SHARON ROBINSON

Songs by Sharon Robinson

On “Dear Heather”:

Both songs written with Leonard Cohen
recorded by Leonard Cohen on “Dear Heather”:

“The Letters”
“There For You”

On “Ten New Songs”:

All these songs written with Leonard Cohen
recorded by Leonard Cohen on “Ten New Songs”:

“A Thousand Kisses Deep”

Also recorded by Chris Botti on “A Thousand Kisses Deep”, and by several others

“In My Secret Life”
“Alexandra Leaving”
“Love Itself”
“That Don’t Make it Junk”
“By the Rivers Dark”
“Here It Is”
“You Have Loved Enough”
“Boogie Street”
“The Land of Plenty”

Other songs:

“Everybody Knows”

written with: Leonard Cohen
recorded by: Leonard Cohen on “I’m Your Man”, “Cohen Live” , “More Best Of” ; Concrete Blonde on “Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man” and “Pump up the Volume” soundtrack album ; Don Henley on “Actual Miles- Henley’s Greatest Hits” , and many others.

“Waiting For the Miracle”

written with: Leonard Cohen
recorded by: Leonard Cohen on “The Future” , “Natural Born Killers” soundtrack album , “Wonder Boys” soundtrack album

“New Attitude”

written with: Bunny Hull and John Gilutin
recorded by: Patti LaBelle on “Beverly Hills Cop” soundtrack album , “Patti LaBelle Live” , and many others

“Summertime”

written with: Leonard Cohen
recorded by: Diana Ross on “Red Hot Rhythm & Blues” , Roberta Flack on “Set the Night to Music”

“Every Day of My Life”

recorded by: Aaron Neville on “The Tatooed Heart”

“Life’s Lessons”

recorded by: Carl Anderson on “Pieces of a Heart”

“This is the Love”

recorded by: Randy Crawford on “Rich and Poor”

“All American”

written with: Brenda Russell
recorded by: Brenda Russell on “Kiss me with the Wind”

“Hot Together”

recorded by: The Pointer Sisters on “Hot Together” , “Stakeout” soundtrack album

“Inner Rhythm”

written with: Matthew Wilder
recorded by: Donny Osmond on “Donny Osmond” and “Best of Donny Osmond”

“I Got Your Number”

written with: Hamish Stuart
recorded by: The Temptations on “Together Again”

“Cross My Heart”

written with: Hamish Stuart
recorded by: Diana Ross on “Red Hot Rhythm & Blues”

“A Man and A Woman”

recorded by: Ute Lemper on “Crimes of the Heart” , Amy Keys on on “Lover’s Intuition”

“If I Could”

written with: Chris Botti
recorded by: Chris Botti on “A Thousand Kisses Deep”

“Do It In Luxury”

written with: Chris Botti and Keefus Chauncia recorded by: Chris Botti on “A Thousand Kisses Deep”

“That Was Then, This Is Now”

written with: Soulshock and Carlin
recorded by: Vanessa Rubin on “New Horizons”

“The High Road”

recorded by: Bettye LaVette on “I've got my own hell to raise”

Film and Television

“Beverly Hills Cop”

USA 1985 “New Attitude”

“Exotica”

Canada 1994 “Everybody Knows”

“Pump up the volume”

USA 1990 “Everybody Knows”

“Stakeout”

USA “Hot Together”

“Natural Born Killers”

USA 1994 “Waiting for the Miracle”

“Platinum”

Canada 1997 “Waiting for the Miracle”

“Kiss the sky”

USA 1998 “Waiting for the miracle”

“Sex TV” (TV series)

Canada 199X “Everybody Knows”

“Wonder boys”

USA 2000 “Waiting for the miracle”

“Judging Amy” (Episode in TV series)

USA 2001 “Everybody Knows” (Don Henley)

“Amnesia”

Italy 2002 “In My Secret Life “

“Pomor Tuljana”

Croatia 2002 “Everybody Knows”

“The Good Thief “

USA 2003 “ A Thousand Kisses Deep”

“The Favourite Game”

Canada 2003 “A Thousand Kisses Deep”

“Amateur Man” (Two episodes in TV series)

Greece 2003 “Waiting for the miracle”

“Land of Plenty”

USA 2004 “The Letters” and “The Land of Plenty”

“L Word” (episode in TV series)

USA 2004 “In My Secret Life”

“Nathalie”

France 2004 “Boogie Street”

Awards

“New Attitude”

Grammy Nominations (3) for Best R&B Song, Best Soundtrack Album (“Beverly Hills Cop”), best R&B vocal performance (Patti LaBelle)

“New Attitude”

Grammy for Best Soundtrack Album (“Beverly Hills Cop”) (1985)

Touring and Concerts

Leonard Cohen 1979, 1980
Ann-Margret Show 1976-1985
Brenda Russell
Thelma Houston
Rick Nelson
Sweet Inspirations
John Baldry
Lead singer in numberless top 40 bands

Session Work

Patti LaBelle
Michael Bolton
Brenda Russell
Stevie Nicks
Morris Day
Robbie Krieger
Jennifer Warnes
Patrice Rushen
Leonard Cohen
Aaron Neville

Studies

Ethel Newman – classical piano
Salem College, W.Va.
California Institute of the Arts
Oxford Theater, Los Angeles
Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, Roshi