Lisa Loeb Biography

Fast Facts

• Gained fame after friend Ethan Hawke gave Ben Stiller a tape of her song "Stay (I Missed You)
• " Stiller added it to the soundtrack of his 1994 Gen-X movie, Reality Bites
• With "Stay (I Missed You)," she became the first unsigned artist in history to reach No
• 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
• Released an album of children's music in 2003 called Catch the Moon, which she recorded with her college music partner, Elizabeth Mitchell
• Hosted a 2004 cooking-variety series with then-boyfriend Dweezil Zappa called Dweezil and Lisa
• Searched for love on reality TV on #1 Single, a program that aired on E! in 2006 and focused on her romantic life; the show did not lead to a long-term romance for her
• In conjunction with her 2008 Camp Lisa CD, she launched the Camp Lisa Foundation, a nonprofit program designed to help underprivileged children attend camp
• Wrote the music and lyrics for Camp Kappawanna, a musical that celebrates summer camp, which debuted in Miami in June 2010
• Launched the Lisa Loeb Eyewear collection in November 2010