Amy, My Daughter

^{Amy and I singing together at a family party in 2010…}

^{…and then dueting on ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ at Pizza on the Park, June 2010.}

^{In the studio recording the video for ‘Body and Soul’ with Tony Bennett, March 2011.}

^{Amy with my friend Paul’s daughter Katie at the 100 Club, Oxford Street, June 2011. This is among the last private pictures known to have been taken of Amy.}

^{The worst week of our lives. With Alex, Reg and Janis, visiting Camden Square and reading the beautiful and moving tributes left to Amy, 25 July 2011.}

^{Not even my daughter’s glorious voice and fabulous songs made me as happy as the times when she said, ‘Give me a cuddle, Dad’.}

About the Author

MITCH WINEHOUSE is the father of Amy Winehouse and a lifelong resident of London who worked for many years as a taxi driver. The founder of the Amy Winehouse Foundation, Mitch is also a jazz vocalist whose most recent album is titled Rush of Love.

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CREDITS

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Song lyrics

‘In My Bed’ – words and music by Amy Winehouse and Salaam Remi © 2003; reproduced by permission of EMI April Music Inc/ Salaam Remi Music Inc/ EMI Music Publishing Ltd, London W8 5SW

‘What Is It About Men’ – words and music by Amy Winehouse, Felix Howard, Paul Watson, Gordon Williams, Wilburn Cole, Donovan Jackson, Earl Smith, Luke Smith, Delroy Cooper © 2006; reproduced by permission of EMI Music Publishing Ltd, London W8 5SW

‘Take The Box’ – words and music by Amy Winehouse and Luke Smith © 2002; reproduced by permission of EMI Music Publishing Ltd, London W8 5SW

‘Back To Black’ – words and music by Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson © 2006; reproduced by permission of EMI Music Publishing Ltd, London W8 5SW

‘Rehab’ – words and music by Amy Winehouse © 2006; reproduced by permission of EMI Music Publishing Ltd, London W8 5SW

Images

All images and notes provided © Mitch Winehouse except: Picture Section Two, p.1 © Alex Lake; p.2 top left © David Butler/Rex Features, top right and bottom © Press Association Images; p.3 top and bottom left © Press Association Images, bottom right © Getty Images; p.4 top © Richard Young, bottom © Opticphotos.com; p.5 © Opticphotos.com; p.6 top left and right © Opticphotos.com, bottom © Press Association Images; p.7 top © Paul Sassienie, bottom © Rex Features; p.8 © Denise Collins

Cover design by Amanda Kain

Cover Photograph © by Bryan Adams/Trunk Archive

Copyright

AMY, MY DAUGHTER. Copyright © 2012 by Mitch Winehouse. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins ebooks.

FIRST U.S. EDITION

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ISBN 978-0-06-219138-0

ISBN 978-0-06-221835-3 (International Edition)

Epub Edition © MAY 2012

ISBN: 9780062191397

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