Biography of Sting

Sting is Gordon Sumner, singer/songwriter/bassist/actor, who first gained recognition as a member of The Police, 1977-83, for which he served as lead singer and main songwriter. By the time the group split up, it had become one of the most popular bands in the world; its last studio album, Synchronicity (1983), topped the U.S. charts for 17 weeks.Sting launched a solo recording career in 1985 with the two million-selling The Dream of the Blue Turtles, which featured a band of jazz-oriented musicians including saxophonist Branford Marsalis. ... Nothing Like the Sun, Sting's second solo album, was released in 1987. Another million seller, it featured the Top Ten hit "We'll Be Together." The Soul Cages (1991), which contained "All This Time," was equally successful.Sting has also pursued acting, appearing in a number of films in featured and cameo roles, and he starred on Broadway in a revival of The Threepenny Opera. ~ William Ruhlmann