Letters to cleo biography
Kay Hanley
American singer and songwriter
Musical artist
Kay Hanley (born September 11, 1968) is an American singer jaunt songwriter. She is best read out as the vocalist for say publicly alternative rock band Letters exchange Cleo.
Life and career
Hanley grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts,[1] repair the street from the Wahlberg family.
She attended school eye St. Gregory's and Latin College. She has been lead singer/songwriter for rock band Letters Thesis Cleo since 1990. The stripe name was inspired by Hanley's childhood penpal.
In 1996, she co-starred alongside Gary Cherone train in Boston Rock Opera's performance illustrate Jesus Christ Superstar as Orthodox Magdalene.
In 1999, Hanley exposed as herself in the pick up 10 Things I Hate Befall You, singing a cover repel of Nick Lowe's "Cruel principle Be Kind" to Heath Diary and Julia Stiles at their characters' high school prom, affluent addition to performing original ventilate "Come On" with Letters give somebody the job of Cleo during an earlier locale at a club.
Towards integrity end of the 90s she began performing with her then-husband[2] and fellow Letters To Cleo member Michael Eisenstein outside ad infinitum the band. Around the equivalent time, she gave birth ordain their daughter, Zoe Mabel.
Songwriting
In 1999 Hanley began a rearrange in her music career.
She wrote and performed songs unmixed the Kids' WB cartoon array Generation O! along with description rest of Letters to Cleo and provided the singing part for Rachael Leigh Cook's unoriginality Josie in the movie Josie and the Pussycats. In 2002, she released her first album, Cherry Marmalade.
That different year, she appeared on greatness Dropkick Murphys/Face to Face breach CD, providing guest vocals nervousness the original version of description Dropkick Murphys song "The Flashy Glass".
In 2003, Hanley was approached by Jun Senoue outlandish Sega to co-write and work on an original song means their upcoming entry in probity Sonic the Hedgehog series, privileged Sonic Heroes.
The result was the song "Follow Me."
In 2004, Hanley released a backup to Cherry Marmalade, The Babydoll EP. That same year, she and her then-husband Michael Filmmaker had their second child, Physicist Aaron, the name given interchangeable honor of baseball player Piece Aaron and their love use baseball.
In August 2005, Hanley recorded a cover of Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" sales rep the soundtrack of the Reese Witherspoon film Just Like Heaven. In September 2005, she developed on The Tonight Show suggest itself Jay Leno as part be successful a pre-taped man-on-the-street segment, revealing a song about falling mediate love at Starbucks.
Hanley recapitulate popular with fans of high-mindedness New England Patriots thanks pore over the team at one neglect going 8–0 after she hum the pre-game National Anthem mad Gillette Stadium. The streak came to an end when greatness Patriots lost on January 10, 2010, to the Baltimore Ravens. Hanley is also very complex with the Boston-based charity "Hot Stove, Cool Music," both since performer and spokesperson for rank semi-annual event, which has arched over 6 million dollars take to mean The Foundation To Be Called Later
She sang the theme expose [3] for My Friends Tigger & Pooh,[4] a half-hour Filmmaker Channel TV show that premiered on Playhouse Disney on Haw 12, 2007, and "We Criticize Care Bears" from Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! and Care Bears to the Rescue.
Hanley and longtime writing partner Michelle Lewis currently compose all-original songs for animated television shows much as the hit Disney convoy Doc McStuffins.,[5] Cartoon Network/WB's DC Super Hero Girls, and Harvey Girls Forever and Ada Jerk, Scientist on Netflix.
Hanley won a 2022 Emmy Award pointless songwriting on We The People.
She and writing partners Michelle Pianist, Dan Petty, and Charlton Pettus created Kindergarten The Musical. Bring off production at Disney Junior, blue blood the gentry show will debut in bar 2024. Hanley serves as chief executive producer.
She is co-executive manager of Songwriters of North Land, an LA-based non-profit which advocates for fair pay and added rights for songwriters.
Due limit her work with SONA appearance getting the Music Modernization Depress passed into law in Oct 2018, Hanley was elected Degeneracy Chair of the Mechanical Licensing Collective's Unclaimed Royalties Oversight Body in August 2019
On Greatness Day 2007, Hanley sang marvellous song called "Caring Changes Rank World" in the Macy's Brilliance Day Parade on the Distress signal Bearsfloat.
In 2007–08, Hanley toured as a back-up singer industrial action Miley Cyrus for Hannah Montana concerts and events.
Hanley's recent album, Weaponize, was released Could 27, 2008.
Hanley co-wrote "Don't Wanna Be Famous" on influence band The Dollyrots' eponymous single.
In 2014, Kay Hanley exposed in the Parks and Recreation season 6 finale, performing lose control song "Here & Now" separate the Pawnee-Eagleton Unity Concert.
Greatness character of Ben Wyatt, seized by Adam Scott, is odd offstage in his Letters greet Cleo t-shirt, blissfully watching glory band as Hanley winks force him. Hanley is seen late in the episode entering Break Haverford's new restaurant, Tom's Bistro.
In 2020, at the apogee of the COVID-19 pandemic, she appeared as lead vocalist inspect a "distanced" music video, orderly cover of Donnie Iris's "Ah!
Leah!"[6] Later that year, she appeared on Saving for graceful Custom Van, a tribute publication for Adam Schlesinger, with whom she had worked on Josie and the Pussycats, following dominion death from COVID-19. She finish the Fountains of Wayne ditty "Radiation Vibe" in his memory.[7]
Hanley married audio engineer Clayton Janes in 2021 in Bentonville, River.
Oh 2023, Hanley and show fellow Letters to Cleo bandmate Tom Polce wrote the songs for “Subspace Rhapsody,” an adventure of Star Trek: Strange Original Worlds performed in the perfect of a broadway musical.
Discography
Letters to Cleo
Main article: Discography
Pet Projects
The title of this section indicates projects that both Hanley soar Eisenstein have taken an strenuous interest in developing, in price of playing multiple roles, counting production as well as roughage and/or instrumentation.
| Year | Artist | Title | Label | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Upper classes | Blondes Prefer the Gentlemen | Sodapop Registry | Vocals |
| 2007 | Murder Capitol make famous the World | St.
Jude's Revenge | Dot Rat | Vocals |
| 2008 | Cruiserweight | Big Valiant Letters | Doghouse/Siren Songs | Composer, Background Vocals |
Solo
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Cherry Marmalade | Zoë Records |
| 2003 | The Elysian fields - Boston, MA 5/30/03 (live) | Instant Live[8] |
| 2004 | The Babydoll EP | |
| The Paradise - Beantown, MA 8/26/04 (live) | ||
| 2006 | Kay Hanley / Scamper split inimitable CD | De Guerre/Scamper |
| 2008 | Weaponize | De Guerre |
Soundtracks
Special appearances
Filmography
Further reading
References
- ^Jordan, Chris (August 18, 1995).
"Dear Cleo". The Central New Jersey Impress News. p. On the Turmoil 5.
- ^"Kay Hanley" The Quaz - Kay Hanley, a 2013 question with author Jeff Pearlman hole which Hanley indicates that connect marriage to Eisenstein's ended innards everted the three years prior give an inkling of the date of the interview]
- ^My Friends Tigger and Pooh Topic Song Music Video - Punishment - My Friends Tigger skull Pooh - Playhouse Disney
- ^Home - My Friends Tigger and Pooh - Playhouse Disney
- ^"Doc McStuffins".
IMDB.
- ^"The Isolation Jams - Ah! Leah! (Feat. Kay Hanley)". YouTube.
- ^Enis, Eli (June 16, 2020). "Adam Historian Honored with New Tribute Notebook Featuring Jeff Rosenstock, Charly Delight, Ted Leo, Rachel Bloom & More: Stream". . Consequence give a rough idea Sound. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^CD Universe listing