American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani rose to fame in the 1990s as the lead singer for the rock-ska (Jamaican urban pop music) band No Doubt. She then started a successful solo career.
Gwen Renée Stefani was born on October 3, 1969, in Fullerton, California, and raised Catholic in nearby Anaheim. She was named after a stewardess in the 1968 novel Airport, and her middle name, Renée, comes from the Four Tops’ 1968 version of the Left Banke’s 1966 song “Walk Away Renée.” Her father Dennis Stefani is Italian American and worked as a Yamaha marketing executive. Her mother Patti is Irish American and worked as an accountant before becoming a homemaker.
Stefani’s parents were fans of folk music and exposed her to music by artists like Bob Dylan and Emmylou Harris. Stefani has two younger siblings, Jill and Todd, and an older brother, Eric. Eric was the keyboardist for No Doubt before leaving the band to pursue a career in animation on The Simpsons.
She attended Loara High School, where she graduated in 1987. After high school, she attended Fullerton College and Cypress College. She then transferred to California State University, Fullerton, but dropped out to pursue her music career. Here, a collection of 22 adorable photos of Gwen Stefani when she was a kid from the 1970s:
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