Joss Stone who contacted S-Curve Records founder and CEO, Steve Greenberg in December 2001 telling him that "they had just heard the greatest singer they'd ever heard from their country." In early 2002, Greenberg flew Stone to New York for an audition, in which she sang to backing tracks of classic soul songs: Otis Redding's 1968 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", Gladys Knight & the Pips' 1973 "Midnight Train to Georgia", and Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"; Greenberg instantly signed her to his label. After being signed by S-Curve Records, her US market album was released
A Man Called Ove (novel) ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents’ association to their very foundations." –promotional blurb on U.S. edition cover jacket In July 2014, Dreamscape Media released an audiobook version of this book, read in English by American actor George Newbern. A Man Called Ove (novel) A Man Called Ove (original title in ) is a 2012 novel by Fredrik Backman, a Swedish columnist, blogger and writer. It was published in English in 2013. The English version reached the New York Times Best Seller list 18 months after it