Roxanne Seeman
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Roxanne Seeman is an American songwriter born in New York City. She is best known for her songs with Billie Hughes
, Philip Bailey
with Phil Collins
, The Jacksons, The Sisters of Mercy
, Bette Midler
, Earth, Wind & Fire
, and Jacky Cheung
.
in Oriental Studies, Arts and Language. She spent nights in New York jazz clubs and found her way into records when Dee Dee Bridgewater
recorded the Ramsey Lewis
instrumental "Tequila Mockingbird" with Seeman's lyrics. Larry Dunn
of Earth, Wind & Fire
wrote the tune and George Duke
produced the record. This led to Roxanne's collaboration with Philip Bailey
of Earth, Wind & Fire, with whom she penned, along with Maurice White
and Eduardo del Barrio, "Sailaway", for Earth, Wind & Fire's Faces album. During this time, Carmine Coppola
and Italia Pennino asked Roxanne to collaborate with them in developing themes from Carmine's movie scores into songs. She co-wrote lyrics for the themes from The Black Stallion
, The Outsiders
, and Napoleon.
Roxanne held the position of Executive Assistant to Scott Rudin
, President of Production, 20th Century Fox
. In 1987, she worked on location in Bangkok
, on the film Off Limits, starring Willem Dafoe
and Gregory Hines
. She is credited for Thai casting.
marked the beginning of a long and successful career of recording, producing and songwriting.
Seeman and Hughes' efforts achieved fame in Japan in 1991; the couple wrote and produced Hughes' "Welcome to the Edge
" #1 single and album. "Welcome to the Edge
" remained on Billboard
s Japan Top 10 chart for four months, selling 520,000 copies. Seeman and Hughes received #1 International Single of the Year at the NHK Japan Grand Prix Awards (equivalent of the United States Grammys).
" is one of Roxanne and Billie's most novel songs, resulting in the title track, chart single and video for Philip Bailey's Chinese Wall
album produced by Phil Collins
. In 1985, Philip Bailey received a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Male Vocal for "Chinese Wall".
Barbra Streisand
recorded Seeman's "Let's Start Right Now
", a Brazilian song with her original English lyric. "Let's Start Right Now
" appeared as a bonus CD single in a limited edition of Streisand's "A Love Like Ours" album.
In 2003, Jermaine Jackson
performed "Let's Start Right Now
" on The View.
In 1991, Bette Midler
released Seeman & Hughes' "Night And Day
", a chart single and music video.
In 1993, The Sisters of Mercy
released "Under the Gun
", a chart single and music video, written by Billie Hughes, Roxanne Seeman, and Andrew Eldritch, produced by Andrew Eldritch and Billie Hughes.
In collaboration with Sarah Brightman
and Frank Peterson
, Seeman wrote "Harem
", new, original English lyrics for "Cancao do Mar", a Portuguese fado made famous by Amalia Rodrigues
. Sarah Brightman's "Harem" album stayed in the Billboard Top 10 Crossover Classical chart for over 80 weeks.
In December 2008, Daniel Lindstrom
released the single "Caught In That Feeling" in Sweden, written by Seeman, Lindstrom, and Samsson.
In March 2009, Seeman met Philipp Steinke, from Berlin, while he was staying in Los Angeles, and began a writing collaboration. Seeman and Steinke wrote "Amor En Suspenso (Crocodile Tears)" which was recorded by Alejandra Guzmán
, Mexico's "Queen Of Rock", for Guzman's "Unico" album, released by EMI Latin. Guzman wrote the Spanish lyrics with Fernando Osorio.
. Working with Cheung's producer, Andrew Tuason, Seeman wrote five songs for Jacky Cheung's Cantonese jazz album with European collaborators: "不只有緣 (Lucky In Love)", "Double Trouble", "Let It Go", "Which Way, Robert Frost", and "Everyday Is Christmas". The first song, "Everyday Is Christmas", was written with Philipp Steinke
. Following "Everyday Is Christmas", Cheung asked Seeman and Steinke for another song and they wrote "Which Way, Robert Frost".
In 2009, the newly formed South Korean girl group 4Minute
with Kim Hyun-Ah
of The Wonder Girls
, recorded "Tick Tock". When 4 Minute did not release "Tick Tock", it was recorded by Rainie Yang (Sony Taiwan) in Mandarin. "Tick Tock" by Rainie Yang was featured in the hit Taiwanese TV drama "Hi My Sweetheart
" starring Rainie Yang
and Show Luo
.
Seeman returned to Asia in August 2009 for five weeks. Since then, her songs have been recorded and released including "All Pumped Up" by Evan Yo
(Sony Taiwan), "Cha Cha Cha" by Linda Chung
(Star Entertainment Hong Kong), When You Hear This Song" by Allen Su (Sony Beijing), "Arrest Me" by Amber Kuo
(Warner Taiwan), "No One Knows" by Stephy Tang
(Gold Typhoon), and "Hui Bu Hui (Will We)" by Yang Kun. Music Videos include Jacky Cheung "Double Trouble", Rainie Yang "Tick Tock", and Stephy Tang "No One Knows".
In November 2011, Lin Yu Chun
(Sony Taiwan), released "Saving Grace" on his "Endlessly" album.
. It appears in the Oscar-nominated documentary "Let's Get Lost
", Bruce Weber
's tribute to Chet Baker
's life and music. The re-release of Bruce Weber
's "Let's Get Lost
" Chet Baker
documentary was premiered in London on June 5, 2008.
February 19, 1994, "The Jackson Family Honors" live ABC telecast from Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Hotel features Roxanne Seeman, Billie Hughes
, and Jermaine Jackson
's song "If You'd Only Believe" thematically, with a finale performance including Michael Jackson
, guest artists Celine Dion
and others.
"Welcome to the Edge
" received an Emmy nomination for Best Original Song in the TV drama Santa Barbara
. In 1992, Seeman and Hughes received a second Emmy nomination for Best Original Song for "Dreamlove" in the TV drama Another World
.
With Earth, Wind & Fire, Seeman wrote "Cruisin'" for Spike Lee
's Get On The Bus
. A collaboration with Eric Levi of ERA and Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire resulted in the end-title song of the hit French film La Vengeance d'Une Blonde.
Roxanne wrote "Hold On To The Good Things" for Stuart Little 2
, recorded by Grammy-winning artist Shawn Colvin
. "Hold On To The Good Things" appears as the second end-credit song.
From William Ross
' theme for The Young Black Stallion
, Roxanne and Gavin Greenaway
developed and produced the song "Born To Ride" sung by Biana Tamimi, 11 year old actress of the movie, for the DVD release December 2004.
Seeman co-wrote "不只有緣 (Lucky In Love)" with Daniel Nitt
for Jacky Cheung
. "不只有緣 (Lucky In Love)" appears over the end-credits of Crossing Hennessy
, Hong Kong movie produced by William Kong
. "Crossing Hennessy
", starring Tang Wei
(Lust, Caution) and Jacky Cheung, premiered as the opening night film for the 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival March 21.
For Arif Mardin
's "All My Friends Are Here" album and "The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
" companion documentary, Roxanne wrote lyrics for Arif Mardin
's composition "So Blue". "So Blue" features Chaka Khan
and David Sanborn. "The Greatest Ears In Town" was screened during the 29th International Istanbul Film Festival, April 2010. "All My Friends Are Here" was released June 15, 2010. "The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
" was nominated for a Grammy in 2011 for Best Long Form Video.
"Hui Bu Hui (Will We)" recorded by Yang Kun appears as the theme song of "Lost In Panic Cruise" (sequel to "Lost In Panic Room") starring Alec Su and Yang Kun. "Lost In Panic Cruise" released October 27, 2011.
Billie Hughes
Billie Hughes was an Emmy-nominated, American recording artist, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known for his songs with Philip Bailey with Phil Collins, The Jacksons, The Sisters Of Mercy, Bette Midler, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Lazarus, as well as songs from his solo albums...
, Philip Bailey
Philip Bailey
Philip Irvin Bailey is an American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor, best known as one of the longtime members of Earth, Wind & Fire. Together with Verdine White, B. David Whitworth, and Ralph Johnson he forms the heart of the current EWF line-up on...
with Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
, The Jacksons, The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy are an English rock band that formed in 1980. After achieving early underground fame in UK, the band had their commercial breakthrough in mid-1980s and sustained it until the early 1990s, when they stopped releasing new recorded output in protest against their record company...
, Bette Midler
Bette Midler
Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys...
, Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of...
, and Jacky Cheung
Jacky Cheung
Jacky Cheung is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor. The Chinese language media refers to him, Aaron Kwok, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings , with more than 60 million records sold as of 2000....
.
Education and early career
Roxanne received a B.A. at Columbia UniversityColumbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in Oriental Studies, Arts and Language. She spent nights in New York jazz clubs and found her way into records when Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater is an American Jazz singer. She is a three-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress and host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater...
recorded the Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr. is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.-Biography:...
instrumental "Tequila Mockingbird" with Seeman's lyrics. Larry Dunn
Larry Dunn
Larry Dunn is a keyboardist, musical director and one of the founding members of the music group Earth, Wind, & Fire. Dunn, along with other members of Earth, Wind & Fire were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.-Career:...
of Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of...
wrote the tune and George Duke
George Duke
George Duke is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He has worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music...
produced the record. This led to Roxanne's collaboration with Philip Bailey
Philip Bailey
Philip Irvin Bailey is an American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor, best known as one of the longtime members of Earth, Wind & Fire. Together with Verdine White, B. David Whitworth, and Ralph Johnson he forms the heart of the current EWF line-up on...
of Earth, Wind & Fire, with whom she penned, along with Maurice White
Maurice White
Maurice White is a Grammy Award–winning American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger. He is the older brother of Verdine White and Fred White and the leader and founder of the band Earth, Wind & Fire...
and Eduardo del Barrio, "Sailaway", for Earth, Wind & Fire's Faces album. During this time, Carmine Coppola
Carmine Coppola
Carmine Coppola was an American composer, flautist, editor, musical director, and songwriter. Coppola was a composer and conductor who contributed to many of the musical scores in The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III, and Apocalypse Now directed by his son Francis Ford...
and Italia Pennino asked Roxanne to collaborate with them in developing themes from Carmine's movie scores into songs. She co-wrote lyrics for the themes from The Black Stallion
The Black Stallion
The Black Stallion, known as "the Black" or "Shêtân", is the title character from author Walter Farley's bestselling series about the stallion and his young owner, Alec Ramsay...
, The Outsiders
The Outsiders (film)
The Outsiders is a 1983 American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an adaptation of the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. The film was released in March 1983...
, and Napoleon.
Roxanne held the position of Executive Assistant to Scott Rudin
Scott Rudin
Scott Rudin is an American film producer and a theatrical producer.-Early life and work:Scott Rudin was born in New York City, NY, on July 14, 1958, and raised in the town of Baldwin on Long Island. At the age of sixteen, he started working as an assistant to theatre producer Kermit Bloomgarden...
, President of Production, 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
. In 1987, she worked on location in Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
, on the film Off Limits, starring Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe is an American film, stage, and voice actor, and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group...
and Gregory Hines
Gregory Hines
Gregory Oliver Hines was an American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer.-Early years:Born in New York City, Hines and his older brother Maurice started dancing at an early age, studying with choreographer Henry LeTang...
. She is credited for Thai casting.
Working with Billie Hughes
Roxanne's partnership in 1983 with recording artist and songwriter/composer Billie HughesBillie Hughes
Billie Hughes was an Emmy-nominated, American recording artist, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known for his songs with Philip Bailey with Phil Collins, The Jacksons, The Sisters Of Mercy, Bette Midler, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Lazarus, as well as songs from his solo albums...
marked the beginning of a long and successful career of recording, producing and songwriting.
Seeman and Hughes' efforts achieved fame in Japan in 1991; the couple wrote and produced Hughes' "Welcome to the Edge
Welcome to the Edge
"Welcome To The Edge" is a song written by Roxanne Seeman, Billie Hughes, and Dominic Messinger. "Welcome To The Edge" was recorded by Billie Hughes and became a #1 hit in Japan...
" #1 single and album. "Welcome to the Edge
Welcome to the Edge
"Welcome To The Edge" is a song written by Roxanne Seeman, Billie Hughes, and Dominic Messinger. "Welcome To The Edge" was recorded by Billie Hughes and became a #1 hit in Japan...
" remained on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s Japan Top 10 chart for four months, selling 520,000 copies. Seeman and Hughes received #1 International Single of the Year at the NHK Japan Grand Prix Awards (equivalent of the United States Grammys).
Songwriting career
"Walking on the Chinese WallWalking On The Chinese Wall
"Walking on the Chinese Wall" is a song by Philip Bailey released as the third single from his album Chinese Wall in 1985. The song was written by Roxanne Seeman and Billie Hughes. Seeman and Hughes met just after she returned from China and he returned from Japan. Feeling inspired by the East,...
" is one of Roxanne and Billie's most novel songs, resulting in the title track, chart single and video for Philip Bailey's Chinese Wall
Chinese Wall (album)
Chinese Wall is a 1984 album by Philip Bailey which was released on the Columbia Records label. Chinese Wall has been certified gold in the US. The album reached number 22 and number 10 on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts respectively....
album produced by Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
. In 1985, Philip Bailey received a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Male Vocal for "Chinese Wall".
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
recorded Seeman's "Let's Start Right Now
Let's Start Right Now
"Let's Start Right Now" is the Brazilian song "Raios De Luz" composed by Cristovão Bastos and Abel Silva, with original English lyrics written by Roxanne Seeman...
", a Brazilian song with her original English lyric. "Let's Start Right Now
Let's Start Right Now
"Let's Start Right Now" is the Brazilian song "Raios De Luz" composed by Cristovão Bastos and Abel Silva, with original English lyrics written by Roxanne Seeman...
" appeared as a bonus CD single in a limited edition of Streisand's "A Love Like Ours" album.
In 2003, Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director...
performed "Let's Start Right Now
Let's Start Right Now
"Let's Start Right Now" is the Brazilian song "Raios De Luz" composed by Cristovão Bastos and Abel Silva, with original English lyrics written by Roxanne Seeman...
" on The View.
In 1991, Bette Midler
Bette Midler
Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys...
released Seeman & Hughes' "Night And Day
Night and Day
- Literature :* Night and Day , a novel by Robert B. Parker* Night and Day , a 1919 novel by Virginia Woolf- Music :* "Night and Day" , written by Cole Porter...
", a chart single and music video.
In 1993, The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy are an English rock band that formed in 1980. After achieving early underground fame in UK, the band had their commercial breakthrough in mid-1980s and sustained it until the early 1990s, when they stopped releasing new recorded output in protest against their record company...
released "Under the Gun
Under the Gun (The Sisters of Mercy song)
Under The Gun is a song by The Sisters of Mercy from their album A Slight Case of Overbombing: Greatest Hits Vol.1.It was the single and video from the album reaching no. 14 on the UK Billboard Charts...
", a chart single and music video, written by Billie Hughes, Roxanne Seeman, and Andrew Eldritch, produced by Andrew Eldritch and Billie Hughes.
In collaboration with Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She is famous for possessing a vocal range of over 3 octaves and singing in the whistle register...
and Frank Peterson
Frank Peterson
Frank Peterson is a German music producer known for his work with Enigma and artists such as Sarah Brightman, Ofra Haza, Gregorian, Princessa and Andrea Bocelli on his first international album Romanza in 1997....
, Seeman wrote "Harem
Harem
Harem refers to the sphere of women in what is usually a polygynous household and their enclosed quarters which are forbidden to men...
", new, original English lyrics for "Cancao do Mar", a Portuguese fado made famous by Amalia Rodrigues
Amália Rodrigues
Amália da Piedade Rodrigues, GCSE, GCIH, , also known as Amália Rodrigues was a Portuguese singer and actress.She was known as the "Rainha do Fado" and was most influential in popularizing the fado worldwide. She was one of the most important figures in the genre's development, and enjoyed a...
. Sarah Brightman's "Harem" album stayed in the Billboard Top 10 Crossover Classical chart for over 80 weeks.
In December 2008, Daniel Lindstrom
Daniel Lindström
Daniel Lindström is a Swedish singer from Umeå who won the Swedish Idol 2004 contest against Darin Zanyar. His first single, "Coming True", sold double platinum, and his self-titled album, released in December 2004, topped the Swedish pop charts...
released the single "Caught In That Feeling" in Sweden, written by Seeman, Lindstrom, and Samsson.
In March 2009, Seeman met Philipp Steinke, from Berlin, while he was staying in Los Angeles, and began a writing collaboration. Seeman and Steinke wrote "Amor En Suspenso (Crocodile Tears)" which was recorded by Alejandra Guzmán
Alejandra Guzmán
Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal , better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican rock singer and actress. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America since the late 1980s, and is known as the "Queen of Rock" in the Hispanic world...
, Mexico's "Queen Of Rock", for Guzman's "Unico" album, released by EMI Latin. Guzman wrote the Spanish lyrics with Fernando Osorio.
Asia
In 2009, Seeman began writing for the new album of Jacky CheungJacky Cheung
Jacky Cheung is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor. The Chinese language media refers to him, Aaron Kwok, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings , with more than 60 million records sold as of 2000....
. Working with Cheung's producer, Andrew Tuason, Seeman wrote five songs for Jacky Cheung's Cantonese jazz album with European collaborators: "不只有緣 (Lucky In Love)", "Double Trouble", "Let It Go", "Which Way, Robert Frost", and "Everyday Is Christmas". The first song, "Everyday Is Christmas", was written with Philipp Steinke
Philipp Steinke
Philipp Steinke is a German songwriter, film composer, record producer and musician. Steinke is currently a member of the band Asher Lane. Philipp Steinke was born and resides in Berlin, Germany.-Songwriting and film composing career:...
. Following "Everyday Is Christmas", Cheung asked Seeman and Steinke for another song and they wrote "Which Way, Robert Frost".
In 2009, the newly formed South Korean girl group 4Minute
4minute
4Minute is a popular South Korean girl group founded by Cube Entertainment in 2009. The group consists of Nam Jihyun , Heo Gayoon, Jeon Jiyoon, Kim Hyuna and Kwon SoHyun. The girls released their first single on June 15, 2009 and made their debut stage last June 18, 2009 on Mnet M! Countdown...
with Kim Hyun-Ah
Hyuna
HyunA is a South Korean idol singer and a member of girl group, 4minute. She is also former member of the popular girl group Wonder Girls.- Biography :Kim Hyuna was born on June 6, 1992 in Seoul, South Korea...
of The Wonder Girls
Wonder Girls
Wonder Girls is a South Korean girl group. Its producer and manager is singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young and the Wonder Girls is signed to his talent agency, JYP Entertainment. Each of the five original members were selected through auditions...
, recorded "Tick Tock". When 4 Minute did not release "Tick Tock", it was recorded by Rainie Yang (Sony Taiwan) in Mandarin. "Tick Tock" by Rainie Yang was featured in the hit Taiwanese TV drama "Hi My Sweetheart
Hi My Sweetheart
Hi My Sweetheart is a 2009 Taiwanese Drama starring Rainie Yang, Show Luo and Lee Wei. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production and Chai Zhi Ping as producer and directed by Lin He Long . It started filming on 26 July 2009 and wrapped in 23 November 2009...
" starring Rainie Yang
Rainie Yang
Rainie Yang , born June 4th, 1984, is a Taiwanese singer, Golden Bell Awards actress and talk show host.-Career:Yang began her career in 2000, as a member of Taiwanese quartet girl group 4 in Love, where she was given the stage name of Rainie, matching the weather theme of each member. The group's...
and Show Luo
Show Luo
Show Luo also known as Xiao Zhu was born on 30 July 1979. He is a Taiwanese entertainer: Mandopop singer, dancer, host and actor. He has been dubbed "Dancing King of Asia" for his dancing skills.-Biography:...
.
Seeman returned to Asia in August 2009 for five weeks. Since then, her songs have been recorded and released including "All Pumped Up" by Evan Yo
Evan Yo
Evan Yo was born on 12 November 1986. He is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer-songwriter, who was signed by his management company at 14 and has been signed by Sony Music Taiwan since 2006. He has released three albums and was nominated for Best New Artist in 2007 at the 18th Golden Melody Awards,...
(Sony Taiwan), "Cha Cha Cha" by Linda Chung
Linda Chung
Linda Chung Ka-yan is a Canadian TVB actress and singer based in Hong Kong. She entered the industry in 2004 when she won the 2004 Miss Chinese International Pageant. She is now an actress under TVB and a singer under the Star Entertainment label...
(Star Entertainment Hong Kong), When You Hear This Song" by Allen Su (Sony Beijing), "Arrest Me" by Amber Kuo
Amber Kuo
Amber Kuo was born on 19 February 1986. She is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer and actress. Kuo graduated from National Taipei University with a bachelor's degree in social work in 2008.-Career:...
(Warner Taiwan), "No One Knows" by Stephy Tang
Stephy Tang
Stephy Tang is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. She was formerly the lead singer of the pop group Cookies.-Early life:...
(Gold Typhoon), and "Hui Bu Hui (Will We)" by Yang Kun. Music Videos include Jacky Cheung "Double Trouble", Rainie Yang "Tick Tock", and Stephy Tang "No One Knows".
In November 2011, Lin Yu Chun
Lin Yu Chun
Lin Yu Chun ; born March 9, 1986 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese singer, who gained fame by appearing on a Taiwanese talent show, One Million Star , singing "I Will Always Love You" in the style of Whitney Houston's cover version...
(Sony Taiwan), released "Saving Grace" on his "Endlessly" album.
Film & television
Roxanne's works have been incorporated in film, television, video, and records. Her "So Hard To Know" was written by request for Chet BakerChet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
. It appears in the Oscar-nominated documentary "Let's Get Lost
Let's Get Lost
Let's Get Lost may refer to:* Let's Get Lost , a 1988 Oscar-nominated documentary about jazz trumpeter Chet Baker.* Let's Get Lost , a dramatic film directed by Jonas Elmer...
", Bruce Weber
Bruce Weber (photographer)
Bruce Weber is an American fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker. He is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Pirelli, Abercrombie & Fitch, Revlon, and Gianni Versace, as well as his work for Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Elle, Life, Interview, and Rolling Stone...
's tribute to Chet Baker
Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
's life and music. The re-release of Bruce Weber
Bruce Weber (photographer)
Bruce Weber is an American fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker. He is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Pirelli, Abercrombie & Fitch, Revlon, and Gianni Versace, as well as his work for Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Elle, Life, Interview, and Rolling Stone...
's "Let's Get Lost
Let's Get Lost
Let's Get Lost may refer to:* Let's Get Lost , a 1988 Oscar-nominated documentary about jazz trumpeter Chet Baker.* Let's Get Lost , a dramatic film directed by Jonas Elmer...
" Chet Baker
Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
documentary was premiered in London on June 5, 2008.
February 19, 1994, "The Jackson Family Honors" live ABC telecast from Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Hotel features Roxanne Seeman, Billie Hughes
Billie Hughes
Billie Hughes was an Emmy-nominated, American recording artist, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known for his songs with Philip Bailey with Phil Collins, The Jacksons, The Sisters Of Mercy, Bette Midler, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Lazarus, as well as songs from his solo albums...
, and Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director...
's song "If You'd Only Believe" thematically, with a finale performance including Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
, guest artists Celine Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
and others.
"Welcome to the Edge
Welcome to the Edge
"Welcome To The Edge" is a song written by Roxanne Seeman, Billie Hughes, and Dominic Messinger. "Welcome To The Edge" was recorded by Billie Hughes and became a #1 hit in Japan...
" received an Emmy nomination for Best Original Song in the TV drama Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (TV series)
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolved around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California...
. In 1992, Seeman and Hughes received a second Emmy nomination for Best Original Song for "Dreamlove" in the TV drama Another World
Another World (TV series)
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.
With Earth, Wind & Fire, Seeman wrote "Cruisin'" for Spike Lee
Spike Lee
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's Get On The Bus
Get on the Bus
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. A collaboration with Eric Levi of ERA and Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire resulted in the end-title song of the hit French film La Vengeance d'Une Blonde.
Roxanne wrote "Hold On To The Good Things" for Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little 2 is a 2002 American live action and CGI animated film, directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie and Jonathan Lipnicki and the voices of Michael J. Fox, Nathan Lane, Melanie Griffith, James Woods and Steve Zahn. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film and includes...
, recorded by Grammy-winning artist Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin
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. "Hold On To The Good Things" appears as the second end-credit song.
From William Ross
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' theme for The Young Black Stallion
The Young Black Stallion
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, Roxanne and Gavin Greenaway
Gavin Greenaway
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developed and produced the song "Born To Ride" sung by Biana Tamimi, 11 year old actress of the movie, for the DVD release December 2004.
Seeman co-wrote "不只有緣 (Lucky In Love)" with Daniel Nitt
Daniel Nitt
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for Jacky Cheung
Jacky Cheung
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. "不只有緣 (Lucky In Love)" appears over the end-credits of Crossing Hennessy
Crossing Hennessy
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, Hong Kong movie produced by William Kong
William Kong
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. "Crossing Hennessy
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Crossing Hennessy is a 2010 Hong Kong film directed by Ivy Ho. It was filmed from March to May 2009, and stars Jacky Cheung and Tang Wei. It is a remake of Crossing Delancey ....
", starring Tang Wei
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(Lust, Caution) and Jacky Cheung, premiered as the opening night film for the 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival March 21.
For Arif Mardin
Arif Mardin
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's "All My Friends Are Here" album and "The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
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" companion documentary, Roxanne wrote lyrics for Arif Mardin
Arif Mardin
Arif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...
's composition "So Blue". "So Blue" features Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
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and David Sanborn. "The Greatest Ears In Town" was screened during the 29th International Istanbul Film Festival, April 2010. "All My Friends Are Here" was released June 15, 2010. "The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story is a 2010 documentary about the Grammy winning music producer Arif Mardin. The documentary was produced by his son Joe Mardin and was directed by Doug Biro. It was made in the years prior to Arif's death in 2006 from pancreatic cancer.-Synopsis:The...
" was nominated for a Grammy in 2011 for Best Long Form Video.
"Hui Bu Hui (Will We)" recorded by Yang Kun appears as the theme song of "Lost In Panic Cruise" (sequel to "Lost In Panic Room") starring Alec Su and Yang Kun. "Lost In Panic Cruise" released October 27, 2011.
See also
- Welcome to the EdgeWelcome to the Edge"Welcome To The Edge" is a song written by Roxanne Seeman, Billie Hughes, and Dominic Messinger. "Welcome To The Edge" was recorded by Billie Hughes and became a #1 hit in Japan...
- Walking on the Chinese WallWalking On The Chinese Wall"Walking on the Chinese Wall" is a song by Philip Bailey released as the third single from his album Chinese Wall in 1985. The song was written by Roxanne Seeman and Billie Hughes. Seeman and Hughes met just after she returned from China and he returned from Japan. Feeling inspired by the East,...
- If You'd Only Believe
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