Vonda Shepard

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Vonda Shepard

Vonda Shepard (born July 7, 1963 in New York City , New York ) is an American singer-songwriter and actress . She became known to a wide audience through her musical contributions and roles in the television series Ally McBeal .

life and career

Vonda Shepard grew up in California . Her father Richmond Shepard was also an actor. She has three sisters.

The first sponsor in Shepard's career was her father, who raised the financial means for her piano and guitar training as well as for singing lessons. She wrote her first own songs when she was a teenager, and when she was 14 she performed in clubs in Los Angeles . She sang in the background choir with Al Jarreau , Jackson Browne and Rickie Lee Jones . Her first single in the early 1980s was a duet with Dan Hill and was called Can't we try . In 1987 her first solo album Vonda Shepard was released , which received good reviews but did not sell particularly well. That was also the case with their second album The Radical Light , which contained the studio version of their later hit Searchin 'my soul , so that their record company dropped them. For the production of her third record It's Good Eve (1996), she had to borrow money and tour the clubs of Los Angeles.

Shepard brought the soundtrack for the then new series Ally McBeal , which soon achieved cult status, the breakthrough in the late 1990s. Searchin 'my soul became the theme song. She also had regular guest appearances on the series. Sony Music bought the rights to the first soundtrack album for $ 2 million; she got platinum for it. Another Ally McBeal album and two compilations with Ally titles were later released. After Ally McBeal's ratings dropped below the five million mark in the US and the show was discontinued, she began a period of no series support.

Shepard has been married to the US music producer Mitchell Froom since 2004 and has a son with him (* 2006).

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1999 By 7:30 - - - UK39 (2 weeks)
UK 		US79 (9 weeks)
US
First published: April 20, 1999
2002 Chinatown DE80 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: November 18, 2002

Soundtracks

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1998 Songs from Ally McBeal DE27 (47 weeks)
DE 		AT20 (30 weeks)
AT 		CH18 (12 weeks)
CH 		UK3
platinum
platinum

(49 weeks)UK 		US7th
platinum
platinum

(41 weeks)US
First published: May 5, 1998
1999 Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal DE19th
gold
gold

(26 weeks)DE 		AT18th
gold
gold

(17 weeks)AT 		CH22 (14 weeks)
CH 		UK9
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)UK 		US60
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US
First published: November 9, 1999
2000 Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas DE22 (6 weeks)
DE 		AT14 (7 weeks)
AT 		- - US59 (6 weeks)
US
First published: November 2000
2001 Ally McBeal: For Once in my Life DE13 (30 weeks)
DE 		AT10 (14 weeks)
AT 		CH20 (8 weeks)
CH 		- US34 (11 weeks)
US
First published: April 24, 2001

More albums

  • 1989: Vonda Shepard
  • 1992: The Radical Light
  • 1996: It's Good, Eve
  • 2004: Live: A Retrospective
  • 2008: From the Sun
  • 2009: The Best of Ally McBeal
  • 2010: From the Sun Tour: Live in San Javier
  • 2011: Solo
  • 2015: rookie

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1987 Can't We Try
Dan Hill 		- - - - US6 (24 weeks)
US
First published: May 1987
with Dan Hill
1998 Searchin 'My Soul
Songs from Ally McBeal 		- - - UK10 (12 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 1998
1999 Baby, Don't You Break My Heart Slow
Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal 		- - - UK76 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: June 1999

More singles

  • 1989: I Shy Away
  • 1990: Don't Cry Ilene
  • 1992: Wake Up the House
  • 1998: Hooked on a Feeling
  • 1999: Maryland
  • 1999: Tell Him
  • 1999: Read Your Mind
  • 2000: Someday We'll Be Together
  • 2001: Chances Are
  • 2002: Rainy Days

Web links

Commons : Vonda Shepard  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography in the IMDb
  2. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  3. ↑ Music Sales Awards: DE AT UK US
personal data
SURNAME Shepard, Vonda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter and actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York, United States