Getting a Grammy is one thing. But how many singers can say their music saved someone's life?
Now Adele can. Seven-year-old Charlotte Neve woke from a coma after hearing her mother Leila sing "Rolling in the Deep."
Doctors had told the mother to say her goodbyes to the little girl who had suffered what they thought was a fatal brain hemorrhage. As she cuddled up next to her for one last time and started singing one of the daughter's favorite songs, something amazing happened -- Charlotte smiled.
But more than inspiring, music can actually heal. The PBS special The Healing Power of Music credits music therapy for former congresswomen Gabrielle Giffords' recovery from a gunshot wound to the head. Doctors say it helped her regain the ability to speak. Studies have even shown that music can improve mood and alleviate depression.
"I couldn't believe it," Neve told The Telegraph. "It was the first time she had reacted to anything since the hemorrhage. The nurses were astounded and told me to keep singing, and she smiled again."
Her recovery is a beautiful reminder of the power of music. I remember being uplifted by listening to the church choir sing my grandfather's most beloved songs during his funeral. It also helped me feel still connected to him in some ethereal way.
When I really think about it, music powers much of my day. I get a little extra juice as I listen to my iPod on the subway ride to work in the morning and music most definitely gets me though a tough gym workout at the end of the day. It's amazing to think of the profound impact one song can have. What a simple yet magnificent gift.
What songs most move you? Has music made your life better in some way?
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My family has known this since 1989! Our mailbox was across the street from our house and I had gone out after school to get it. No one knows exactly what happened next but I was practically in my driveway when I was hit by a car. According the women who hit me I was wrapped around the street sign next to our driveway but when my mom got out there I was in the ditch. I asphyxiated before the volunteer firemen got there and my pupils went full blown in the ambulance. Most people don't survive that.
I had 4 major brain contusions, a broken pelvis, and a cracked sacrum. I was also a very agitated coma patient. As soon I got to ICU the doctors told my mom to go get my favorite cassette tape. At the time it was Merry, Merry Christmas by NKOTB. The nurses and Papa (who stayed with me at night) called it my babysitter. I would immediately calm down and respond to my favorite songs by turning my head. While I was still in ER and literally on death's doorstep my mom told me if I survived I could see them in concert as this had recently been a huge fight since my good friend saw them 2 days before the accident. When I woke up 8 days later I remembered her saying that! I also remember talking to my friend about the concert the night before the accident and most of the memories I have of that year have to do with New Kids.