17 Facts About Lotti Golden

Lotti Golden was born on November 27,1949 and is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, poet and artist.

Lotti Golden was born in Manhattan to Sy Golden and Anita Golden, the elder of two daughters.

Lotti Golden soaked up the sounds of Billie Holiday and John Coltrane from an early age developing a lifelong passion for music and the arts.

Lotti Golden grew up in Brooklyn, New York where she attended Canarsie High School, serving as the school's Poet Laureate.

Lotti Golden was awarded the National League of Pen Women Prize for poetry and went on to attend Brooklyn College.

Lotti Golden studied classical guitar and voice, but needing more of a creative outlet, soon found her niche as a singer-songwriter, using her abilities as both wordsmith and vocalist.

Lotti Golden was part of a new wave of female singers who began to shake up the status quo in the late Sixties.

Lotti Golden signed a publishing deal as a staff writer with Saturday Music during her senior year of high school.

One afternoon as Lotti Golden was riding the elevator to her demo session, the company's owner, Bob Crewe stepped in while Lotti Golden was singing.

When Crewe nodded his approval, Lotti Golden seized the opportunity, and in one breath told Crewe she was a staff writer at his publishing company and working on material for her own artist album.

Lotti Golden's articles have appeared in Creem, Circus and other publications.

Lotti Golden relocated to Los Angeles in 1985 establishing herself in LA's burgeoning songwriting scene, signing a worldwide publishing deal with MCA Music.

Lotti Golden was honored with the ASCAP Pop Award for "With Every Beat of My Heart" in 1991.

In 1994, Lotti Golden co-wrote Keep on Pushing Love for veteran soul singer Al Green.

Lotti Golden continued working into the early 2000s, but because her recording studio was lost in the divorce process, she could no longer artistically justify writing songs without creative control.

In collaboration with the 92nd Street Y's Educational Outreach Program, Lotti Golden designed a songwriting workshop for the advancement of literacy, engaging New York City public school children in the art and craft of songwriting.

The Atlantic release of Lotti Golden performing a cover in 1969 was certainly an unusual way to introduce an artist who writes all her own material, with no single release ahead of the LP.