Beth Hart
(born January 24, 1972) 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[by whom?] as raw and passionate, with some similarities to Joan Armatrading and Janis Joplin.
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Musical career
Beth Hart dropped out of high school to focus on her songwriting. While playing the Los Angeles clubs, she enlisted bassist
Tal Herzberg and guitarist
Jimmy Khoury. 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. It includes "Am I the One" (re-worked on later albums) and a pop-rock cover of the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."
Hart released her album
Immortal
with her band Beth Hart Band in 1996. The band broke up after a tour and Hart's career seemed to be finished.
Her next album,
Screamin' for My Supper
(Atlantic, 1999), featured "LA Song (Out of This Town)," a top-5 Adult Contemporary Chart hit.
At the same time, Hart was singing the lead role in "Love, Janis," an
Off-Broadway musical based on Joplin's letters home to her mother.
Hart's
Leave the Light On
was released in 2003. European releases of the album include extras such as the ballad "Learning to Live" and a duet with Barry Hay, "I Don't Want to Be."
Hart released "
Live at Paradiso" in 2005. The DVD version includes a bonus documentary covering "a day in the life" of Hart.
She has also recorded with Born ("It Hurts"), Les Paul and Neal Schon ("I Wanna Know You"), and released a number of music video singles not available on CD, including "Shine," "Boogeyman," and "Setting Me Free."
Her album
37 Days
was released in
Europe July 2007.
Beth Hart is married and currently resides in Los Angeles. Her band includes lead guitarist Jon Nichols, bassist Tom Lilly, and drummer Todd Wolf. Her manager is David Wolff.
Discography
Albums
- Beth Hart and the Ocean of Souls
(1993, CD re-issue 2009)
- Immortal
(1996)
- Screamin' for My Supper
(1999)
- Leave the Light On
(2003)
- Live at Paradiso
(2005, also available on DVD with documentary and extra songs)
- 37 Days
(2007, also available on European-released "37 Days Live" DVD with brief, b&w intros between numbers)
Singles
- "Run" (1996)
- "Immortal" (1996)
- "Summer Is Gone" (1996)
- "God Bless You" (1996)
- "Am I The One" (1996)
- "LA Song (Out of This Town)" (1999)
- "Delicious Surprise" (2000)
- "Leave The Light On" (2003)
- "World Without You" (2004)
- "Learning To Live" (2004) (Denmark single)
- "Hiding Under Water" (2005) (European Single)
- "Good As It Gets" (2007) (European Single)
- "Over You" (2007)