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Infobox musical artist| name = Leslie Mills| image =| caption =| alias =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| Born = Fort Mitchell, Kentucky|Fort Mitchell , Kentucky , United States | death_date =| origin =| genre = pop music|Pop , Alternative rock | occupation = Singing|Singer , songwriter , record producer , actress | years_active = 1997–present| label = Atlantic Records|Atlantic , Tiny Violet Records| associated_acts = To The Moon Alice
Peter Cetera
Yanni | website = http://www.lesliemills.com/ lesliemills.com Leslie Mills is an United States|American singing|singer , songwriter , record producer , and actress .

Biography


Originally from Fort Mitchell, Kentucky|Fort Mitchell , Kentucky, Mills spent her formative years studying dance, theater and music. She got her start fronting the New York based band To The Moon Alicecite book|last=Budnick|first=Dean|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=0d7ach9LFKUC& pg=PA246\|title=Jam Bands: North America's Hottest Live Groups Plus How to Tape Trade|date=1998|accessdate=October 30, 2011 with A& M Records before relocating to Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville to begin her solo career. Mills met her long-time collaborating partner, the Australian writer/producer Chris Pelcer and began writing songs for her solo project along with co-writing the single "Just Like Love" for Peter Cetera , and "Rule The World" for Cetera's album Another Perfect World .

Mills signed as a writer to Paul McCartney 's publishing company MPL Communications|MPL cite news|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=sBIEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA47& lpg=PA47& dq=leslie+mills+signs+with+mpl+billboard|work= Billboard Magazine |date=29 December 2001|accessdate=29 October 2011|page=47|title=MPL Signs Mills and received an Emmy Nomination for the song On My Own . She signed with Atlantic Records ,cite news|title=McCartney's MPL Picks Up 'Old Friend' Carl Perkins|author=Jim Bessman|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=fA0EAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA30& lpg=PA30& dq=leslie+mills+signs+with+atlantic+records|title=Billboard MPL|work= Billboard Magazine |date=12 April 2003|accessdate=30 October 2011 and released her debut album Different for Girls (album)|Different for Girls cite web|url= http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000C3I2V|title=Different For Girls Album|work=Amazon.com|date=30 September 2003|accessdate=29 October 2011 which included producers such as David Kahne , John Shanks , and co-productions by Mills and Pelcer. While signed to Atlantic Records , Mills began to get her songs into film and soundtracks such as What a Girl Wants (film)|What A Girl Wants , White Oleander (film)|White Oleander , and The Powerpuff Girls Movie . She left Atlantic in 2004, and continued to write songs for television and film while working on her second album Everlasting Road cite web|url= http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VDDIAA|title=Everlasting Road Album|work=Amazon.com|date=14 August 2007|accessdate=29 October 2011 which was released in 2007 (produced by Mills with Pelcer) on her own label Tiny Violet Records.

Other film and TV credits for Mills' songsimdb name|1601779 Accessed on 29 October 2011. include Barbie of Swan Lake , My Scene Goes Hollywood , Gray Matters , '' My Best Friend's Girl (2008 film)|My Best Friend's Girl , Just My Luck (2006 film)|Just My Luck , Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas , Guiding Light .cite web
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Mills was a featured artist as part of the 2009 Yanni Voices cite news|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1003891309#/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1003891309|title=Yanni Brings Voices To Disney|work= Billboard Magazine |date=18 November 2008|accessdate=29 October 2011 tour of US, Canada, and Mexico. She wrote and recorded for the project with the musical artist Yanni for two years. Four songs featuring Mills are included on the Yanni Voicescite web|url= http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001RJ1XV8|title=Yanni Voices CD Amazon|work=Amazon.com|date=24 March 2009|accessdate=29 October 2011 album Disney Pearl , along with Mills' featured in the PBS special Yanni Voices Live From the Forum in Acapulco cite web|url= http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002O4J4E8|title=Yanni Voices Live In Concert DVD Amazon|work=Amazon.com|date=26 October 2009|accessdate=29 October 2011 which aired in the U.S. in March 2009, with a full-length DVD released in October of the same year.

Discography


Studio albums


  • Different for Girls (album)|Different for Girls (2003)

  • Everlasting Road (2007)

  • Falling Off The World (2009)


    • Songs in Film


  • '' You're So Cupid Songs Performed by Leslie Mills: "Higher" (Leslie Mills/Andy West), "Another Side of Me"(Mills/Pelcer), "Danceparty" (Mills/Pelcer) (2010)

  • Barbie and the Three Musketeers Song: "Making My Way" Performed by Leslie Mills, Written by Mills/ Chris Pelcer (2009)

  • '' My Best Friend's Girl (film)|My Best Friend's Girl Song:"Tell Me You Will" Performed by Leslie Mills, Written by Mills/Pelcer (2008)

  • Live& #33; (2007 film) Song: "Never Leave The Sun" Performed by Leslie Mills, Written by Mills/Pelcer (2007)

  • Just My Luck (2006 film)|Just My Luck Song: "All About A Kiss" Performed by Chantal Kreviazuk , Written by Leslie Mills / Chris Pelcer (2006)

  • Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy Song: "Away We'll Ride" Performed by Leslie Mills, Written by Mills/Pelcer (2006)

  • Gray Matters Song: "All Kinds of Love" Performed by Leslie Mills, Written by Mills/Pelcer (2006)

  • Everything You Want Song: "Ready To Rain" Performed by Leslie Mills, Written by Mills/Pelcer (2005)

  • My Scene Goes Hollywood Songs: "Starlight", "Feel Like LA", "Find the Fun", "Lucky", Performed by Leslie Mills, Written by Mills/ Pelcer (2005)

  • Jammin in Jamaica Song: "Radiowave", Performed by Leslie Mills, Written by Mills/Pelcer (2004)

  • What a Girl Wants (film)|What A Girl Wants Song: "Good Life" Performed by Leslie Mills, Written by Mills/Pelcer (2003)

  • Barbie of Swan Lake Song: "Wings" Performed by Leslie Mills, Written by Jason Blume (2003)

  • White Oleander Song: "Good Life" Performed by Leslie Mills, Written by Mills/Pelcer (2002)


    • Soundtracks and compilations


  • Feel Like LA: The Hollywood Collection (2009)

  • Barbie In A Christmas Carol Soundtrack (2008)

  • Everything You Want Soundtrack (2005)

  • Barbie Sings!: The Princess Movie Songs Collection (2004)

  • What A Girl Wants Soundtrack (2003)

  • List of The Powerpuff Girls soundtracks#Power Pop|Powerpuff Girls: Power Pop (2003)


    • Songs on other albums


  • Yanni's Truth Of Touch Songs: "Can't Wait" and "Long Way Home" (Instrumental) (2011)

  • Yanni Voices Song: "Before The Night Ends" (2009)

  • Yanni Voices Song: "The Keeper" (2009)

  • Yanni Voices Song: "Never Leave The Sun" (2009)

  • Yanni Voices Song: "Our Days" (2009)

  • Peter Cetera Songs: "Just Like Love" and "Rule The World" (2001)

  • Paulini Song: "One Determined Heart" (Title Track) (2002) (Australia)

  • Steve Nelson Song: "Be My Water" (2002)

  • Shanley Del Song: "The Other Side of Love" (2002) (Australia)


    • Awards and nominations


  • 2002: Emmy Award|Emmy nomination IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1601779/awards "Leslie Mills Emmy Nomination", IMDB , USA, 30 May 2002. Retrieved on 29 October 2011. for Outstanding Original Song, "On My Own" for "Guiding Light" (shared with Brian D. Siewert )


    • References


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    External links


  • official| http://www.lesliemills.com

  • Facebook|lesliemillsmusic

  • imdb name|1601779

  • twitter|leslie_mills

  • myspace|lesliemill


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