Beth Hart

For those of a similar name, see Elizabeth Hart (disambiguation).

Beth Hart
Beth Hart, Notodden Blues Festival 2009
Background information
Birth name	Beth Hart
Born	January 24, 1972 (1972-01-24)
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Blues rock, jazz fusion, soul, Storyteller
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, musician, painter
Instruments	Vocals, piano,guitar,bass,cello, percussion
Labels	143 Records Lava Records Atlantic Records, Koch records mascot records
Website	BethHart.com

Beth Hart (born January 24, 1972) is an American singer who became famous with the hit "LA Song (Out of This Town)", which aired during Episode 17 of the 10th and final season of Beverly Hills, 90210.

Her musical influences include rock,blues,gospel,jazz,and classical.

Musical career

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.

"Beth Hart and the Ocean of Souls" was recorded in 1993. It includes "Am I the One" (re-worked on later album Immortal (1996)) 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.

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."

Beth Hart's album 37 Days was released in Europe July 2007.

Hart did a song with Slash called "Mother Maria." That song is on the iTunes version of Slash's solo album, Slash.

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.

Beth's new single was released in May 2010, the track, "Learning to Live," is from an upcoming album of the same name and will be used as the theme song to "Losing It with Jillian" on NBC. this album marks Beth's first new American studio release since 2003.

In 2011 she worked with Joe Bonamassa, first providing vocals for the track "No Love On The Street" on his album Dust Bowl (March 2011). They also worked on an entire album of blues classics together, entitled Don't Explain(released on September 27, 2011).

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)
• My California (2010)
• Don't Explain (2011)

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)
• "Like You (And Everyone Else)" 2010 (Scandinavia)
• "Learning To Live" 2010 (USA)
• "Life Is Calling" 2010 (Europe)
• "Love Is The Hardest" 2010 (Scandinavia)

Other Collaborations

• Provided backing vocals for "Haunted" on Deep Purple's 2003 album Bananas. Notably the first time singer Ian Gillan was backed by vocals other than his own.
• "I Wanna Know You" with Les Paul and Neal Schon, on the 2005 album American Made World Played by Les Paul & Friends
• "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" on the 2006 Toots Thielemans album One More For The Road.
• "It Hurts" (2007) duet with Born (Dutch musician), available on the re-release of his debut album At the end of the day
• "Mother Maria" (2010) duet with Slash, on the Download to Donate for Haiti project album.
• "No Love On The Street" (2011) performing vocals for Joe Bonamassa, on the album Dust Bowl (2011).

External links

• Beth Hart’s official web site
• Review of My California