Vonda Shepard

Vonda Shepard (born July 7, 1963) is an American singer, songwriter, music director, and actress. Shepard has otherwise released nine studio albums and three live albums. She received a Screen Actors Guild Award as a cast member of Ally McBeal in 1999 among two additional nominations, and received a Billboard award for selling the most television soundtrack albums in history.

Life and career Vonda Shepard was born in New York City in 1963.

While promoting her third studio album It's Good, Eve (1996), Shepard performed at the Key Club in Hollywood, California, and at one point she invited Michelle Pfeiffer and her husband David E. Kelley to come watch her perform. Kelley decided during the performance that he wanted Shepard to record the soundtrack for his forthcoming television series Ally McBeal, having been looking for a singer to be the voice and inner thoughts of the character. Her biggest commercial success while starring on the series was the theme song "Searchin' My Soul", an original selection that originally appeared on her second studio album The Radical Light (1992), jointly written and composed by Shepard and Paul Howard Gordon.

Shepard went on to record four soundtrack albums and one compilation album for Ally McBeal. Additionally, she released nine solo studio albums and three live albums to date. She married music producer Mitchell Froom in 2004; they had their first child in 2006. In 2010, she provided vocals for "I Need You," whose music had been composed by James Newton Howard, for the film Love & Other Drugs.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums Year Title Release date Label Peak chart positions AUS UK 1989 Vonda Shepard August 1, 1989 Reprise — — 1992 The Radical Light April 8, 1992 Vesper Alley — — 1996 It's Good, Eve January 23, 1996 Vesper Alley — — 1999 By 7:30 April 20, 1999 Jacket 96 39 2002 Chinatown September 24, 2002 Jacket — — 2008 From the Sun September 2, 2008 Bos — — 2011 Solo December 6, 2011 Hotelè/PanShot — — 2015 Rookie July 10, 2015 Hotelè — — 2022 Red Light, Green Light September 21, 2022 Hotelè — — 2026 Nine Songs September 25, 2026 N/A (self-release) — —

Soundtrack albums Year Title Release date Label Peak chart positions AUS UK 1998 Songs from Ally McBeal May 5, 1998 550 1 3 1999 Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal November 9, 1999 550 17 9 2000 Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas November 7, 2000 550 — — 2001 Ally McBeal: For Once in My Life April 23, 2001 550 5 — 2009 The Best of Ally McBeal: The Songs of Vonda Shepard October 6, 2009 Legacy — —

Live albums Year Title Release date Label 2004 Live: A Retrospective September 1, 2004 Navarre 2010 From the Sun Tour: Live in San Javier November 2, 2009 Galileo 2019 Vonda: Live September 6, 2019 Hôtele

Singles