Rockin'XXL: Beth Hart (USA)

Beth Hart (born January 24, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter and musician from Los Angeles. Hart started performing when she was 15, and as an attempt to earn money she started off by participating in competitions around South Central L.A., where she earned a steady job at the La Louisianne club. While playing the Los Angeles clubs, Hart enlisted bassist Tal Herzberg and guitarist Jimmy Khoury. In 1993, Hart appeared on Ed McMahon's Star Search several times, ultimately winning the Female Vocalist competition for that season. Beth Hart and the Ocean of Souls was recorded in 1993. It includes "Am I the One" (which later appeared on her first official record "Immortal") and a pop-rock cover of the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".She rose to fame with the release of her 1999 single "LA Song (Out of This Town)" from her second album Screamin' for My Supper. The single was a number one hit in New Zealand, and reached the top five on the US Adult Contemporary chart, and number 7 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 Chart. Subsequent albums, namely Seesaw and Live In Amsterdam by Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa, achieved number 1 status on the Billboard Blues Album Chart. Hart's release Bang Bang Boom Boom rose to number 3 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart, as well as the album Don't Explain by Hart and Bonamassa. The album Seesaw rose to number 8 on the Billboard Top Independent Album Chart. Hart has had two number 1 singles in Denmark "As Good As It Gets" and "Learning To Live", as well a platinum selling album, Leave The Light On. Hart's first album with Bonamassa, Don't Explain, went gold in the Netherlands. In 2014 Hart was nominated for a Grammy Award for Seesaw and she was also nominated for a Blues Music Award in the category 'Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist'.

1996

Atlantic 92654/ 12 tr./ 50:08 min.