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Infobox musical artist | name = Vonda Shepard| image = Vondashepard czarnob.jpg| caption =| image_size =| landscape = Yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1963|7|7|birth_place = New York , U.S.| death_date =| origin = California , U.S.| instrument = Vocals , piano , guitar , bass guitar|bass | genre = Rock music|Rock , Acoustic music|Acoustic | occupation = Singer, Pianist, Songwriter.| years_active = 1987& ndash;present| label = Reprise Records|Reprise / Warner Bros. Records 550 Music / Epic Records|Epic / Sony Music Entertainment|SME Records VesperAlley Records | associated_acts =| website = http://vondashepard.com/ vondashepard.com| notable_instruments = Vonda Shepard (born July 7, 1963) is an American rock music|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 (establishment)|bar where the show's characters drank after work. She plays piano , guitar , and Bass guitar|bass .
Biography
Vonda Shepard was born in New York but her family relocated to California when she was a child. 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. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005423/bio IMDb Trivia information
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". Before this she tried out for the part of Michael J. Fox|Michael J. Fox's sister in Light of Day but lost the part out to Joan Jett . She was also poised to sing on Peter Cetera|Peter Cetera's duet "The Next Time I Fall" but he picked AmyGrant instead. 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 Number 17 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart and stayed on the charts for 12 weeks. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp? cfi=341& cfgn=Singles& cfn=Hot+Adult+Contemporary+Tracks& ci=3009128& cdi=6460594& cid=03%2F03%2F1990 Billboard chart information
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. She is also the stepmother to Froom's daughter, Ruby, from his marriage to Suzanne Vega .
Shepard recently provided vocals on the score by James Newton Howard for the 2010 film, Love and Other Drugs, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway (actress)|Anne Hathaway .
"Baby, Don't You Break My Heart Slow" (with Emily Saliers )
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Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal
"Read Your Mind"
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" Someday We'll Be Together "
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"Chances Are" (with Robert Downey, Jr. )
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Ally McBeal: For Once in My Life
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"Rainy Days"
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Chinatown
Guest singles
"Can't We Try" (duet with Dan Hill ) - Pop Number 6, Adult Contemporary Number 2, 1987
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External links
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http://vondashepard.com/ Official Vonda Shepard Website
http://vesperalley.com Old Vonda Shepard Website
http://www.delafont.com/music_acts/vonda-shepard.htm Vonda Shepard Overview web page
IMDb name|0005423
ScreenActorsGuildAwards EnsembleTVComedy 1994–1999 Persondata | NAME = Shepard, Vonda | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1963-07-07 | PLACE OF BIRTH = New York , U.S. | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH =
DEFAULTSORT:Shepard, Vonda Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:American contraltos Category:American female singers Category:American pop singers
Category:Musicians from California Category:People from New York Category:American singer-songwriters Category:Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Award winners Category:Reprise Records artists Category:Warner Bros. Records artists Category:Epic Records artists
