Birth name Lisa Rae Harriton Name Lisa Harriton Role Singer-songwriter | Instruments Piano, Vocals Siblings Steven Harriton Website www.lisaharriton.com | |
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Born November 17, 1980 (age 44) Los Angeles, California, United States ( 1980-11-17 ) Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, Pianist Associated acts Elle Rae, Jo Li, Bartholomew, The Smashing Pumpkins, Adam Lambert, Kesha, Natalia Kills Spouse Alex Navarro (m. 2005–2007) Parents Terry Harriton, Michael Harriton Similar People Joshua Bartholomew, Shawn Patterson, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg Profiles | ||
Lisa Navarro Pumpkins keyboard player
Lisa Rae Harriton (born November 17, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and sound designer. A member of the songwriting and production team Jo Li, Harriton is a co-writer of the Grammy and Oscar nominated song “Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie.
Contents
- Lisa Navarro Pumpkins keyboard player
- Early life and education
- Music career
- Everything Is Awesome awards and nominations
- References
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.
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.
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.