valentines Day (14th February). February is most awaited month for everybody because of the Valentine day or you can call it lovers day.

If you are far away from your near and dear ones, just sending a hug day cards to your beloved. You can choose the greeting cards and e-cards from various outlets and online sites. Or you can send SMS greetings also. Check out the most beautiful SMS collection given below:

You cant wrap love in a box,

But You can wrap a person in a hug.

A hug charms, warms

And makes everyone happy.

Dat must b y God gave us arms.

So here is a hug for You.

We have known each other,

For a long long time,

But I never really noticed,

All d magic in ur eyes,

I have been around u,

A thousand times before,

And u have always been a friend to me,

But now I am wanting more

I love hugging.

I wish I was an octopus

so I could hug 10 people at a time.

My sweetest memory your message

my biggest sadness d distance

my biggest hope-i will HUG u soon

my strongest prayer relation continues 4ever

Tonight I ask the stars above,

How I’ll ever win ur Hug Day,

Wht do I do,Wht do I say,

To turn your angel eyes my way.

Everyone is celebrating Valentine’s week with full of pleasure. Hug Day is the 6th day of Valentine’s week. Lovers Hug to their loved ones what could be more good feeling than a true Hug.

Teddy day is a cutest part of the Valentines week. It is celebrated on 10th February each year and it is the fourth day of valentine week. Teddy Bear is the most lovable playmate for all the girls as we all would like to have a pal that can give us some relieves on lonesome nights and a Teddy could even be our best playmate with whom we can share our secrets. So, Teddy day is a very sweetest day in world.

All of us know that 10th February is celebrated as the Teddy Day but we still don’t know the beginning of this cutie friend. It’s Strange but true that teddy bear has been named after an American President Theodore Roosevelt who was lovingly recognized as Teddy.

So friends send wishes and teddy gifts to your special ones on 10th February. Here are some Teddy Day SMS given for you.

If you are a chocolate you are d sweetest,

if you are a Teddy Bear you are the most huggable,

and since you are my FRIEND, you are the BEST

(”)…(”)

( . o.)

(”)-(”)

(””)_(””)

Happy Teddy Bear Day 2011

A Cute Teddy Bear,

To My Cute Friend,

On A Cute Occasions,

Just 2 Say,

Happy Teddy Bear Day!

It’s Teddy Bear Day,

n i’m thinking

of sumone cute and huggable

who is U.

Happy Teddy Bear Day!

Leave it once it’ll will be left forever,

Get it once it’ll be yours forever,

It’s nothing but LOVE,

LOVE only once and you’ll be loved forever

What’s missing in H__RT? EA or U?

Pick EA & you’ll get a heart!

If u pick U, you will get hurt!

I’d pick U coz it’s better to get hurt,

Than have a heart without U.

samaylive team wishes our readers a very Happy Teddy Day.

Lovely chocolate and Lovely you,

N Lovely are the things U do,

But the loveliest is d friendship of the 2,

One is Me & Other is you!

“Happy chocolate day”

If you are a Teddy Bear you are d most huggable,

If you r a Star You are d Brightest,

and since you are my ?

Sweet Heart

“Happy chocolate day”

Promise Day SMS:

We met it was Luck!

We talked it was CHANCE!

We became friends it was DESTINY!

We are still friends it is FAITH!

We will always be friends its a PROMISE!

On this Promise Day.

With every beat of my heart,

I will love you more and more,

After years of togetherness,

This is my solemn vow for you, my love!

Happy Promise Day.

Love is the happiness of today,

And promise of tomorrow,

so this warm note comes to you,

to say that live life with a heart full of love.

Happy Promise Day.

I don’t promise you the moon,

I don’t promise you the star…

but if you promise to remember me,

I promise to be always there

Thinking of you on forget me not day.

Speaking without egos, Loving without intentions, Caring without expectations, I promise you that you will be mine always.

Happy Promise Day

Promise Quotes:

“If you are cold at night, let the promise of my love cover you like a warm blanket”

Matthew White

“Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.”

John Lennon

“One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes”

Friedrich Nietzsche

Promise Day Quotes

If you are cold at night, let the promise of my love cover you like a warm blanket

promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Norman Vincent Peale

If you are cold at night, let the promise of my love cover you like a warm blanket

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.

Henry Ward Beecher

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes

Never promise more than you can perform.

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes… but no plans.

Here are some Beautiful SMS Collection for Promise Day to greet your lover

Promise little and do much

FEBRUARY 11 is being celebrated as the Promise Day on the fifth day of ongoing Valentine week. On Promise Day, guys and gals every where in world make promises for sweet relationships, always be honest to each other, promise for marriage, promise for standing for him or her in any situation, promise to live life with a heart full of love, etc.

People send SMS, scraps, greetings, cards and messages on Promise day. On promise day, lovers, friends and partners makes promise that they will fulfill the promises they have made. Promise day is more for couple and lovers, promising for true love and long lasting relation. Couple also promise to fulfill commitments made to their partners.

As Valentine’s Day approaches, boyfriends and girlfriends are frantically searching for that perfect Valentine’s Day gift idea to spring on their loved ones.

Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas for boyfriend and girlfriends

Well Best Buy has just tweeted a little gift idea many may have overlooked, colorful digital cameras. These discounted digital cameras range from pinks and purples for the girlfriend to blues and blacks for the boyfriend. All up there are 7 digital cameras available as part of their Valentine’s Day gifts specials.

Are you getting confused in selecting a valentine gift for your man? Do wish to surprise him by giving a unique gift? When it comes to men the task become very easy as there is number of gifts easily available in the market. As the Valentine’s Day is coming near so you have to choose one of the best valentine gift for your partner this year.

Valentine gift idea for him may include anything starting from a box of chocolates to branded clothes. If you already have a number of ideas for valentine gift in your mind, list them down with all those things you think to start with. The gift must be unique and must represent all the love you have for your man, making him know the depth of your love and care.

You can choose gifts which go with their personalities, are sweet and sensitive and most likely, romantic. Some of the gifts can be

**A giant heart shaped box of chocolates which is simple and adorable.

You can cover his room walls or of the garage with the cut out of hearts in various colors having some hearty and lovely sayings.

**Give him a box filled with everything which could be worthy for him or means a lot to him.

**For the ones who are sensitive, some deep red roses would be the best idea followed by love cards and a box of chocolates.

**He can also be taken out for a very romantic dinner in his favorite restaurant or a place you have never gone together.

**Have a romantic portrait together.

Valentine Gifts for New Boyfriends or “Just Dating”

No girl wants to scare off a new guy by going overboard with a mushy gift, but she wants to show she cares. Some cool-but-casual gift ideas for new dates are:

*A cool mini locker filled with various candy bars

*A CD of his favorite band or something he’s never heard

*An indoor picnic just for two (put a checkered tablecloth on the floor and pack a picnic basket)

*A slightly romantic card with a dash of humor

*A jar full of conversation hearts

*A big giant Valentine mylar balloon. Tie something he’s like to the string.

*A special photo of you!

*A jar full of Hershey’s Kisses

Propose Day SMS

If Roses were Black and violets were brown

my love for you would never be found

but roses r red and violets are blue

all I want to say is I LUV U!

“Happy Propose Day”

Propose ka naya style:

I have a heart n that is true,

But now it has

gone from me to u,

So care for it just like i do,

B’COZ i have no

heart n u have two.

All I wanted was someone to care for me,

All I wanted was someone who had be there for me,

All I ever wanted was somone who had be true,

All I ever wanted was somone like you…

Happy Propose Day

Love is like a golden chain dat links our hearts together and if u ever break that chain u’ll breaks my heart forever

When I hear u

My Heart Soars High

When I See u

I know the Reason Y

So Let Me Hold Ur Hand & Make U Mine

For That Would Intoxicate Me like Sweet Wine…

U R like the sunshine so warm, U R like sugar, so sweet…U R like U… & that’s the reason why I love U!

7feb.Rose Day

8Propose Day

9Chochlate Day

10Teddy Day

11Promise Day

12Hug Day

13Kiss Day

14Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s week.

With the Valentine week spreading love in the air, the 8th of February is the second special day of this week and is referred to as the Propose Day. February 8 is the propose day and it is the second day of the Valentine week. Propose Day is really fun and this day is especially for those people who want to propose their desired girl.

Propose Day 8 Feb

Fevral 8 is the propose day and it is the second day of the Valentine week. Propose Day is really fun and this day is especially for those people who want to propose their desired girl.

So if you are in love with somebody and want to propose him or her, then Propose Day will be the best day for you, just go and try your luck, you may possibly hit the jackpot.

If you stay far away from your loved one then no need to worry because you can propose the girl through SMS also. So what are you waiting for just choose any SMS from the collections and send it to your dream girl.

Romantic Valentine SMS:

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them. Forever yours…your Valentine.

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No poems no fancy words I just want the world to know that I LOVE YOU my Princess with all my heart. Happy Valentines Day.

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My eyes are blind without your eyes to see, Like a rose without color. Always be there in my life sweetheart.

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U r unique

U r caring and

U r the Best.And I am d luckiest to have U in my life!

Happy Valentine’s Day my sweet heart!

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Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart, and the joy in a heart.

Happy Valentines Day my love.

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If I could die early I would ask God if I could be your guardian angel, so I could wrap my wings around you and embrace you whenever you feel alone.

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Let’s share the world

A sea is for you, and waves are for me.

The sky is for you, and stars are for me.

The sun is for you, and light is for me.

Everything is for you, and you are for me.

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Sometimes we make love with our eyes.

Sometimes we make love with our hands.

Sometimes we make love with our bodies.

Always we make love with our hearts.

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Here is my heart, it is yours so take it,

Treat it gently, please do not break it.

Its full of love thats good and true,

So please keep it always close to u.

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Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart. As we are, Happy Valentines Day sweetheart.

Miss You SMS:

Within you I lose myself…

Without you I find myself

Wanting to be lost again.

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If u wanna know how much I miss you,

Try to catch rain drops,

The ones u catch is how much u miss me,and the ones you miss is how much I miss

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Memories sometimes behave in a crazy way. They leave u alone, when u are in a crowd & when u are alone they stand along with u like a crowd.

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Your absence has gone through meLike thread through a needleEverything I do is stitched with its color.

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In School, They Taught Me That

1 hour = 60 Mints

1 Min = 60 Secs

But They Never Told Me That

1 Sec Without You = 100 Years:

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Life is so short, so fast the lone hours fly,

We ought to be together, you and I.

Miss you every hour and every moment of everyday sweetheart

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When the sky looks blue “I Miss u” when the dreams come true “I Miss u” when the flowers are covered with dew “I Miss u” when the day comes new “I Miss u”

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I dropped a tear in the ocean. The day you find it is the day I will stop missing you.

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I heard someone whisper your name, but when I turned to see who it was, I noticed it was alone, then realized it was my heart beat telling me “I MISS U”

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In the hope to meet

Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.

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Missing you gets easier every day because even though it’s one day further from the last time we saw each other, it’s one day closer to the next time we will.

Love SMS:

If you wake up 1 day and were asked to have a wish, what would it be? Mine would be that our love would last until you see an apple in an orange tree

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I finally got my past, present and future tenses correct today. I loved you. I love you. I will love you forever! .

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Soul-mates are people who bring out the best in you. They are not perfect but are always perfect for you. This is for you, my soul mate who is the the love of my life.

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Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. Love you forever.

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What I need to live has been given to me by the earth. Why I need to live has been given to me by you. I love you.

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If Your asking if I Need U the answer is 4Ever

If Your asking if I’ll Leave U the answer is Never

If Your asking what I value the Answer is U

if Your asking if I love U the answer is I do.

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I have fallen in love many times…. always with you. It happened again now my love.

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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. As my love for you..

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If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden of love.

Propose SMS:

If I reached for your hand , will u hold it ?

If I hold out my arms, will u hug me ?

If I go for your lips, will u kiss me ?

If I capture ur heart , will u love me ??

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The minute I heard my first love story

I started looking for you, not knowinghow blind that was.

Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere.

They’re in each other all along.

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As days go by, my feelings get stronger,

To be in ur arms, I can’t wait any longer.

Look into my eyes & u’ll see that it’s true,

Day & Night my thoughts r of U..

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What greater thing is there for two human souls that

to feel that they are joined…

to strengthen each other…

to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

Let us make memories of a lifetime

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I never saw so sweet a face

As that I stood before.

My heart has left its dwelling place

And can return no more.

Be with me forever.

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All I wanted was sum1 2 care 4 me

All I wanted was sum1 who’d b there 4 me

All I ever wanted was sum1 who’d b true

All I ever wanted was sum1 like U…

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Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.

Will you spend the rest of your life with me?

Kiss SMS:

If a kiss was a raindrop i’d send u showers.

If a hug was a second i’d send u hours.

If a smile was water i’d send u a sea.

If love was a person i’d send u me…..

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A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point.

That’s basic spelling that every woman ought to know.

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How did it happen that our lips came together?

How does it happen that birds sing,

that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens

behind the shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill?

A kiss, and all was said.

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Your kisses leave something to be desired… the rest of you.

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I ran up the door, opened the stairs, said my pajamas and put on my prayers – turned off my bed, tumbled into my light, and all because you kissed me good-night!

Hindi Love SMS:

Ager Zindagi mai judai na hoti

To kabhi kisi ki yaad aai na hoti

Sath hi guzarta her lamha to shayaed

Rishton mai yeh gehrai na hoti….

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Aap ki yaad mai sab kuch bhulaye baithe hain, Chiraag khushiyon k bujhaye baithe hain… Hum to marenge aap ki baahon main, Yeh bhi maut se shart lagaye baithe hain…

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Jab b ye dil udaas hota hai

Jane kon aas pass hota hai

Kissi ko dundti hai ye nazar

Kissi k na hone ka ahsaas hota hai

Jo roze kare mujh ko SMS pyare

wo shakas b bada khaas hota hai

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Hum tere sath chalenge tu chale na chale,

tera har dard sahenge tu kahe ya na kahe,

hum chahte hai ki tum sada khush raho,

hum chahe rahe ya na rahe..

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Saint Valentine’s Day is also popularly known as Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is not only celebrated on Feb 14 but also can celebrate, whole of the week from 7th Feb to 14th Feb as it is called as Valentine Week. Here is the Valentine Day Sms Picture, Valentine Day 2011 Wallpapers, List of Valentine Week provided by indiasummary especially for you so that you can get celebrate with your loved ones – Rose Day, Propose Day, Chocolate Day, Teddy Day, Promise Day, Kiss Day, Hug Day, Valentine Day. In Valentine Week, everyday is an aspicious day for every lover as it is celebrated with love and affection. Checkout here for Valentine Day Sms Picture on Rose Day, Propose Day, Chocolate Day, Teddy Day, Promise Day, Kiss Day, Hug Day, Valentine Day 2011 Wallpapers.

Washington: Valentine’s Day is filled with cards, sweets, flowers and gifts, but its celebrations can create unintentional environmental side effects.

However, that doesn’t have to be the case this time, say experts.

“It is possible to have a special, perhaps even more creative and memorable than usual, Valentine’s Day celebration while still being environmentally responsible,” said Kendra Abkowitz of the Vanderbilt University Sustainability and Environmental Management Office.

Here are some of Abkowitz’s suggestions:

Send an e-Valentine in lieu of a paper Valentine. Hallmark and 123 Greetings are some of the many websites offering an electronic Valentine service. If sending a paper Valentine, be certain to send one that is printed on paper containing recycled-content. Don’t forget to recycle Valentines you have received that you aren’t keeping!

Give organic or locally grown flowers, a potted plant, a tree seedling or a perennial plant instead of the traditional bouquet of flowers.

Give organic or fair-trade chocolates. Organic chocolates are produced in an eco-friendly manner without the use of pesticides, and fair-trade chocolates ensure that cacao farmers work in healthy, sustainable and safe environments while receiving a fair wage for their products.

Make a donation to an environmental organization on behalf of your Valentine. Several organizations you might consider are the World Wildlife Fund, the Sierra Club and the Arbor Day Foundation.

Plan a trip to a wildlife reserve, park or natural area. Your business will help support the running of such establishments. Several destinations you might consider include your local state parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and U.S. National Parks.

Arrange dinner at a local restaurant that specializes in organic or locally grown food, or make your own romantic meal with locally grown ingredients. Eating locally reduces the number of miles that your food travels to you and supports local establishments. Cooking your own meal will also save gas and money while avoiding greenhouse gas emissions.

Commit to going green at work and home. Several easy ideas include turning lights off when leaving the room, shutting down your computer at the end of the day, creating a dedicated home recycling area, washing only full loads of dishes and laundry, moderating your thermostat when leaving your house or office for extended periods of time, unplugging appliances not in use and printing or using both sides of paper when possible.

C.L.I.C.K. means

C.L.I.C.K. means :

C= cant live without u

L= love u

I= i miss u

C= care about u

K= kiss from my heart 2 u

So whenever u miss me just say CLICK.

O my dear Valentine

O my dear Valentine

Whats life ?

Life is love.

Whats love ?

Love is kissing.

Whats kissing ?

Come here and I show you.

you are my only Valentine

V….is for Valentine ; you are my only Valentine

A…..is for I will Always be yours

L…..is for Love at its most extreme

E…..is for Everlasting love ; Ecstatic love.

N…..is for Never-ending love

T…..is for we will Always be Together forever

I…..is for you being Intelligent and Innocent;

N….is 4 Natures naughty way of saying I luv you to

E…..is for Eternity our love is so ever lasting .

My dear valentine

48+2 Members can sit in a Bus.

5+1 can sit in a Car.

3+1 can sit in a auto

1+1 can sit in a Bike.

Only 1 can sit in my Heart,

That’s ‘U’ My dear valentine

What i need to live

What i need to live

has been given to me

by the earth …

Why i need to live

has been given to me

by you my valentine !!!

Happy Valentine’s Day

No poems no fancy words

No poems no fancy words

I just want the world to know

that I LOVE YOU my Princess with all my heart.

Happy Valentines Day.

Love Is A Driver …

Love Is A Driver …

Bitter And Fierce

If You Fight And

Resist Him,

Easy-going,

Once You

Acknowledge His

Power . . .

Valentine Month..!!

Its d Month of

Kisses,Surprises,

Proposals n Dates,

Chocolates n Gifts,

Hugs n LuvSongs

It’s feb..

Wishng u a Love filled

Valentine Month..!!