Kay hanley biography
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Kay Hanley
Kay Hanley is an executive producer and songwriter for “Kindergarten: The Musical,” an animated musical series that follows 5-year-old Berti and her new friends as they navigate the experiences that come with starting school for the first time.
An Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning songwriter and composer, Hanley began her career in music as the lead singer of Boston-based alternative rock band Letters to Cleo, releasing three acclaimed albums between , spawning such hits as “Awake” and “Here and Now.”
In the late ‘90s, Hanley began expanding her work as a singer and songwriter into the TV and film world, providing the singing voice for Rachael Leigh Cook’s character Josie in Universal Pictures’ feature film “Josie and the Pussycats” and performing cover versions of Nick Lowe’s “Cruel to be Kind” and Cheap Trick’s “I Want You To Want Me” in Touchstone Pictures’ hit film “10 Things I Hate About You.”
In , Hanley released her first full-length solo album, “Cherry Marmal
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Kay Hanley began her career in music as the lead singer of Boston-based alternative rock grupp Letters to Cleo, releasing 3 acclaimed albums between , and spawning such hits as Awake and Here and Now. After a year hiatus, Letters To Cleo reunited in to release new music and embark on several sold-out US tours and beginning work on their 4th full length studio album. In the late 90's, Ms. Hanley began expanding her work as a singer and songwriter into the TV and film world, writing songs for WB's animated series Generation O, providing the singing voice for Rachael Leigh Cook's character Josie in Universal Pictures' feature film Josie and the Pussycats and performing cover versions of Nick Lowe's Cruel to be Kind and Cheap Trick's I Want You To Want Me in Touchstone Pictures' hit film, 10 Things inom Hate About You. In she appeared as herself on NBC's Park and Recreation and performed at the fictional Pawnee/Eagleton Unity Concert. Hanley is a Peabody
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Kay Hanley
American singer and songwriter
Musical artist
Kay Hanley (born September 11, ) is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known as the vocalist for the alternative rock band Letters to Cleo.
Life and career
[edit]Hanley grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts,[1] across the street from the Wahlberg family. She attended school at St. Gregory's and Latin Academy. She has been lead singer/songwriter for rock band Letters To Cleo since The band name was inspired by Hanley's childhood penpal.
In , she co-starred alongside Gary Cherone in Boston Rock Opera's performance of Jesus Christ Superstar as Mary Magdalene.
In , Hanley appeared as herself in the film 10 Things I Hate About You, singing a cover version of Nick Lowe's "Cruel to Be Kind" to Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles at their characters' high school prom, in addition to performing original song "Come On" with Letters to Cleo during an earlier scene at a club. Towards the end of the 90s s