Lisa Fischer

Lisa Fischer, Oslo 2016

Lisa Fischer (born December 1, 1958 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American singer , songwriter and two-time Grammy award winner. Her musical roots are in R&B , rock , soul , African and Caribbean styles, as well as classical influences. She had a number 1 hit single in the US in 1991 , How Can I Ease The Pain , and is one of the best background singers in the business. In the 1980s she was a member of the American singing group The Marvelettes and sang in the band of friend and mentor Luther Vandross for twenty years .

Career

Since the beginning of her career, Fischer has mainly worked as a background singer and has worked for musicians and stars such as Billy Greene , Melba Moore , Tina Turner , Chaka Khan , Nine Inch Nails , Sting , Aretha Franklin , Bobby McFerrin , George Benson , Diana Ross , Laurie Anderson , Teddy Pendergrass , Dionne Warwick , Grover Washington , Billy Ocean , Al Jarreau , Patti LaBelle and other notable artists. From the Steel Wheels Tour in 1989, with the exception of the Urban Jungle Tour in 1990 up to the Zip Code Tour in 2015, she regularly performed as a background singer on the Rolling Stones' tours .

In between she made repeated attempts at a solo activity. In 1992 Fischer finally won a Grammy Award for best female R&B performance for her song How Can I Ease the Pain from the album So Intense . In 1993 she sang the ballad Colors of Love , which appeared on the soundtrack album for the film Made in America . In the mid-1990s she reduced her solo ambitions again and worked as a studio singer for Atlantic Records and GRP Records .

In 2013, Fischer's career took an unexpected turn with the film " 20 Feet from Stardom ", an Oscar- winning documentary about the work of background singers, which also brought them back into public interest. Since 2016 she has been touring with her own band "Grand Baton".

Awards

1992: Grammy Award - Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "How Can I Ease the Pain"
1992: Soul Train Music Awards for Best R & B / Soul Single - Female for "How Can I Ease the Pain"
2015: Grammy Award - Best Music Film for "20 Feet From Stardom"

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	title	US	Remarks
1991	So intense	US100 (14 weeks) US	First published: April 1991

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	Title album	US	Remarks
1991	How Can I Ease the Pain So Intense	US11 (20 weeks) US	First published: April 1991
1991	Save Me So Intense	US74 (6 weeks) US	First published: August 1991

With the Rolling Stones

1989 - Steel Wheels
1991 - Flashpoint (live album)
1994 - Voodoo Lounge
1995 - Stripped (live album)
1997 - Bridges to Babylon
1998 - No Security (live album)
2002 - Forty Licks
2003 - Four Flicks (4-DVD set)
2004 - Live Licks (Live Album)
2007 - The Biggest Bang (4 DVD set)
2008 - Shine a Light (feature film by Martin Scorsese , also released on DVD)
2013 - Hyde Park Live (live album) - also released on DVD under the title " Sweet Summer Sun: Live in Hyde Park " (original title in Great Britain )
2014 - 14 On Fire

Other Projects

2000 - Tina Turner - One Last Time Live In Concert - London (Wembley)
2004 - Chuck Leavell - What's In That Bag?
2005 - Tim Ries - The Rolling Stones Project
2006 - Bernard Fowler - Friends With Privileges
2009 - Tina Turner Tour - Live In Concert -
2010 - VOCAbuLaries - Roger Treece's CD project with Bobby McFerrin and 50 singers