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Lisa Loeb Profile |
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Birth Date: March 11, 1968
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Birth Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Birth Name: Lisa Anne Loeb
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Height: 5'2"
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Biography |
Lisa Loeb was born on March 11, 1968, in Bethesda, Maryland,
but was raised in a quiet, suburban neighborhood in Dallas,
Texas. She and her older brother Ben (who became a classical
musician), grew up with huge musical influences; both
self-proclaimed Kiss fans, Lisa and Ben would pretend they
were part of the band. Lisa shared her love for Olivia
Newton-John with her sister and they would belt out songs
from the musical Annie.
Young Lisa's future career as a musician was highly
influenced by the music that she surrounded herself by. She
attended an Elton John concert at the age of 10. Singer
Anastacia is also a huge Elton fan and oddly enough, both
Lisa and Anastacia have similar trademarks: their funky
eyewear.
As one can tell, Lisa was mostly influenced by the music of
the 70's; the music she grew up listening to. Even during
her high school days at Hockaday, a prestigious all-girls
school, Lisa found the time to exercise her love of music
and the arts by being highly active in extracurricular
activities. A deejay at the school radio station and an
active student (she led a protest against school uniforms),
Lisa also made time for her ballet, tap, piano, music
theory, and ice skating lessons.
Lisa's brother was taking piano lessons simultaneously and
was therefore always using the piano (when her father
wasn't), so Lisa decided to take up the guitar. In addition
to pretending to be part of Kiss, Lisa and her two best
friends pretended to be members of the Police -- she was
Andy Summers because she played the guitar. Her "pretending"
came in handy for when she performed in school musical
productions.
Once she graduated from high school, Lisa attended Brown
University, where she majored in comparative literature.
There, her and her friend Liz teamed up, performing songs
together on campus and making demo tapes, under the name Liz
and Lisa.
Lisa moved to New York City after graduation and performed
at local clubs. Her exposure at clubs and music festivals
led to business meetings at record company offices and demo
tapes. It was during this early stage of her career that
Lisa recorded The Purple Tape at Juan Patino's (her
boyfriend at the time) apartment.
With many recording companies calling Lisa, she was busy
recording demos, one of which featured the hit song "Stay"
(I Missed You). The song was chosen to appear on the
soundtrack of the Gen-X film Reality Bites, after director
Ben Stiller heard the track. Ethan Hawke, the star of the
film, directed the video for the song, which was literally
done in one take.
Stay -- did just that -- it remained at the top of the music
charts for several weeks, and was the launching pad of
Lisa's career. She started touring intensively with her band
Nine Stories, playing on shows such as The Late Show with
David Letterman, and working on all the necessary promotions
for the single. "Stay" received a Grammy nomination and a
Brit Award, and record company executives were running after
the talented brunette. Lisa is one of the only artists to
have a Billboard Number One hit without being signed onto a
record label.
After all the hype over the song died down, Lisa was back in
the recording studio, working on her first album, Tails. Her
debut album was released worldwide in 1995 and contains the
hits "Stay" and "Taffy".
Before going back to the recording studio to work on her
second album, Firecracker, Lisa toured with the all-female
tour, Lillith Fair, with fellow folksy musicians Sarah
McLachlan and Jewel. She also toured with the Counting Crows
and Lyle Lovett. Firecracker was released in 1997 and
spawned the hit "I Do". The spectacled singer is known for
her retro-inspired style and look, her folksy music, as well
as her soft melodic voice. She was last heard on the
soundtrack for One Fine Day, starring Michelle Pfeiffer. |
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Other
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Speaks fluent Spanish
The song "Truthfully", from her 2nd studio album
"Firecracker", was originally written for the soundtrack of
the movie One Fine Day (1996) but wasn't featured on the
soundtrack.
Attended The Hockaday School in Dallas, one of the top
private all-girls schools in the US. She graduated in 1986.
Publically calls herself a "baco-vegetarian". Although
Jewish, and tries to avoid all other forms of meat, she
loves eating crispy pork bacon.
Her third album, titled 'Cake and Pie', will be released in
2002.
She is the first and only unsigned artist to have a no. 1
single in the U.S. charts.
In college, she played in bands with Duncan Sheik, and with
Liz Mitchell called "Liz and Lisa"
Dated Dweezil Zappa for six years with their relationship
ending in May 2004.
Moved to Los Angeles in 2000 after living several years in
New York where she started her professional career.
Brother, Ben, is a professional conductor and accomplished
musician.
She attended Berklee College of Music for one semester,
after graduating from Brown University in 1990 with a BA in
Comparative Literature.
Dated Juan Patino in New York for six years. He produced
most of her songs (including her early demos) and full
albums, including "Stay"; he also produced the hit song "You
Were Meant For Me" by Jewel Kilcher.
Shares birthday with MTV Jackass star Johnny Knoxville
Biological sister/ actress Debbie Loeb |
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