AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Poe

Artist:Poe

Song:Angry Johnny

Album:Hello

Singer songwriter Anne "Poe" Danielewski looked like she was going to be a star when the 1995 album Hello was certified Gold. But she only recorded two albums and was dropped by Atlantic Records. She hasn't recorded since 2000. She was born Mar.23, 1968 in New York City. Her father is film director Tad Z. Danielewski and her brother is novelist Mark Z. Danielewski. The family moved around a lot until settling in Provo, UT and that's where Anne attended high school. After her parents divorced, Anne moved to New York City. After graduating high school, she attended Princeton University where she started her first band. Anne started experimenting with samplers and sequencers and signed with Stevie Nicks' label Modern with Atlantic distribution. The album Hello was released in 1995. Angry Johnny was the first single and it reached #7 on the Modern Rock chart. The album was certified Gold. The video for Angry Johnny was heavily played on MTV's Alternative Nation. Anne wrote and produced all the songs with co-writers. For Angry Johnny, it was RJ Rice. He produced four songs on the album. Rice was the leader of the 80s R&B group R.J.'s Latest Arrival. He went on to found Barak Records which is the home of hip hop group Slum Village. Anne released her second album Haunted in 2000. It did not do as well. And then the AOL/Time Warner merger happened. It was discovered that Atlantic didn't own any of the Modern Records masters. So the label and in turn Poe was dropped. They had just picked up her option for three more albums. They had big plans for her. But without owning the masters and new ownership, it didn't make sense for Atlantic to keep her on their roster. Modern ultimately sold the masters which are now owned by eOne which was sold to Hasbro. Anne sued Atlantic hoping for a settlement that never happened. Then she sued the law firm and nothing came from that either. Anne announced in 2012 that she would be releasing music on a new mobile platform that never materialized. Her only recording was a 2014 cover of Imagine to benefit UNICEF. If she has done anything else, it's under a pseudonym. Here's the video for Angry Johnny by Poe.