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Billie Lorraine Feather (1948 Manhattan, NY) is a singer, lyricist, and songwriter. 

Her parents were jazz writer Leonard Feather and Jane, a former big band singer and ex-roommate of singer Peggy Lee's. Feather's parents named her Billie Jane Lee Lorraine after her godmother Billie Holiday, her mother Jane, Jane's friend Peggy Lee, and the song "Sweet Lorraine". Her husband is Tony Morales, formerly a drummer for artists such as The Rippingtons, David Benoit and Rickie Lee Jones.

Feather began working in television as a lyricist in 1992 and has received seven Emmy nominations. Her lyrics for children include Disney’s Dinosaurs series on ABC and the MGM films Babes In Toyland and An All Dogs Christmas; Feather and composer Mark Watters wrote the themes for MGM’s TV shows All Dogs Go to Heaven and The Lionhearts; they also created the piece “Faster, Higher, Stronger” for Jessye Norman to sing in the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Olympics. Feather and composer Larry Grossman wrote the song that Julie Andrews performed in The Princess Diaries 2. Feather has also created lyrics for Disney’s feature film The Jungle Book 2 (with Australian jazz musician Paul Grabowsky), and for Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween, the PBS series Make Way for Noddy, and the Candy Land and My Little Pony films for Hasbro Toys. Feather’s work has been heard on numerous records, in films and on television. Her songs have been covered extensively by artists such as Phyllis Hyman, Kenny Rankin, Patti Austin, Diane Schuur and Cleo Laine. 

Many of her own solo CDs have featured contemporary lyrics to formerly instrumental pieces written by Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and other pre-bop composers. Feather’s recordings have received glowing reviews in every major jazz magazine. Down Beat has called her work “deliciously savvy”; Jazz Times referred to her as “a lyrical Dorothy Parker” and her lyrical reinventions as “pure genius.”

Feather has released 12 albums, three in the 1980s with the vocal trio Full Swing. The albums she has done since 2001 have received the widest radio airplay and most press. Two of these were Fats Waller and Duke Ellington projects with her added lyrics. More recently, her CDs have featured original compositions written with such jazz composers as Eddie Arkin, Shelly Berg and Russell Ferrante. 

01 - Lorraine Feather - Calistoga Bay.mp3
02 - Lorraine Feather - Cicada Time.mp3
03 - Lorraine Feather - Remembering To Breathe.mp3
04 - Lorraine Feather - I Know The Way To Brooklyn.mp3
05 - Lorraine Feather - On The Esplanade.mp3
06 - Lorraine Feather - Sweet Honolulu.mp3
07 - Lorraine Feather - Once Bitten.mp3
08 - Lorraine Feather - A Ramble Through the Park.mp3
09 - Lorraine Feather - Indiana Lana.mp3
10 - Lorraine Feather - Shameful.mp3
11 - Lorraine Feather - Tryin' To Get Over.mp3
12 - Lorraine Feather - Happy You Were Here.mp3