Shoshana Bean + Avery Wilson - Saving All My Love For You - Dressing Room Sessions - 2019
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Shoshana E. Bean (born September 1, 1977)[1] is an American singer, songwriter, recording artist, and stage actress.[2][3] She has released three records and has appeared on many theater cast recordings and film soundtracks.
On December 2, 2008, Bean released her debut solo album, Superhero, on her own label Shotime Records.[2][27] The record has been described as pop rock.[3]

In February 2013, Bean's second album, O'Farrell Street, was released. It was produced by Tim K (Madonna, Celine Dion, Brandy), and incorporates 1960s-era soul.[3] The record reached No. 3 on the iTunes R&B charts.

In December 2014, Bean released an EP album of blues called Shadows to Light.[28] The record was produced by Bean and Jake Schaefer. It reached No. 1 on the iTunes Blues charts. She performed her single "Runaway Train" on The Queen Latifah Show.[29]

Beginning in 2015, Bean has performed with Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ),[30] performing Justin Bieber's "Sorry" and Backstreet Boys's “I Want It That Way,” among others. In the spring of 2016, she joined the PMJ European Tour.[31]

In February 2018, Bean's third album, Spectrum, was released. The songs are in the genre of rhythm and blues.[3] The record release was accompanied by a tour, which included concerts at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, which featured an 18-piece orchestra, as well as a string of other dates including in London at Cadogan Hall, Las Vegas and Dallas.[7] Bean has said that inspirations for the record were the music of Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, and Frank Sinatra.[7]

In August and September 2019, Bean performed selected songs at a series of residency concerts at Feinstein's/54 Below.[32]

Bean's music has been featured on MTV's The Hills, Mercy, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, Bad Girls Club and Showtime's The Big C, and she arranged the vocals for Jennifer Lopez's performance of her 2014 song "I Luh Ya Papi" on American Idol.[33]

Bean has appeared on film soundtracks to Hairspray, Enchanted, the Wayans Brothers' Dance Flick, and the 2016 animated musical Sing.

Bean has performed around the world in cabarets and concerts. She has sung with artists such as Bebe Winans, Brian McKnight,[34] Ariana Grande, David Foster, and Jason Robert Brown, Michael Jackson, among others
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