Sting, born Gordon Sumner on October 2, 1951 in Wallsend, England, formed The
Police in 1977 and enjoyed success up to their split in 1983. He had to wait
until 1985 before he released his first solo album Dream of the Blue Turtles,
bringing in a number of noted jazz musicians on tracks like “Moon Over Bourbon
Street”. The album went top 3 in both the UK and US, establishing Sting as a
solo artist on both sides of the Atlantic. 1987’s Nothing Like the Sun snagged a
Grammy nomination for Album of the Year, and featured introspective tracks like
“An Englishman in New York” and “Fra...