Lisa Coleman

Lisa Coleman is a violinist, composer, and musician, born on August 17, 1960. She played the part of a backup vocalist in pop singer Prince’s tour of the album Dirty Mind in 1980. Lisa then joined The Revolution band in 1980 and was a part of it until 1986. Coleman eventually formed a band named Wendy & Lisa in 1986 with Wendy Melvoin, daughter of Mike Melvoin, a keyboardist. Lisa Coleman is born to Gary L. Coleman and Marylou Ciletti in California. She has two siblings – Cole and David. Lisa’s father Gary is a musician, who has a great friendship with Mike Melvoin through their band The Wrecking Crew Click to look into! >> Read More... . Both their daughters followed their footsteps and later formed a band, Wendy & Lisa. Lisa’s sister Cole is a writer and singer.

Their brother David is a percussionist and guitarist. David Gary Coleman died in 2004. He has collaborated with many musicians including Prince, Aimee Mann, etc. Lisa’s musical career began at a young age, twelve to be precise. She was a professional keyboardist for Bubblegum Pop band named Waldorf Sand in 1973. Her mother, who used to sing to piano tunes, ignited her passion towards music. Coleman decided she wanted to play the piano as she thought it was astounding. She took classical lessons while growing up and became a professional pianist. After her debut in 1973, Linda Blair Linda Blair is a well-known actress, activist, and >> Read More... requested Lisa to play a part as the high school musician for the film Sarah T – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic, which Lisa accepted in 1975. Later, Lisa toured with Prince and had her first gig at the age of 19, in 1980 as a part of The Revolution.

Coleman eventually started her band with fellow band-mate of The Revolution Wendy Melvoin. Subsequently, she worked on Purple Rain, a musical in 1984 as a keyboardist. Her later works are Soul Food (1997), Carnivàle (a TV Series from 2003 to 2005), and the famous Heroes TV Series between 2006 and 2010. For this series, Lisa was a writer for seven episodes and performer of the original theme for nine episodes. She composed music for many other TV series including Snoops (1999 to 2000), Nurse Jackie (from 2009 to 2012) and Shades of Blue (2016-2017). Lisa Coleman also arranged music for the documentary Valentino’s Ghost: Why We Hated Arabs in 2015. Her collaborators include Gwen Stefani American singer cum fashion designer Gwen Renée St >> Read More... , Tchad Blake, Shiela E and Sanaa Hamri (for the Something New film in 2006).

Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin ended their courtship of 20 years, before which Lisa came out as a lesbian in April of 2009. Lisa is the winner of an Emmy Award in 2010 for the TV series Nurse Jackie for Original Theme. She shared an Oscar and two Grammy Awards for Purple Rain with Wendy Melvoin for Best Background (original). The songs co-created by Lisa Coleman are Computer Blue, and Sometimes It Snows in April (for Parade). Prince’s death in April 2016 was a major blow to Lisa and Wendy, as they had a love-hate relationship with him.