| Artist: Vonda Shepard |
Similar Artists:
Influenced By:
Performed Songs By:
Formal Connection With:
| Discography: Vonda Shepard |
| Wikipedia: Vonda Shepard |
 |
This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (July 2008) (Find sources: Vonda Shepard – news, books, scholar) |
| Vonda Shepard | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Background information | |
| Born | July 7, 1963 New York, U.S. |
| Origin | California, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, Acoustic |
| Occupations | Singer, Pianist, Songwriter. |
| Instruments | piano, guitar, bass |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | Reprise/Warner Bros. Records 550 Music/Epic/SME Records VesperAlley Records |
| Website | www.vondashepard.com |
Vonda Shepard (born July 7, 1963) is an American pop/rock singer. She appeared as a regular in the television show Ally McBeal from seasons 1-5 in which she played a resident performer at the bar where the show's characters drank after work. She plays piano, guitar, and bass.
Contents |
Vonda Shepard was born in New York but her family relocated to California when she was fairly young. She played piano from an early age. Her father is Richmond Shepard, a mime and improv actor. Vonda has three sisters: Armina, Rosetta (now Brianna) and Luana.[1]
After performing as a backing singer for many years she was eventually given her own recording contract. Shepard's first chart appearance was in 1987 when she recorded a duet with Dan Hill entitled 'Can't We Try'. She released her first self-titled album in 1989 with little fanfare. The album did yield one chart single, "Don't Cry Ilene", a mid-tempo, piano-driven jazz-R&B flavored song dealing with the break-up of a relationship between a black woman and a white man, arising from adult peer pressure. The track is sung from the perspective of the woman's white female friend, who harbors a desire to have the man for herself, but keeps her distance out of respect for her friend. The song peaked at 17 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart and stayed on the charts for 12 weeks.[2]
After her third album, Shepard was signed up to appear on Ally McBeal after being spotted by the show's creator David E Kelley. While on the show she recorded two full soundtrack albums and was featured on two other Ally McBeal compilations. The songs Shepard recorded for Ally McBeal soundtrack albums were mainly covers of old songs with lyrics that paralleled what was happening in the title character's life onscreen. Since appearing in the show, Shepard has released two more studio albums and a live album.
Shepard has been married to music producer Mitchell Froom since 2004; they had their first child, Jack Froom, on 15 April 2006.
NOTE: "Searchin' My Soul" was not released as a commercial single and was therefore not eligible for the Billboard Hot 100 per chart rules at the time of its release. However the song charted at #16 on the airplay chart.[3]
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Vonda Shepard |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
 | Kelly McCartney (Rock Artist, 2000s) |
| It's Good Eve (1996 Album by Vonda Shepard) |
| Love of My Life: The Best of Dan Hill (1999 Album by Dan Hill) |
 | Who is Shepard Smith? Read answer... |
| Who is mark shepard? Read answer... |
| Who is kaylynn shepard? Read answer... |
 | Dan hill and vonda shepard can't we try lyrics? |
| Who is shepard rifkin? |
| What is a shepards heart? |
Copyrights:
 |
 | Artist. Copyright © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. Content provided by All Music Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Vonda Shepard". Read more |
Mentioned in
