Hayley Sales was born on August 31, 1986 in Washington D.C. She is a singer and songwriter who rose to fame after the release of her album Sunseed

Sunseed (album)

Sunseed is the debut album released by American singer Hayley Sales on 19 June 2007. The album is written and produced completely by herself and was recorded in her family studio and features the two singles: "What You Want" and "Keep Drivin'".-Track listing:...

. She is best known for her two songs 'What You Want' and 'Keep Driving'. Before becoming a singer she lived a very busy and interesting life including; interviewing the Dalai Lama, traveling the world surfing and playing music, accompanying former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic to the Seattle WTO protests, and self-penning and producing her major label debut album Sunseed

Sunseed (album)

Sunseed is the debut album released by American singer Hayley Sales on 19 June 2007. The album is written and produced completely by herself and was recorded in her family studio and features the two singles: "What You Want" and "Keep Drivin'".-Track listing:...

as well as her second album When the Bird Became a Book

Sunseed (2007present)

Hayley Sales' released her debut Sunseed album on June 19, 2007. The album includes the hit songs 'What You Want' and 'Keep Driving'. As life experiences tend to do, they all contributed to Sunseed. The singer/songwriter is not only a composite of her diverse journeys, she is a longtime music fan, and her style is deeply inspired by the performers that she has loved since she was a child.

When the Bird Became a Book (2010present)

Hayley Sales released her second album on June 21, 2010. It includes the songs 'Just Pretend', 'More than you Know', and 'Not in his Garden'. The album features duets with musicians/ surfers G. Love and Donavon Frankenreiter and was given 4½ stars on iTunes. Her environmental activism comes across in many of the songs, particularly the tune 'Not In His Garden', featuring Donavon Frankenreiter. The album has a warm, laid-back yet sophisticated vibe, capturing her nomadic, surf life style.

Influences

The major influences for her albums are Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson (musician)

Jack Johnson was born May 18, 1975 is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer and musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. He has since released four more albums, a...

, Bob Marley

Bob Marley

Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...

, Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...

, Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...

, Ben Harper

Ben Harper

Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances and activism. Harper's fan base spans several continents...

, Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard , Chris Walla , Nick Harmer and Jason McGerr ....

, John Mayer

John Mayer

John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...

, The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

, The Cat Empire

The Cat Empire

The Cat Empire are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Core members are Harry James Angus , Will Hull-Brown , Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala , Ollie McGill , Ryan Monro and Felix Riebl...

, Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun is a 1984 novel by J. G. Ballard which was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Like Ballard's earlier short story, "The Dead Time" , it is essentially fiction but draws extensively on Ballard's experiences in World War II...

, The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...

, Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

 and Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing...

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Albums

Year	Album details	CAN Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...
2007	Sunseed Sunseed (album) Sunseed is the debut album released by American singer Hayley Sales on 19 June 2007. The album is written and produced completely by herself and was recorded in her family studio and features the two singles: "What You Want" and "Keep Drivin'".-Track listing:... Released: June 19, 2007 Label: Universal Records Universal Records Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...	50
2010	When the Bird Became a Book Released: June 21, 2010 Label: Universal Records Universal Records Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...

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