Michelle Shocked

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michelle Shocked
Occupation	Folk Singer
Date Of Birth	Feb 24, 1962(1962-02-24)
Age	62
Birthplace	Dallas
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Aquarius

Michelle Shocked Biography

Michelle Shocked is one of the most popular and richest Folk Singer who was born on February 24, 1962 in Dallas, Texas, United States. She is an alternative folk singer/songwriter and has released the single “Anchorage”.

In 2013, she gave an anti-same sex marriage speech at a San Francisco club. This caused controversy. Shocked appeared on CNN’s Piers Moor Live to try to explain her actions.

Michelle Shocked (born Karen Michelle Johnston; February 24, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter.

In 1984, Johnston adopted the stage name “Michelle Shocked,” a play on the expression “shell shocked,” she said in a 1992 interview with Green Left Weekly: “The term ‘Miss shell shocked’ is a direct reference to the thousand- yard stare, which was a term that they first used to describe the victims of shell-shock in World War I. These people from outward appearances had survived the war quite well when in fact inside their minds were blown. I first used that name in 1984 at the Democratic Convention in San Francisco where I was arrested for protesting and demonstrating against corporations who contribute money to both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party campaigns.”

Michelle Karen Johnston was her birth name in Dallas, Texas.

Michelle Shocked Net Worth

Michelle Shocked is one of the richest Folk Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michelle Shocked 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Recorded at Kerrville Folk Festival, she was recorded singing. This led to Mercury Records in England offering her a record contract.

With her 1988 album Short Sharp Shocked she broke into the U.S. and gained strong support.

Shocked was born Karen Michelle Johnston on February 24, 1962, in Dallas, Texas, at the Baylor University Medical Center. Her stepfather was in the US Army and the family moved from base to base, eventually settling in Gilmer, Texas. Her mother was Mormon and she was raised in that faith. Her mother had her committed to a psychiatric hospital for a time during years of drug abuse. She went through a punk rock phase, wearing a Mohawk hairdo and squatting in abandoned buildings in San Francisco, California.

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Who is Michelle Shocked Dating?

According to our records, Michelle Shocked married to Bart Bull. As of December 1, 2023, Michelle Shocked’s is not dating anyone.

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The second album in the trilogy, Captain Swing, was released in 1989. Described by reviewer Chris Woodstra as an album of “swing and big-band music” that “no one expected,” the album was promoted with the release of “On the Greener Side”, a gender-reversed parody of Robert Palmer’s 1986 single “Addicted to Love”, in which topless male models performed the motions made famous by the female models in Palmer’s video.

Facts & Trivia

Michelle Ranked on the list of most popular Folk Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michelle Shocked celebrates birthday on February 24 of every year.

The trilogy concluded with her 1992 album, Arkansas Traveler. Her desire to have the cover portray her in blackface in tribute to the roots of the music featured on the album drew criticism and a change in the cover art. However, the album received little commercial notice, and Shocked parted ways with the label following an acrimonious lawsuit.