Jeanie Cunningham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jeanie Cunningham

American musician

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1956

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: composer, singer, record producer, singer-songwriter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Jeanie Cunningham

  • Jean Akin Cunningham (born September 3, 1956) is an American performer, composer, songwriter, producer, writer and host of the video based web site The Composers Corner.
  • She has toured with Lionel Richie, David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and worked closely with Ike and Tina Turner.
  • She is also the co-author and voice of the ongoing children's audio book series, Los Diggities, written about three rescued dogs living in Los Angeles (first published in 2010).
  • Seven cds of her music have been released on both domestic and international labels, as well as 2 performance DVDs. Her music has also been heard worldwide from 1986 to present, as part of several high-profile product campaigns, with corporations such as Mitsubishi, Epson, Yamaha, Toshiba, and Chevron being among the many to utilize her original works. Being anonymously responsible for a number of musical wakeup broadcasts to Space Shuttle astronauts from NASA's mission control during the late 1980s through the early 90s, earned Cunningham the nickname, "The Most Flown Unknown". Known for her leadership in the struggle for gay rights (with particular emphasis on Christianity and its role in the LGBT community) Cunningham released a controversial Christian album, (Come As You Are...To The Father) on the internet for free in 2000, making her the first recording artist to ever release an entire album/cd, including graphics and karaoke versions—downloadable for free—to the world via the internet. In 2002, Cunningham was commissioned to write, record and perform a tribute song to the United States in commemoration of the September 11 attacks for the country of Aruba.
  • The song, "We Will Remember" has since been used to commemorate Memorial Day, Veterans Day and Pearl Harbor Day memorials as well as 9-11, making it a 21st-century anthem. In 2014, multi-media artist Steve Maloney commissioned Cunningham to write a song commemorating the Vietnam War veteran for Maloney's "Take Me Home Huey" project.
  • The project involved taking a Huey helicopter that had been shot down in Vietnam and brought back to the U.S., rebuilding it (through a partnership with Lighthorse Legacy), then turning it into a colorful sculpture to facilitate dialogue for Vietnam veterans and raise awareness and funds for Post Traumatic Stress.
  • In addition to the helicopter and song, a documentary film was made of the project, going by the same title of Take Me Home Huey, which won the 2016 Palm Springs Film Festival’s Mercedes Benz Audience Favorite award and has since been aired nationally on PBS in conjunction with the Ken Burns The Vietnam War series.
  • In November 2017 the song earned Cunningham Congressional recognition from Congressman Mark Amodei of Nevada.
  • The documentary also won an Emmy for Best Arts in 2018. Cunningham was also the recipient of the 2016 For the Children Inspiration Award presented by Opera Arts & The Steinway Society of Riverside County, California in recognition for her work designing and implementing a curriculum of Ukulele Instruction for elementary school children of the Coachella Valley, California.
  • Combining forces with the Steinway Society to develop approaches to teaching music in schools, Cunningham is still involved with educating the next generation of musicians.

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