SONG OF THE DAY

“Favorite Things” by Beth Hart (Screamin’ For My Supper, Atlantic Records, 1999). Written  by Beth Hart.

INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)

– Screamin’ For My Supper, released in 1999, is Beth Hart’s second album.
– It peaked at #143 on the Billboard albums chart in the US and #22 in New Zealand where “L.A. Song (Out of This Town)” hit #1.
– Beth Hart is an American singer who became famous with the hit “LA Song (Out of This Town).”
– Her musical influences include rock, blues and gospel. Her vocal style has been described as raw and passionate, with some similarities to Joan Armatrading and Janis Joplin.
– Beth Hart dropped out of high school to focus on her songwriting.
– In 1993, Hart appeared on Ed McMahon’s Star Search several times, where she won multiple times and eventually went on to win the grand prize of $100,000 in the Female Vocalist category for the season.
–Beth Hart and the Ocean of Souls was recorded in 1993 and includes a pop-rock cover of the Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”
– Hart sang the lead role in “Love, Janis,” an Off-Broadway musical based on Joplin’s letters home to her mother.
-Beth’s new single was released in May 2010, the track, “Learning To Live”, is from an upcoming album of the same name and is the theme song to “Losing It With Jillian” on NBC.