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Primary sources|date=June 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Lee Aaron| image = Leeaaron1.jpg| caption = LeeAaron performing in Toronto, 1987| image_size = 175| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Karen Lynn Greening| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1962|7|21|mf=y| birth_place = Belleville, Ontario , Canada | instrument =| genre = Glam metal , hard rock , jazz | occupation = Singer|Vocalist , songwriter , musician | years_active = 1980& ndash;present| label = Faithful Productions| associated_acts = 2preciious Lee Aaron Project| website = http://www.leeaaron.com/LeeAaron (born Karen Lynn Greening , July 21, 1962), is a Canadian Rock music|rock and jazz singer. She had several hits in the 1980s and early 1990s such as "Metal Queen", "Whatcha Do to My Body", and "Sex with Love".
Background
Lee Aaron was born in Belleville, Ontario , and began singing in school musicals at the age of five.cite web|url= http://leeaaron.net/Biography/lee-bio.html|title=Lee AaronOfficial Biography She was discovered singing in a music production when she was fifteen years old, and was asked to join a local rock group called "Lee Aaron" while still in high school in Brampton, Ontario .Aaron sang, played alto saxophone and Keyboard instrument|keyboards in this first incarnation of the band.
At age seventeen, Aaron's face was badly bruised and her nose broken in a car accident. No surgery was required, but years later, in a profile on Aaron, Canadian Musician Magazine mistakenly embellished the incident into Aaron requiring complete facial reconstruction.cite journal |work=Canadian Musician (magazine)|month=April | year=1987| publisher = Norris Publications | id = ISSN 0708-9635cite web|url= http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/A/Aaron_Lee.html|title=CANOE JAM& #33; Music - Pop Encyclopedia - Aaron, Lee|accessdate=2009-02-25|publisher=Jam.Canoe.ca The magazine printed a retraction in the following month's issue.cite journal |work=Canadian Musician (magazine)|month=May | year=1987| publisher = Norris Publications | id = ISSN 0708-9635
That same year, she signed with her first manager, Bob Connolly.Aaron was removed from playing any instruments and pulled centre stage to front the band.
1980s
Aaron's debut 1982 album The LeeAaron Project on Freedom Records (later reissued on Attic) featured a who's who of the Toronto, ON|Toronto music scene, with members of Moxy (band)|Moxy , Riff Raff , Santers , and Triumph (band)|Triumph 's Rik Emmett . The album, available in England only as an import, created a groundswell of interest that resulted in Aaron's appearance that year at the Reading Festival .
In late 1982, Aaron flew to New York City|New York and posed topless for the men's magazine Oui Magazine|OUI .cite web|url= http://www.mts.net/~crea/bands/aaronlee.html|title=A LeeAaron biography|accessdate=2009-02-25|publisher=MTS.net The magazine's March 1983 issue featured Aaron on the cover and in an interview. Aaron later concluded that posing for the magazine damaged her musical credibility; she regretted the decision and assigned blame for it to pressure from her manager.cite web|url= http://www.fullinbloommusic.com/leeaaron.html|title=Lee Aaron interview|accessdate=2009-07-05|publisher=Full In Bloom Music.com
1984's recording of the album Metal Queen resulted in a multi-album deal with Attic Records (Canada)|Attic Records . During the recording of Metal Queen , guitarist John Albani joined the band and he and Aaron formed a solid songwriting partnership that would last eleven years. Aaron walked out on her management deal with Connolly the following year.
Between 1984 and 1992, Aaron toured almost non-stop, including over twenty Europe an tours and appearances in Japan and the United States of America|US . She released six albums on Attic Records in Canada, as well as international releases in the United Kingdom|UK , Germany , Austria , Switzerland , The Benelux , Italy , Scandinavia , Australia and Japan. She has won three Toronto MusicAwards for Best Female Vocalist, ten Juno Award|Juno nominations,cite web|url= http://www.junoawards.ca/|title=Juno Awards|publisher=junoawards.ca and topped dozens of European music pollsCitation needed|date=June 2010.
Her greatest commercial success came with the release of Bodyrock (Lee Aaron album)|Bodyrock in 1989. The album spawned several hit songs, including "Whatcha Do to My Body", and was certified double platinum in Canada.cite web|url= http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE& Params=U1SEC888467|title=The Canadian Encyclopedia - Aaron, Lee|accessdate=2009-02-25|publisher=TheCanadianEncyclopedia.com
1990s
In 1992, Aaron left Attic Records to start her own label, Hip Chic Music, and released two more albums. On 1994's Emotional Rain (distributed by A& M Records|A & M Canada ) Aaron worked with Don Short and Don Binns ( Sons of Freedom (band)|Sons of Freedom ), Reeves Gabrels ( David Bowie 's Tin Machine ), and Knox Chandler ( The Psychedelic Furs ).
1995's 2preciious was a project record written with members of Sons of Freedom. It was critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful,asshe tried to drop the name "Lee Aaron" entirely and use her real name, Karen.
In 2000, she released Slick Chick , again on her own imprint, Barking Dog Music (with distribution by Fusion 3). Aaron played extensively for this release, showcasing at The Top of the Senator in Toronto and numerous jazz festivals across Canada and Europe.
In 2002, Aaron was approached to audition with the Modern Baroque Opera Company. She was cast and appeared that year in an ALCAN Performing Arts Award-winning production called 101 Songs for the Marquis De Sade .
Her eleventh album, Beautiful Things , a pop-jazz hybrid, was released in 2004. Aaron and husband John Cody have two children: http://www.leeaaron.com/images/angellaandmom.jpg Angella,cite web|url= http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1285319/bio|title=Lee Aaron Biography|publisher=imdb.com born June 7, 2004 and http://www.leeaaron.com/images/jettandmom.jpg Jett, born January 7, 2006.
Lee Aaron continues to play both rock and selected jazz shows.cite web|url= http://www.leeaaron.com/|title=Lee Aaron|publisher=LeeAaron.com On June 11, 2011, after 30 years in the business, she will make her first appearance on Swedish soil when she plays the Sweden Rock Festival .cite web|url= http://www.swedenrock.com/index.cfm? pg=1& pr=0& lg=2|title=Sweden Rock Festival|publisher=swedenrock.com
http://www.canadianbands.com/Lee%20Aaron.html Bio at CanadianBands.com CanConRox entry
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/A/Aaron_Lee.html JAM& #33; Music - Pop Encyclopedia
http://www.fullinbloommusic.com/leeaaron.html Historical Reference Interview with Lee Aaron
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE& Params=U1ARTU0000002 The Canadian Encyclopedia : Lee Aaron
Persondata | NAME = Aaron, Lee | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Greening, Karen Lynn (birth name) | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Canadian heavy metal singer | DATE OF BIRTH = July 21, 1962 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Belleville, Ontario, Canada | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Aaron, Lee Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:People from Belleville, Ontario Category:Canadian heavy metal singers Category:Canadian jazz singers Category:Canadian rock singers Category:Canadian songwriters Category:Female heavy metal singers Category:Musicians from Ontario Category:Attic Records (Canada) artists
