Vonda was born in 1963 in New York City to an intellectual, artistic family. She began playing the piano at age six, began writing songs at eight, and played her first club at 14. As a child, Vonda had wanted to be an astrophysicist, but after her first music gig, she never looked back. Be-tween 1985 and 1996, Vonda toured as a backup singer and keyboardist for Rickie Lee Jones, Al Jarreau, and Jackson Browne, opening for Browne during his 1996 tour.

In 1997, Vonda was cast on the wildly popular ‘90s TV show, Ally McBeal. She portrayed the res-ident performer in the bar where the characters would go at the end of each show. She had a massive hit worldwide in 1998 with the show’s theme song, Searchin’ My Soul, and produced over 500 songs for the series. She sold over twelve million albums, won two Golden Globes, two Emmys, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. And to this day, Vonda holds the Billboard record for selling the most television soundtracks in history.