Lisa Lougheed

Lisa Dawn Lougheed (; ; born September 9, 1968 ) is a Canadian former singer, dancer, voice actress, and songwriter. She is likely best known for her role in the animated television series The Raccoons, where she performed for the soundtrack and voiced Lisa Raccoon.

Early life Lougheed was born to a father of Scottish and Irish descent, and a mother who is Black Nova Scotian with ties to North Preston and Guysborough. Lougheed's peers often mistook her mother for a maid.

Lougheed started tap dancing at three years old. She was a dance major at the Etobicoke School of the Arts as a teenager, where she learned ballet, modern dance, and highland dancing. and released in Europe in mid-1988. Half of the songs were recorded while Lougheed had a cold. Lougheed did not know Evergreen Nights was going to be released as an album because she thought the songs were only being used for the show.

Lougheed was a cast member for Youth Beat, an anti-drug campaign by Bell Canada that performed in at least twenty Ontario cities during 1989. She joined after receiving a phone call from an estranged female friend with a cocaine addiction; Lougheed's friend was in the hospital, $10,000 in debt, and would commit crimes to fund her addiction. While touring with Youth Beat, Lougheed worked as a clothing store manager and sang commercial jingles. She was also working on a demo tape and trying to find a contract with a music company.

Lougheed performed in Japan as a backup vocalist for Sheree Jeacocke.

1990-1992: World Love Lougheed decided to name her second album World Love in August 1990, when the Gulf War had begun. She started recording in the summer of 1991 after signing a contract with Sony Music Canada and released World Love on March 3, 1992 It was Lougheed's first album to contain songs she co-wrote, which was nine out of the ten tracks.

World Love was intended to have an optimistic message and say "you have the power to make changes and to be nice to other people that you meet." The third track on her album, "Change Takes Time," was inspired by a newspaper story about a homeless man who risked his life to save a family from a burning building. a performer at the Live Unity 92 concert in Toronto; and a participant in the Hospital for Sick Children telethon. She also performed for the Canada Day celebration at Ontario Place and the Niagara Falls' New Year's Eve show. The latter event was aired on CJOH-DT and hosted by Nerene Virgin, Ken Shaw, and Kathie Donovan. It also included Glass Tiger and Prescott-Brown.

"Love Vibe," the fourth song on Lougheed's World Love album, was briefly played on "Graduation Day," episode five in season three of Northwood. Christopher Max, Paul Scott, and Shank Thompson. Lougheed co-wrote 24 songs with twelve different writers in the span of two weeks, but the album only had ten tracks. Calgary, Edmonton, Surrey, and Vancouver.

In January 1994, Lougheed performed "Won't Give Up My Music" at AidScare, AidsCare; a CBC hosted event that was aimed at teenagers to raise awareness of AIDS and promote safe sex. Jonathan Torrens was the event's host. Additional show members were Sue Johanson, Suzie Landolphi, Snow, The Vacant Lot, and Corky and the Juice Pigs.

Lougheed was also a judge for the YTV Vocal Spotlight in April 1994. She performed at Niagara Falls' New Year's Eve show for the last time, this time alongside Blue Rodeo and Ashley MacIsaac. Ken Shaw returned as a host alongside Beverly Thomson and Howard Glassman.

In 1998, Lougheed sang back-up vocals on and appeared in the music video for Run On, a song performed by Oprah Winfrey. The track was used as the theme song for the 13th season of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Her most recently credited vocal work was with Celine Dion and R. Kelly in November 1998 after which Lougheed is thought to have left the music industry. She presently resides in Chicago.

Discography and filmography

Albums YearTitleLabelFormatRef.1987Evergreen Nights CBC Records Return to Analog Records Cassette 12" vinyl 1992World Love Warner Music Canada Cassette compact disc 1992"Hold On" Dream Warriors Love and Sas Raghib Ismail 1992"Running Out of Love"Acosta-Russell 1998"I'm Your Angel" Celine Dion

Charted songs ChartSongDuration on chartPeak positionRef.RPM Weekly's Top 30 Adult Contemporary Songs"Run with Us"November 7, 1987 - February 6, 19888 RPM Weekly's 100 Singles"Run with Us"January 30, 1988 - April 9, 198869 RPM Weekly's Top 30 Adult Contemporary Songs"Ain't No Planes"May 21, 1988 - June 18, 198826 RPM Weekly's 100 Singles"World Love"March 21, 1992 - May 30, 199289 RPM Weekly's Top 10 Dance Songs"World Love"March 14, 1992 - April 18, 19927 RPM Weekly's 100 Singles"Love Vibe"July 11, 1992 - September 19, 199253 MuchMusic's Top 30 Weekly Singles"Love Vibe"July 3, 1992 - September 4, 199210 CJIB 94's Top 40 Countdown"Love Vibe"July 31, 1992 - August 21, 199231 RPM Weekly's 100 Singles"Love You by Heart"October 3, 1992 - December 5, 199255 CJIB 94's Top 20 Pop Songs"Love You by Heart"October 25, 1992 - November 29, 1992 December 13, 1992 - January 17, 199312 MuchMusic's Top 30 Weekly Singles"Won't Give Up My Music"August 13, 1993 - October 29, 199310 RPM Weekly's Top 30 Adult Contemporary Tracks"Won't Give Up My Music"July 24, 1993 - October 16, 199315

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