Music Style Smooth Jazz Vocals

Artist History Alright, you darlings, Ive succumbed to your clamor-here is my long awaited, much anticipated ... BIO! Baby Irenes foundation in show business, began in a tap dancing school in the Bronx, at the tender age of 3. Black patent leather shoes with black satin bows were my idea of HEAVEN! Move over Shirley temple, my inner baby drag queen had been born! But my Finnish immigrant parents had other ideas, whisking me off to Brush Prairie, Washington, a budding megalopolis of 110. Nowhere to tap but cowpies, I was plucked... and stuck. Adulthood couldnt come too quickly (Im still waiting) I was going to be a STAR! and then I discovered... MEN!!!!!!! Yes folks, entertaining was superceded by being entertained by the indefinable, ever-present MALE. I was hooked, thats why its taken me so long to get back to my first love, show business. Oh, I flirted with it, toyed with it, dreamed of it, everything but DID it! Who had time? I was a bartender at Hamburger Marys in Waikiki, when I got offered an Equity contract to do Godspell- the part of the tramp. It was a stretch, but I was a HIT! This was the impetus to propel me headlong into my dreams of torch singer, comedienne, actress, and drag queen! Yes, my inner drag queen was screeching to get in on the act, how could I say no? I moved to San Francisco and began. My very first success was winning a Mae West look-alike contest, much to the chagrin of 13 real drag queens. (is that an oxymoron?) Then I flew in 40 feet above the stage as a fairy godmother, another role Id been rehearsing for my entire life. And that, my dears, is how all this joy began. Oh honey, Ive worked my ass off, discovering songs, memorizing, finding people to chart them cheap, vocalizing just to learn to sing on key! Then getting gigs, asking for money, you have no idea. I started singing for free- BOOK ME! and sang for hundreds of AIDS fundraisers, which continues to be my most important work today. Ive been so blessed to know so many amazing people... and Ive lost many of them; but theyre in my heart forever. I will always do what I can to help. I adore entertaining... show business is my life! Ive been so lucky to live and sing in fabulous places across the country, New York to Palm Springs, San Francisco to Chicago, Key West to Portland, LA to Provincetown, each a new home, ever expanding to new horizons! BOOK ME! I am so blessed with so many lifelong friendships, and new ones appear all the time! In that respect, Im one of the richest people I know. If I havent said it recently, thank you ... I love you. I guess this is the bottom line the reason Im here. Whether Im silly or serious, funny or risqué, its all a part of my heart. I envision that spreading my joy will elevate someone else, in spirit or inspiration. This is my heart I share with you, and I ask you to share it with all you know. So, Darlings, I hope youve enjoyed my missive, I undoubtedly will expound on it as time goes by. Write me and share your dreams, your love, your joy. Thank you, Irene

Group Members Irene Soderberg

Instruments Vocals, Orchestra

Albums I'm Gonna Live, Live, LIVE!, Goodnight Irene

Location West Hollywood, CA - USA

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