Artist
Annie Crummer
[Cook Islands/Tahiti]
Singer Annie Crummer's mother was Tahitian, and her father is from the Cook Islands. Crummer first made an impact in 1985, with her show-stopping solo on Netherworld Dancing Toys hit 'For Today'. Later that decade she joined successful all-female act When the Cat’s Away. She released her first solo album Language in 1992 and followed it with Seventh Wave in 1996, then turned her hand to musicals with roles in Rent and Ben Elton’s Queen-inspired show We Will Rock You. In 2011 Crummer won the Senior Pacific Artist award at Creative NZ’s Arts Pasifika Awards. She was made a Member of the NZ Order of Merit in 2017.
