Beth Sorrentino
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Elizabeth Sorrentino |
| Also known as | Beth Sorrentino |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, recording artist, music teacher |
| Instruments | Vocals, Piano |
| Years active | 1992 - present |
| Labels | SpinART, Warner Bros., Basta |
| Associated acts | Suddenly, Tammy!, Curt Boettcher |
| Website | BethSorrentino.com |
Elizabeth "Beth" Sorrentino is an American pianist and singer-songwriter from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
In the early 1990s, Sorrentino, her brother Jay (drums), and high school friend Ken Heitmueller (bass) formed the music trio Suddenly, Tammy!. The band was signed by spinART Records, which released two EPs (Spokesmodel, El Presidente), produced by Sean Slade, and a self-titled debut album. In 1992, the band was featured on the cover of College Music Journal. Suddenly, Tammy! subsequently signed with Warner Bros. Records, for whom they recorded the album We Get There When We Do, which was produced by Warne Livesey and released in 1995. A follow-up album, Comet, was recorded and completed, but the band was dropped from the label in late 1996 and the album was shelved. The trio disbanded in 1997. (Comet was released digitally by an independent label in 2010.)
Sorrentino contributed backing vocals to the 1992 debut album by The Lilys.
Following the breakup of the band, Sorrentino moved to New York City and became a music teacher. She taught at several schools on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and was a private piano and vocal instructor.
Sorrentino recorded a series of demos between 2002–2003, produced by Irwin Chusid and engineered by Peter Katis at Tarquin Studios, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The material mostly consisted of new original compositions, with cover versions of two Leonard Cohen songs. After sporadic returns to public performance in New York clubs, Sorrentino approved the demos for digital release in 2006 under the title Nine Songs, One Story. In 2008, two live solo sessions performed and recorded in 2001 at radio station WFMU were released digitally. These sets included a number of Suddenly, Tammy! songs, as well as new original material.
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