30 Facts About Liz Phair

Elizabeth Clark Phair was born on April 17,1967 and is an American singer-songwriter.

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Liz Phair was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on April 17,1967.

Liz Phair was adopted at birth by Nancy, a historian and museologist, and John Phair, later an AIDS researcher and head of infectious diseases at Northwestern Memorial Hospital; her mother later worked as a professor at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Liz Phair spent her early life in Cincinnati until age nine, when her family relocated to the Chicago suburb of Winnetka, Illinois.

Liz Phair graduated from New Trier High School in 1985.

Liz Phair used the name Girly Sound on these recordings.

Liz Phair became part of the alternative music scene in Chicago and became friends with Material Issue and Urge Overkill, two of Chicago's upstart bands to go national in the early 1990s, as well as Brad Wood and John Henderson, head of Feel Good All Over, an independent label in Chicago.

Coincidentally, Cosloy had just read a review of Girly Sound in Chemical Imbalance that very day and told Liz Phair to send him a tape.

Cosloy offered a $3,000 advance, and Liz Phair began working on a single, which turned into the 18 songs of Exile in Guyville.

Liz Phair performed "Alice Springs" live on Good Morning America.

The album displayed a more mature Liz Phair, and reflected some of the ways marriage and motherhood affected her.

Liz Phair performed on the main stage along with acts like Sarah McLachlan, Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow and Missy Elliott.

Liz Phair opened for Alanis Morissette on her 1999 Junkie Tour.

Liz Phair portrayed the role of Brynn Allen, opposite Robin Tunney, in the 2002 film Cherish.

Liz Phair provided backing vocals on the 2003 Sheryl Crow single "Soak Up the Sun".

In 2003, Liz Phair released her self-titled fourth album on her new label, Capitol Records.

In May 2009, Liz Phair released a new song, "Faith and Tenderness," sold exclusively at Banana Republic on a compilation disc featuring other artists.

Also in 2009, Liz Phair began working as a television composer, following an invitation by her childhood friend Mike Kelley to score the show he was creating for CBS, Swingtown, given it was based on the life in their hometown.

Liz Phair followed it by creating the theme song for NBC's The Weber Show, and working for the CW's The 100, the USA Network show In Plain Sight and the CW reboot of 90210, for which she won the 2009 ASCAP award for Top Television Composer.

The song "Bollywood" was available to stream from the site for a limited time, before Liz Phair took it down.

Liz Phair revealed in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that the falling out with her record label, ATO, occurred after a change in management.

Liz Phair went on tour to promote the album, playing many songs from Guyville and Whip-Smart, along with songs from the rest of her repertoire.

In 2014, Capitol released a greatest hits compilation of Liz Phair's work entitled Icon.

In spring of 2016, Liz Phair supported The Smashing Pumpkins on their In Plainsong tour, performing as the opening act.

In late 2015 and mid-2016, Liz Phair stated on her Twitter that she intended to release two albums by the end of 2016.

On October 8,2019, Liz Phair shared "Good Side," a song from these sessions.

In February 2021, Liz Phair announced she had signed a contract with newly reformed Chrysalis Records to issue her album Soberish later in the year.

Liz Phair was due to tour with Alanis Morissette for Morissette's rescheduled 2020 tour later in 2021.

An April 2018 profile by Billboard revealed that Liz Phair had signed a two-book publishing deal with Random House.