Kay Hanley

Kay Hanley began her career in music as the lead singer of Bostonbased alternative rock band Letters to Cleo releasing 3 acclaimed albums between 19902000 and spawning such hits as Awake and Here and Now After a 16year hiatus Letters To Cleo reunited in 2016 to release new music and embark on several soldout US tours and beginning work on their 4th full length studio album In the late 90s Ms Hanley began expanding her work as a singer and songwriter into the TV and film world writing songs for WBs animated series Generation O providing the singing voice for Rachael Leigh Cooks character Josie in Universal Pictures feature film Josie and the Pussycats and performing cover versions of Nick Lowes Cruel to be Kind and Cheap Tricks I Want You To Want Me in Touchstone Pictures hit film 10 Things I Hate About You In 2016 she appeared as herself on NBCs Park and Recreation and performed at the fictional PawneeEagleton Unity Concert Hanley is a Peabody Award winning songwriter for animated television penning original songs for shows like Disney Juniors hit series Vampirina and Doc McStuffins Dreamworks Harvey Street Kids WBCartoon Networks DC Super Hero Girls Netflix series Ada Twist Scientist Ms Hanley is coexecutive director of Songwriters Of North America SONA a nonprofit advocacy organization that fights to protect the value of songs and songwriters in a rapidly changing music business As a result of her advocacy work Hanley was chosen to represent songwriters on the Mechanical Licensing Collective serving as vicechair of the Unclaimed Royalties Oversight Committee