A vocalist and songwriter whose music blended upbeat pop with personal themes, Cady Groves was born in Marlow, Oklahoma on July 30, 1989. One of seven siblings, Groves soaked up early musical influences as a child from her mother (who liked Phil Collins and Amy Grant) and her stepfather (who was into Lynyrd Skynyrd and Styx), and has cited hearing Frank Sinatra and Alanis Morissette on the radio in the family's van as experiences that made her want to write and sing her own songs. Groves graduated from high school when she was just 16, and while she was keenly interested in so...