Lisa Harriton

Lisa Rae Harriton (born November 17, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and sound designer. A member of the songwriting and production team JoLi, Harriton is a co-writer of the Grammy and Oscar nominated song "Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie.

Lisa Harriton
Background information
Birth nameLisa Rae Harriton
Born (1980-11-17) November 17, 1980
Los Angeles
GenresPop, Electronic, rock
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, pianist
InstrumentsPiano, keyboards, vocals
Associated actsElle Rae, Jo Li, Bartholomew, The Smashing Pumpkins, Adam Lambert, Kesha, Natalia Kills
Websitewww.lisaharriton.com

Early life and education

Harriton was born in Los Angeles, California and began working as a studio singer at age 8 on dates for Disney, Integrity Media and Word Records. She sang the preproduction duet vocals on Rod Stewart's Great American Songbook.

Harriton attended and completed classical piano studies at the Royal Schools of Music in London, and completed further jazz piano studies at the University of Southern California in May 2004.[1]

Music career

Harriton has performed in China, Japan, Peru and Los Angeles jazz clubs and has worked with musicians such as Ingrid Jensen and Ernie Watts.[1]

On May 22, 2007, in Le Grand Rex club in Paris, she was unveiled as touring keyboardist and backing vocalist for the reformed alternative rock band, Smashing Pumpkins. Harriton appeared in the videos for "Tarantula" and "That's the Way (My Love Is)". She also appeared in the documentary concert film "If All Goes Wrong."

In 2009 she toured with Adam Lambert performing as his keyboardist. She also appeared with Lambert on the CBS Early Show, Late Night with David Letterman, The View, and the American Music Awards. In 2010 she performed keyboard duties for Kesha including an appearance on Ellen.

In 2012, Harriton launched a solo career under the stage name Elle Rae.

Awards and nominations

"Everything Is Awesome" awards and nominations

References
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  10. "Houston Film Critics Society". December 16, 2014. Archived from the original on February 10, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  11. Patches, Matt (January 7, 2015). "'Boyhood' is Iowa Critics' Best Picture of 2014". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
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