1. Lisa Anne Loeb is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author and actress.
67 Facts About Lisa Loeb
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Lisa Loeb started her career with "Stay " from the film Reality Bites, the first Billboard number one single for an artist without a recording contract.
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Lisa Loeb has acted in such films as House on Haunted Hill, Fright Night, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, and Helicopter Mom.
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Lisa Loeb has released children's CDs and books; her 2016 children's CD Feel What U Feel won the Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album.
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Lisa Loeb was born to a Jewish family in Bethesda, Maryland, and was raised in Dallas, Texas, where her parents still reside.
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Lisa Loeb's mother, Gail, was the president of the Dallas County Medical Society Alliance and Foundation, and her father, Peter Loeb, was a gastroenterologist.
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Lisa Loeb attended The Hockaday School, an all-girls private school.
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Lisa Loeb attended Berklee College of Music in Boston for a session of summer school, and in 1990 formed a full band called Nine Stories.
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Lisa Loeb began working with producer Juan Patino to make the cassette Purple Tape in 1992.
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Lisa Loeb sold the violet-colored cassette to fans at gigs and used it as a sonic calling card to industry gatekeepers.
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Lisa Loeb developed a following from her solo acoustic performances on the New York City coffeehouse circuit and the rock club circuit.
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Lisa Loeb travelled to cities such as Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Dallas, but focused mainly on New York City.
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Lisa Loeb played acoustically and with her band in folk and rock clubs, including at CBGB.
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Lisa Loeb performed at music festivals such as the New Music Seminar and South by Southwest.
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Lisa Loeb told Cosmopolitan that she met Hawke in the NYC theater community where, as she phrased it, "I made music for his plays".
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Lisa Loeb gave Hawke the Juan Patino-produced version of "Stay ;" he in turn gave it to director Ben Stiller during the making of the 1994 film Reality Bites.
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When her song hit number one, Lisa Loeb earned the distinction of being the first artist to top the Hot 100 before being signed to any record label.
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Lisa Loeb appeared at the 25th anniversary screening of Reality Bites at the Tribeca Film Festival, with the film's stars Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder, Ben Stiller, and Janeane Garofalo, and performed "Stay " during the film's end credits.
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In 1997, Lisa Loeb released a second major-label album on Geffen, Firecracker, and began experimenting more with orchestrations done with Dan Coleman.
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At this point, Lisa Loeb started going under her own name for the albums instead of using the band name, although she still continued to tour worldwide with Nine Stories, as well as acoustically as she had done from the start.
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Lisa Loeb subsequently toured with The Wallflowers and Chris Isaak, and performed at Lilith Fair.
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In 2000, Lisa Loeb participated in the Ozzy Osbourne tribute album Bat Head Soup, performing "Goodbye to Romance" with Dweezil Zappa on guitar.
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Lisa Loeb contributed to An All Star Tribute To Cher with "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves", and to An All Star Tribute To Shania Twain with "Don't Be Stupid", both of which were released in 2005.
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Lisa Loeb contributed vocals to New Found Glory's cover of "Stay", from their 2007 LP From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II, as well as performing the song live with the band.
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Lisa Loeb co-produced the album and collaborated with Glen Ballard, then boyfriend Dweezil Zappa, Randy Scruggs, and Peter Collins.
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In mid-2002, Lisa Loeb signed a deal with Artemis Records, a new boutique label run by record company veterans Danny Goldberg and Daniel Glass, after Interscope allowed her to buy the rights to her masters.
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Lisa Loeb released an EP with just the new songs on it, as well as an alternative version of the song "Underdog" for fans who had already purchased the Cake and Pie CD.
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Lisa Loeb co-directed a video with Dweezil Zappa for "Underdog" co-starring Hello Kitty playing guitar.
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Lisa Loeb toured the world again, making special stops in Sanrio stores for in-store autographs while appearing with Hello Kitty at the Japanese MTV Music Awards.
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In 2003, Lisa Loeb reunited with her college music partner Elizabeth Mitchell on children's CD and companion book Catch the Moon through Artemis Records.
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In 2003, Lisa Loeb voiced the role of Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, which ran for one season on MTV.
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The Way It Really Is was released August 2004 as Lisa Loeb's fifth studio-recorded album, based on the song "The Way It Really Is".
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Lisa Loeb was a judge for the 1st and 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.
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In 2006, Lisa Loeb contributed to the album A World of Happiness, designed to disseminate messages of kindness, compassion, tolerance, and self-reliance to children of all ages.
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Lisa Loeb performed as Lady Leonali the Ladybug singing "In the Details".
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Camp Lisa Loeb garnered National Parenting Publications Awards Honors, 2008 Parents' Choice and NPR's year-end Top 10 list of the best kids' music for 2008.
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Lisa Loeb released the original single "A Holiday Song" through Furious Rose Productions on December 10,2013.
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Lisa Loeb toured with and without her band, touring with Daru Oda and Adam Levy.
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Lisa Loeb co-wrote the lyrics and co-composed the music to Camp Kappawanna, a family musical that premiered in New York on March 21,2015, by the Atlantic Theater Company.
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Lisa Loeb starred in the film as a high school English teacher.
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On November 20,2015, Lisa Loeb released the single "Champagne " as a digital download through Amazon.
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In November 2016, Lisa Loeb released her fourth children's album entitled Feel What U Feel.
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On January 28,2018, Lisa Loeb won the 2018 Grammy Award for 'Best Children's Album' for the album.
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Lisa Loeb recorded the single "Christmas Cookie Song" for Amazon's holiday special If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie, which premiered on November 25,2016.
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Lisa Loeb later wrote original songs for the If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Amazon series, including the theme song.
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In October 2017, Lisa Loeb released the album Lullaby Girl featuring a world-class quartet led by keyboardist Larry Goldings.
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In 2018, Lisa Loeb released a special version of the David Bowie song "All the Young Dudes" after performing her version of on a Howard Stern Show tribute to Bowie.
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Lisa Loeb was inspired to write positive, uplifting music due to the complexity of modern life and after having written several albums of children's music.
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In October 2019, Lisa Loeb preceded the album's release with the premiere of her single "Sing Out" on the largest LGBTQ news site Queerty, in honor of National Coming Out Day.
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Lisa Loeb performed a special virtual show for hospital frontline workers through the organization Musicians on Call.
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Lisa Loeb conceived and executive produced the musical, in which she stars.
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Lisa Loeb began collaborating with her fellow graduates to create Together Apart.
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In 1989, Lisa Loeb appeared in the low-budget comedy horror anthology film Tabloid, in a segment entitled "Killer Vacuum Destroys Town".
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Lisa Loeb has made several guest appearances on television shows such as The Nanny in 1997, and Cupid the following year.
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In 2007, Lisa Loeb appeared on an episode of Jack's Big Music Show singing the song "Jenny Jenkins".
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Lisa Loeb has done voice work including the voice of Mary Jane Watson for the animated show Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, broadcast on MTV.
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Lisa Loeb voiced the character of Lutina in the video game Grandia Xtreme and characters for The Rugrats Movie and Shorty McShorts' Shorts.
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In 2008, Lisa Loeb was one of the contributors to Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna's book Cherry Bomb; she gave advice on how to be the perfect hostess.
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In 2010, Lisa Loeb provided guest voices for Disney's Special Agent Oso.
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In December 2012, Lisa Loeb made a brief cameo as Matthew Settle's love interest in "New York, I Love You XOXO", the final episode of Gossip Girl.
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In February 2013, Lisa Loeb made a cameo in an episode of Workaholics where her song "Stay " is referenced several times.
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In January 2014, Lisa Loeb appeared on the cover of Making Music.
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In 2015, Lisa Loeb appeared as Julie, lead singer of the fictitious band "Natalie is Freezing", in the episode "Advanced Safety Features" of the TV series Community.
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Lisa Loeb appeared as herself in Hot Tub Time Machine 2.
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Lisa Loeb constructed a crossword puzzle with Doug Peterson for The New York Times, which was published on June 6,2017.
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Lisa Loeb married Roey Hershkovitz in 2009; they met in 2006 during a business meeting for a food TV show.
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In 2023, Lisa Loeb revealed she has misophonia on a podcast.