Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the frontman for the pop rock band Maroon 5.
Born in Los Angeles, California to German parents Patsy Noah and Fred Levine, he has one brother, Michael a stepsister, Julia; and half-brother Sam and half-sister Liza. When Levine was seven, he made the winning shot of his local YMCA championship basketball game (on a team his father coached) with seconds lef...
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Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the frontman for the pop rock band Maroon 5.
Born in Los Angeles, California to German parents Patsy Noah and Fred Levine, he has one brother, Michael a stepsister, Julia; and half-brother Sam and half-sister Liza. When Levine was seven, he made the winning shot of his local YMCA championship basketball game (on a team his father coached) with seconds left on the clock. He has said that the incident changed his life, gave him the confidence to be successful, and turned him "into an optimist…and a bit of a cocky son of a bitch."
Levine attended Frenchwoods Festival of the Performing Arts Camp (Hancock, NY), where he met the original members of the band Kara's Flowers: Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick. He attended Brentwood School in Los Angeles as part of the class of 1997.
As a young person, Levine was a reluctant frontman with "terrible acne." When Levine first began performing...
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