Michelle Robin Lewis (born July 14, 1968) is a singer-songwriter from United States who has released two solo albums. She has since worked as a songwriter for artists including Cher, Shawn Colvin, Hilary Duff, Kay Hanley and Kelly Osbourne.
Biography Michelle Lewis was born in New York City to saxophonist Morty Lewis and Annette Sanders (née Benbasset), a session singer for radio and TV jingles.Nager, Larry (March 21, 1997). "Commercial Breakthrough: Annette Sanders Trades Studio Work for Club Dates". The Cincinnati Enquirer Weekend. p. 39. Retrieved December 18, 2022."United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ5F-63L : 7 January 2021), Annette Benbasset in household of Joseph Benbasset, The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-256, sheet 62A, line 5, family 116, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2467. As a child, she was a jingle singer and also a regular on Sesame Street. She was raised in River Vale, New Jersey.Gavin, John A. "Workshops on words give clue to future", The Record, March 3, 2000. Accessed January 6, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Lewis, the recording artist, had similar advice as she told students how she sat in the same classrooms in the mid-1980s. Now 28, Lewis lives in Manhattan, has written songs for prime-time television, and just cut her first CD. Yet she said she didn't want to miss the opportunity to come back to River Vale and talk to students who might have the same dream she had."
Lewis began performing with emerging downtown NY bands such as Blues Traveler and Spin Doctors while she attended Columbia University as a religion and psychology major. After graduation, Lewis was hired by jazz label GRP Records as a production coordinator; she then signed a publishing deal with BMG Music in 1994 for songs she was writing for her band, The Jazzhole, which was signed to Bluemoon/Atlantic Records in 1994.
While with BMG, she also wrote singles for other artists including Amy Grant and Todd Terry. "Deeper Shade of Love," a song she co-wrote for Trinidadian singer Camille Rodwell, earned a Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 1996, and Australian pop star Deni Hines won an ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist for Lewis' song "It's Alright" at the 1996 ARIA Music Awards.
Lewis signed with Giant Records as a solo artist and released her debut album, Little Leviathan, in 1998. The single "Nowhere and Everywhere" charted in Billboard and was featured on the soundtrack of the film Practical Magic. In the summer of 1998, she appeared on some dates of the Lilith Fair tour.
Lewis' second album, Letters Out Loud, was released in 2001 on Kismet Records. Relocating to Los Angeles, she joined with other women singer-songwriters, forming the ad hoc group The Dilettantes and a postmodern Andrews Sisters-style trio, The Goods. Lewis also continued to write songs for other artists, including a co-writing credit on "A Different Kind of Love Song," a No. 1 dance-pop single for Cher in 2002.
In 2006, Lewis and Jill Sobule formed The Broadband with Kay Hanley to record and release “God Save the Internet”, a song to raise awareness of and support net neutrality, an issue then facing corporate opposition and pending legislation in Congress. The song was part of a nationwide grassroots effort by the Save the Internet Coalition."One Million Americans Urge Senate to Save the Internet", press release, June 14, 2006; at Savetheinternet.com. . From 2006 to 2009, Lewis and Sobule formalized their collaboration as "The Provocateurs", contributing commentary, opinions, and original topical and political songs to their Provocateurs blog on Yahoo! Music and to the Huffington Post blog.
In 2008, Lewis and her husband, Dan Petty, co-wrote songs with Lisa Loeb for the children's album Camp Lisa, and performed on the album. More recently, Lewis is known for creating music for the Disney Jr show Doc McStuffins, which aired for five seasons, and for which she won a Peabody Award in 2015. She also received her first Emmy nomination in 2015, at the 42nd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Outstanding Original Song, as the composer of "Holiday Ride" for the Nickelodeon show Bubble Guppies.
While she continues to perform with The Goods, write songs for pop radio and compose for kids’ television, Lewis' experience as a working songwriter led her and some long-time collaborators (Kay Hanley, Shelly Peiken and Pam Sheyne) to found Songwriters of North America (SONA) – a Los Angeles-based organization of professional songwriters and composers who advocate for upholding the value of their work in the digital future.http://www.michellelewissongs.com/about3.html Michelle Lewis Website – About Page
Discography
Solo Year Album Artist Role2004This Time AroundMichelle LewisVocals, guitar, composer, co-producer (with ZOUX) 2001 Letters Out Loud Michelle Lewis Vocals, guitar, composer, producer 1998 Little Leviathan Michelle Lewis 1994 The Jazzhole Jazzhole Songwriter, performer
Film Year Film Role 2021 The Loud House Movie Composer, performer, songwriter 2006 Charlotte's Web Composer 2006 Bambi II Composer, performer 2004 A Cinderella Story Songwriter 1998 Practical Magic Performer, songwriter
Television Year Show Role 2019 DC Super Hero Girls Songwriter 2018 Muppet Babies Songwriter 2016 The Loud House Composer 2013 Shake It Up Composer 2013 Doc McStuffins Composer 2008 Ruby and the Rockits Composer 2007 The Hills Composer 2006 That's So Raven Too! Composer 1998 Touched by an Angel Composer
Vocals Year Album Artist Role 2015 Ghost Notes Veruca Salt Vocals 2012 Merry Christmas, Baby Rod Stewart ChoirThe Party Starts Now (From Disney's Club Penguin) DJ Cadence Vocals 2010 Hooked! Lucy Woodward Vocals 2003 Kids in America American Juniors Vocals 2002 Citizen Cope Citizen Cope Vocals 1996 The Beat is the Bomb Jazzhole Vocals 1995 And The Feeling Goes Round Jazzhole Vocals 1994 Bullets Over Broadway Original Soundtrack Vocals
Selected songwriting discography Year Album – "Song" Artist Role2024Super Magick — "This Time"Better Than EzraSongwriter 2015 Sometime Last Night – "What You're Missing" R5 Songwriter 2012 DNA – "Wings" Little Mix Songwriter 2010 Il Volo – "This Time" Il Volo Songwriter 2010 Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You – "It's Not Christmas Without You" Katherine McPhee Songwriter 2009 Paper Empire – "Bright Lights" Better Than Ezra Songwriter 2009 Mitchell Musso – "Odd Man Out" Mitchell Musso Songwriter 2009 Echo (Crooked Crown) – "Where Do I Begin" Maia Sharp Songwriter 2008 Camp Lisa – "Going Away", "Wake Up Song", "Best Friend", "When It Rains", "It's Not Goodbye" Lisa Loeb Songwriter, producer, vocals 2007 Noise From Words – "No Words", "All My Love" Michael McDermott Songwriter 2007 Inside Out – "High" Emmy Rossum Songwriter 2007 Broken and Beautiful – "Broken and Beautiful" Suzie McNeil Songwriter 2006 Sunday Love – "Get You Off", "Hole" Fefe Dobson Songwriter 2005 Traveling Light – "Traveling Light", "Hanalei Road", "Love Song (For Everyone)" Courtney Jaye Songwriter 2005 A Little More Personal (Raw) – "My Beautiful Life" Lindsay Lohan Songwriter 2003 Shut Up – "Come Dig Me Out" Kelly Osbourne Songwriter 2002 Living Proof – "A Different Kind of Love Song" Cher Songwriter 1998 Remix Your Imagination – "It's Alright" Deni Hines Songwriter, vocals 1997 Ready for a New Day – "Live Without You" (featuring Jocelyn Brown) Todd Terry Songwriter 1997 Behind the Eyes – "I Will Be Your Friend" Amy Grant Songwriter, vocals 1997 Before the Rain – "Think About Me" (featuring Basil Reynolds) Eternal Songwriter 1996 Songs of the Letter People Various Vocalist
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/michelle-lewis-mn0000888794/songs List of all songs throughout career
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