Biography for
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Date of Birth

11 March 1968, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Birth Name

Lisa Anne Loeb

Height

5' 2" (1.57 m)

Spouse

Roey Hershkovitz

(31 January 2009 - present) 1 child

Trade Mark

Tortoise Shell vintage glasses frames

Trivia

Speaks fluent Spanish

The song "Truthfully", from her 2nd studio album "Firecracker", was originally written for the soundtrack of the movie One Fine Day (1996) but wasn't featured on the soundtrack.

Attended The Hockaday School in Dallas, one of the top private all-girls schools in the US. She graduated in 1986.

Publically calls herself a "baco-vegetarian". Although Jewish, and tries to avoid all other forms of meat, she loves eating crispy pork bacon.

Her third album, titled 'Cake and Pie', will be released in 2002.

She is the first and only unsigned artist to have a no. 1 single in the U.S. charts. The song "Stay" was featured in the Reality Bites (1994) soundtrack. It was number one for three weeks.

In college, she played in bands with Duncan Sheik and, with Liz Mitchell called "Liz and Lisa".

Dated Dweezil Zappa for six years with their relationship ending in May 2004.

Moved to Los Angeles in 2000 after living several years in New York where she started her professional career.

Brother, Ben, is a professional conductor and accomplished musician.

She attended Berklee College of Music for one semester, after graduating from Brown University in 1990 with a BA in Comparative Literature.

Dated Juan Patino in New York for six years. He produced most of her songs (including her early demos) and full albums, including "Stay"; he also produced the hit song "You Were Meant For Me" by Jewel Kilcher.

Biological sister/ actress Debbie Loeb

Winner of the 1995 Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act.

Daughter of Gail Loeb and Dr. Peter Loeb of Dallas, Texas.

Gave birth to her first child at age 41, a daughter Lyla Rose Loeb Hershkovitz, on November 29, 2009. Child's father is her husband, Roey Hershkovitz.

Expecting her second child with husband Roey Hershkovitz [January 10, 2012].

Personal Quotes

I don't use simple words. I make games and puzzles with my songs.

About Her look : "Natural - Not Trendy"

Some people train for certain sports and I want to train to be a able to hold a super heavy electric guitar and carry luggage around myself because I always have to have 7,000 pairs of shoes. Who cares about sports?

On why she's not a vegetarian: "I eat fish and love bacon. Plus, I don't mind if soups are made with chicken or beef stock, I just don't like eating big pieces of meat."

Where Are They Now

(September 2004) On tour, in the United States and Japan, promoting her fifth studio-album, "The Way it Really Is."

(2006) Starring in her own reality show called "#1 Single" (2006) shown on E!.