Michelle Robin Lewis (born 1971 or 1972) is an American singer-songwriter 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.[1]
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.jpg) Lewis in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | New York City |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Giant Records Kismet Records |
| Website | www |
Biography
editMichelle Lewis was born in New York City to saxophonist Morty Lewis and Annette Sanders (née Benbasset), a session singer for radio and TV jingles.[2][3] As a child, she was a jingle singer and also a regular on Sesame Street.[4] She was raised in River Vale, New Jersey.[5]
Lewis began performing with emerging downtown NY bands such as Blues Traveler and Spin Doctors while she attended Columbia University.[6] After graduation, Lewis was hired by jazz label GRP Records as a production coordinator and then signed a publishing deal with BMG Music in 1994. While at BMG, she wrote singles for artists such as Amy Grant and Todd Terry. She also earned a Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year for "Deeper Shade of Love," a song she wrote for Camille 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.[7]
Lewis signed with Giant Records and released her debut album, Little Leviathan, in 1998. The single "Nowhere and Everywhere" was featured on the soundtrack to the film Practical Magic.[8]
Recently, she is known best 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 this past year in 2015 for Outstanding Original Song for her work as a composer of the song "Holiday Ride" on the Nickelodeon show, Bubble Guppies at the 42nd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.[9]
While she continues to perform with her band, The Goods, write songs for pop radio and compose for kids’ television, Lewis' experience as a working songwriter led her and some of her 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 wish to advocate for upholding the value of their work in the digital future.[10]
Discography
editSolo
edit| Year | Album | Artist | Role |
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| 2001 | Letters Out Loud | Michelle Lewis | Vocals, guitar, composer, producer |
| 1998 | Little Leviathan | Michelle Lewis | |
| 1994 | The Jazzhole | Jazzhole | Songwriter, performer |
Film
edit| Year | Film | Role |
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| 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
edit| 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
edit| Year | Album | Artist | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ghost Notes | Veruca Salt | Vocals |
| 2012 | Merry Christmas, Baby | Rod Stewart | Choir |
| The 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
edit| Year | Album – "Song" | Artist | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Super Magick — "This Time" | Better Than Ezra | Songwriter |
| 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 |
References
edit- ^ "Future 25: Kay Hanley and Michelle Lewis, Co-Directors of Songwriters of North America". Rolling Stone. September 30, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mike Joyce (August 14, 1998). "MICHELLE LEWIS: "LITTLE LEVIATHAN"". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ 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."
- ^ "Michelle Lewis Letters Out Loud". www.michellelewis.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2001. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "Michelle Lewis Letters Out Loud". www.michellelewis.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2005. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "Practical Magic (1998) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Michelle Lewis – PopTech". Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- ^ http://www.michellelewissongs.com/about3.html Michelle Lewis Website – About Page
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/michelle-lewis-mn0000888794/songs List of all songs throughout career
