Background
She is the great-great-niece of Judy Garland, and a great granddaughter of Garland"s sister Jimmie. "Who I Was Born to Be" was the only original track on Susan Boyle"s chart-topping, 9 millionselling I Dreamed a Dream album.
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Audra Mae
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Since arriving in California in 2007, she has signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell, and sang Bob Dylan"s "Forever Young" on the television series Sons of Anarchy. In 2009 she signed to Los Angeles based indie label SideOneDummy Records. 2009: Haunt European Parliament
She released a digital European Parliament Haunt on October 20, 2009 and then went on the road as part of Chuck Ragan"s Revival Tour.
That year, Audra also wrote a song for Britain"s Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle"s début album.
2010-2012: The Happiest Lamb and Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound
The Happiest Lamb was released on May 18, 2010. area. Together with Ferras Alqaisi she wrote "Good News", which was one of the songs that competed in Unser Song für Deutschland, the German selection process to select the song that Lena Meyer-Landrut will sing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.
"Good News" also serves as the title track of Meyer-Landrut"s eponymous 2011 album. Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound was released on February 13, 2012.
The album featured main and background vocals, percussion, production and composition work from Mae and also credited many other artists, including up-right bassist Joe Ginsberg, electric and rhythm guitarist Jarrad Kritzstein and organ and piano playing by Frank Pedano.
In 2012, her cover of Whitesnake"s "Here I Go Again" was featured in two episodes of The Good Wife, "Another Ham Sandwich" and "Live from Damascus." She also is featured on Flo Rida"s track, "Run," with Redfoo of LMFAO, and on All American Rejects "Kids in the Street" released March 2012. 2013–present
Mae provided background vocals for The All-American Rejects (who also originated in Oklahoma) in their fourth studio album, Kids in the Street. She can be heard in "Fast & Slow", "Kids in the Street", and "Beekeeper"s Daughter" In 2013, she was featured in 3 Avicii songs that were featured on his album True.
The songs are "Addicted to You", "Shame on Maine", and "Long Road To Hell".
Avicii announced that "Addicted to You" would receive a full single release on April 7, 2014. She is featured in one of Jon Bellion"s songs called "Luxury," which was released on September 2, 2014.
American country artist Miranda Lambert covered Mae"s "Little Red Wagon" for her 2014 album, Platinum, and released it as the album"s third single in January 2015. lieutenant became a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
In 2015 she teamed up with Avicii once again to sing the cover by Avicii of "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone, and to record Avicii"s upcoming track "Touch Maine" for his album Stories.
2009 – Chuck Ragan
2009 – Kevin Seconds
2009 – Frank Turner
2009 – Jim Ward
2010 – Good Old War
2010 – Stephen Kellogg
2011 – Nick 13
2011 – Lucero
2012 – Matt Nathanson
2012 – All American Rejects
2012 – Cory Branan.
Membership
Audra Mae has performed as a member of The Upright Cabaret.
