Ann Hampton Callaway (born May , ) is an American jazz singer,
songwriter, and actress. She wrote and sang the theme song for the TV
series The Nanny.A native of Chicago, her father, John Callaway, was a
journalist and her mother is a singer, pianist, and vocal coach. She
learned scat singing from her father and a love of jazz from his
record collection, and she learned classical music from her mother.
Her sister, Liz Callaway, is a singer and actress on Broadway.
Callaway performed in musicals at New Trier High School in Winnetka.
After graduation, she studied acting for two years at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She moved to New York City in .
During the s, she worked as a cabaret singer accompanying herself on
piano, performing jazz, traditional pop, and standards from the Great
American Songbook.While contributing to a CD reissue of songs by Cole
Porter, she received permission from the Porter estate to compose
music for his unrecorded song, "I Gaze in Your Eyes." The song was
included on her debut album, which was released in . A year later, she
wrote and performed the theme song for the TV show The Nanny.In
addition to the theme for The Nanny, she wrote theme songs for Day's
End, Cabaret Beat, and The Jim J and Tammy Fay Show and composed
incidental music for the play, Baltimore Star by David Weiner. Her
song "Manhattan in December" was included in the off-Broadway musical
revue A Broadway Diva Christmas.
songwriter, and actress. She wrote and sang the theme song for the TV
series The Nanny.A native of Chicago, her father, John Callaway, was a
journalist and her mother is a singer, pianist, and vocal coach. She
learned scat singing from her father and a love of jazz from his
record collection, and she learned classical music from her mother.
Her sister, Liz Callaway, is a singer and actress on Broadway.
Callaway performed in musicals at New Trier High School in Winnetka.
After graduation, she studied acting for two years at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She moved to New York City in .
During the s, she worked as a cabaret singer accompanying herself on
piano, performing jazz, traditional pop, and standards from the Great
American Songbook.While contributing to a CD reissue of songs by Cole
Porter, she received permission from the Porter estate to compose
music for his unrecorded song, "I Gaze in Your Eyes." The song was
included on her debut album, which was released in . A year later, she
wrote and performed the theme song for the TV show The Nanny.In
addition to the theme for The Nanny, she wrote theme songs for Day's
End, Cabaret Beat, and The Jim J and Tammy Fay Show and composed
incidental music for the play, Baltimore Star by David Weiner. Her
song "Manhattan in December" was included in the off-Broadway musical
revue A Broadway Diva Christmas.
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