Empower Radio : Empowering You for a Better Life!: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Allee Willis

Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Allee Willis
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Brent Carey on 28/02/2020 07:25:00
 
Jill Jack loves to share stories of the reality of the ups and downs of
following your dreams! Today Patty Cunningham joins Jill in the studio to
celebrate and discuss the incredible life story of long time friend, Grammy
award winning american songwriter, artist, and director, Allee Willis.
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Allee Willis is an American songwriter, artist and art director. Willis co-wrote
hit songs including "September" and "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire.
She also co-wrote the song "What Have I Done to Deserve This?", a number 2 hit
in both the UK (in 1987) and U.S. (in 1988) for The Pet Shop Boys featuring
Dusty Springfield. She won two Grammy Awards for Beverly Hills Cop and The Color
Purple, the latter of which was also nominated for a Tony Award, and was
nominated for an  Emmy Award for "I'll Be There For You", which was used as the
theme song for the sitcom Friends. Her compositions sold over 60 million records
and she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018. As a multimedia
artist, she was one half of Bubbles & Cheesecake.