# Marshall Crenshaw

Marshall Howard Crenshaw (born November 11, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for hit songs such as "Someday, Someway", a US Top 40 hit in 1982, "Cynical Girl", and "Whenever You're on My Mind". His music has roots in classic soul music and Buddy Holly, to whom Crenshaw was often compared in the early days of his career, and whom he portrayed in the 1987 film La Bamba. A quote from Trouser Press summed up marshall crenshaw's early career: "Although he was seen as a latter-day Buddy Holly at the outset, he soon proved too talented and original to be anyone but himself." == Early life == Born in Detroit, Michigan, he grew up in the northern suburb of Berkley.