Sharon Robinson

ABOUT SHARON ROBINSON

Singer and songwriter most well known for her long career working alongside Leonard Cohen . Together they collaborated on acclaimed songs like "Everybody Knows" and "Alexandra Leaving." She has also written for numerous successful artists like Diana Ross , Don Henley , and Roberta Flack .

Despite becoming a National Merit semi-finalist and earning numerous scholarships, she left Salem College to pursue a career touring with a top-40 band. Thereafter, she went on to study music at the California Institute of the Arts. Eventually, she scored her breakthrough singing backup for Leonard Cohen .

In 2008, she released her debut solo album, Everybody Knows, followed by her second, Caffeine, in 2015. She followed it up in 2021 with We Were Dreamers '85.

Though a born and bred native of San Francisco, she later settled in Los Angeles, California.

In 1985, she won a Grammy for penning the Patti LaBelle song "New Attitude" which appeared on the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack.