Editing Marshall Crenshaw (section)

{{Short description|American musician (born 1953)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Marshall Crenshaw
| image               = Marshallcrenshaw.jpg
| caption             = Crenshaw performing in 1987
| alt = Marshall Crenshaw performing in New York in 1987
| birth_name          = Marshall Howard Crenshaw
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1953|11|11}}
| birth_place         = [[Detroit]], Michigan, U.S.
| genre               = {{flatlist|
* [[Rock music|Rock]]
* [[Power pop]]
* [[New wave music|New wave]]
* [[Roots rock]]
* [[Country rock]]
* [[College rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Brodsky|first=Rachel|date=March 30, 2015|title=We've Got A File On You: Marshall Crenshaw|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2213949/weve-got-a-file-on-you-marshall-crenshaw/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/|access-date=May 8, 2023|website=[[Stereogum]]}}</ref>
}}
| occupation          = Musician, singer, songwriter
| instrument          = Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion
| years_active        = 1981–present
| label               = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[Rhino Records|Rhino]], [[Razor and Tie]], Red River, [[429 Records|429]]
| website             = {{url|marshallcrenshaw.com}}
| background          = solo_singer
}}
'''Marshall Howard Crenshaw''' (born November 11, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for hit songs such as "[[Someday, Someway]]", a US top 40 hit in 1982, "[[Cynical Girl]]", and "[[Whenever You're on My Mind]]". He is also the co-author of one of the biggest radio hits of the 1990s, [[Gin Blossoms]]'s "[[Til I Hear It from You]]". His music has roots in classic [[soul music]] and [[Buddy Holly]], to whom Crenshaw was often compared in the early days of his career, and whom he portrayed in the 1987 film ''[[La Bamba (film)|La Bamba]]''.

Born in Michigan, Crenshaw performed in the musical ''[[Beatlemania (musical)|Beatlemania]]'' before releasing his [[Marshall Crenshaw (album)|self-titled album]] in 1982. Crenshaw could not replicate the commercial success of ''Marshall Crenshaw'' and follow-up ''[[Field Day (Marshall Crenshaw album)|Field Day]]'' (1983) with later albums. Crenshaw has also contributed songs to other artists, writing singles for [[Kirsty MacColl]] and Gin Blossoms. A quote from ''[[Trouser Press]]'' summed up Marshall Crenshaw's early career: "Although he was seen as a latter-day Buddy Holly at the outset, he soon proved too talented and original to be anyone but himself."<ref name="429records.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.429records.com/sites/429records/429news/marshallcrewnshaw1.asp|title=In the News: MARSHALL CRENSHAW: Jaggedland|website=[[429 Records]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201080756/http://www.429records.com/sites/429records/429news/marshallcrewnshaw1.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2017}}</ref>