Anne Phillips (singer)

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Anne Phillips is an American singer, songwriter, and producer. She has worked with Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Mahalia Jackson and has arranged and produced jingles for the Four Tops and Martha and the Vandellas. [1]

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Early life

Phillips grew up in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. She played piano growing up but didn't hear jazz until she was a senior in high school. Phillips studied at Oberlin College where she sang with the school's big band and had a radio show. She then moved to New York at age 19 and played piano and clubs. [2]

Career

Phillips started working in demo recordings for songwriters in the 1950s. She was a member of the Ray Charles Singers on the Perry Como Show. [3] In 1959, she recorded her first pop album, Born to Be Blue, for Roulette Records. [4] [5]

Phillips has worked as a singer, music arranger, conductor, writer, and producer for national commercials including Pepsi, Revlon, and Sheraton. [6] [7] For some campaigns, she did vocal arrangements in the style of other popular artists. [8] Phillips composed music for a Pepsi campaign with BBDO in the 1960s called "The Taste That Beats the Others Cold, Pepsi Pours it On. [9] The spot included The Turtles, The Four Tops, The Hondells, and the Trade Masters. [10]

Phillips worked on demo recordings for Carole King, Burt Bacharach, and Neil Diamond. In 1962, she sang background vocals on Carole King's It Might As Well Rain Until September. [11]

Phillips is the founder of Kindred Spirits, a not-for-profit organization founded with her husband, Bob Kindred. The organization sponsors a yearly performance of Bending Towards the Light – A Jazz Nativity,” composed by Phillips. [12] They also have an educational program for inner-city children called The Kindred Spirits Children’s Jazz Choirs which teaches jazz music. [13]

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  2. ↑ "Interview: Anne Phillips - JazzWax". www.jazzwax.com. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  3. ↑ "Anne Phillips biography". Last.fm. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  4. ↑ Down Beat Jazz Record Reviews. Maher Publications. 1961.
  5. ↑ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1959-11-30). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.{{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1971.
  7. ↑ DiSavino, Katy (2011-10-01). "Focus on a Playwright: Anne Phillips". Breaking Character. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  8. ↑ Horning, Susan Schmidt (2013-10-22). Chasing Sound: Technology, Culture, and the Art of Studio Recording from Edison to the LP. JHU Press. ISBN   9781421410234.
  9. ↑ Taylor, Timothy Dean. (2012). The sounds of capitalism : advertising, music, and the conquest of culture. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. ISBN   9780226791142. OCLC   799765194.
  10. ↑ Love, Joanna K. (2019). Soda Goes Pop: Pepsi-Cola Advertising and Popular Music. University of Michigan Press. ISBN   9780472054022.
  11. ↑ "First Person: Anne Phillips". Financial Times. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  12. ↑ "Aviva Players and Kindred Spirits to present "That Certain Age: Short Operas about Aging with Humor and Grace" at National Opera America Center". theculturenews. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  13. ↑ "First Person: Anne Phillips". Financial Times. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
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