Born and raised in the Chicago area, Amy Hart got her start playing Blues on festival stages. In the eighties as a youngster she won a few radio contests and ended up outselling the Rolling Stones "Emotional Rescue" with her cut "Sad Love Song" at number one for two weeks on WLUP FM98 from the station sponsored Chicago Rocks Volume One compilation.
In 1985 she moved to L.A. and drifted more toward RB, writing and recording with Tim Tobias under John Ryan‘s (Styx, Doobie Bros.) production. She scored a spot on the teen hit soundtrack to the movie, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" with "Too Cruel" released on Mercury Records. After dozens of club dates with Tobias, she hit the road out of Lake Tahoe and played the desert circuit for the next few years.
In 1995 Amy moved to Nashville,and was quickly embraced by the singer/songwriter community. She was featured regularly at clubs like The Bluebird Cafe, The Broken Spoke, The Exit/In and The Sutler, and she played a live radio broadcast from Tootsie‘s Orchid Lounge to London as part of Fan Fair 01 on Ritz Radio.
She finished "Every Beat of My Heart" in 2000, and gained radio attention in Europe and the Midwest. The first single, "Rockabye" is still featured on several country radio playlists, including Nick Uptons mp3.com country radio show as well as Nashville‘s FM98 WSIX Western Beat Roots Revival hosted by Billy Block. Critically acclaimed the cd is still in release and distributed worldwide electronically by The Orchard. Reveiws have been great and a common thread has been the welcome blend of rock, country, and R&B, all staples of the true americana music genre.
In 2002 Amy won a songwriting competition sponsored by Embassy Music in Nashville which featured her band live at the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2003 she won a showcase as past of the MEANYfest (Musicans and Emerging Artists of New York) at C‘'s Gallery in Greenich Village. 2003-04 she played over 150 dates with her band in and around the Gulf Coast. In 2005 She won a spot on the Shooting Star Festival Stage, and was featured on the WPMI NBC TV 15 Clear Channel broadcast out of Mobile. The band was also featured on KSJ 95.5 FM live radio broadcast on the Breakfast Club in Mobile. She is currently working on new songs for a new cd, and playing dates in and around the SE. Currently splitting her time between Destin FL and Nashville and Chicago her home town, Amy is gaining airplay on mainstream and alternative Country radio stations in FL, AL, TN, IL, TX, AR, and MS.
