Vonda Shepard was born in New York but her family relocated to California when she was fairly young. She played piano from an early age. Her father is Richmond Shepard, a mime and improv actor. Vonda has three sisters: Rosetta, Luana, and Brianna. Her mother left the family when Vonda was ten, and her father raised the four girls by himself.
After performing as a backing singer for many years she was eventually given her own recording contract. Shepard's first chart appearance was in 1987 when she recorded a duet with Dan Hill entitled 'Can't We Try'. She released her first self-titled album in 1989 with little fanfare. The album did yield one chart single, Don't Cry Ilene, a mid-tempo, piano-driven jazz-RnB flavored song dealing with the break-up of a relationship between a black woman and a white man, arising from adult peer pressure. The track is sung from the perspective of the woman's white female friend, who harbors a desire to have the man for herself, but keeps her distance out of respect for her friend. The song peaked at 17 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart and stayed on the charts for 12 weeks.
After her third album, Shepard was signed up to appear on Ally McBeal after being spotted by the show's creator David E Kelley. While on the show she recorded two full soundtrack albums and was featured on two other Ally McBeal compilations. The songs Shepard recorded for Ally McBeal soundtrack albums were mainly covers of old songs with lyrics that paralleled what was happening in the title character's life onscreen. Since appearing in the show, Shepard has released two more studio albums and a live album.
Shepard is married to music producer Mitchell Froom and they had their first child, Jack Froom, on 15 April 2006.
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
Vonda Shepard Lyrics
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Ooh, but I thought I'd ask you just the same
What are you doing New Year's
New Year's eve?
Wonder whose arms will hold you good and tight
When it's exactly twelve o'clock that night
Welcoming in the New Year
Maybe I'm crazy to suppose
I'd ever be the one you chose
Out of the thousand invitations
You received
Oh, but in case I stand one little chance
Here comes the jackpot question in advance:
What are you doing New Year's
New Year's Eve?
Maybe I'm crazy to suppose
I'd ever be the one you chose
Out of the thousand invitations
You received
Oh, but in case I stand one little chance
Here comes the jackpot question in advance:
What are you doing New Year's
New Year's Eve?
In Vonda Shepard's classic holiday hit "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?", the singer wonders what her crush is doing for New Year's Eve. Shepard contemplates whether it is too early to ask her love interest what his plans are for the big night, but decides to ask anyway. She ponders who will be holding him tight at the stroke of midnight and who he will be warmly welcoming to the new year with.
The lyrics' tone conveys a sense of longing and vulnerability as Shepard wonders whether she will be the one chosen among the thousands of invitations that her love interest may receive. Yet, despite the potential disappointment, Shepard prepares herself for the possibility, hoping that she "stands one little chance" with the object of her affection.
Overall, the lyrics speak to the universal experience of feeling uncertain and hopeful about love during the holidays, particularly during the exciting build-up to the new year.
Line by Line Meaning
Maybe it's much too early in the game
Perhaps it's too soon to ask this question
Ooh, but I thought I'd ask you just the same
But I'm going to ask you anyway
What are you doing New Year's New Year's eve?
What are your plans for New Year's Eve?
Wonder whose arms will hold you good and tight
I wonder who will be holding you tightly at midnight
When it's exactly twelve o'clock that night
At the stroke of midnight
Welcoming in the New Year New Year's eve
Celebrating the start of the New Year on New Year's Eve
Maybe I'm crazy to suppose
I might be delusional to think
I'd ever be the one you chose
That you would choose me
Out of the thousand invitations you received
Out of all the people who have invited you
Oh, but in case I stand one little chance
But just in case I have a small opportunity
Here comes the jackpot question in advance
Here's the big question I've been leading up to
What are you doing New Year's New Year's Eve?
What are your plans for New Year's Eve?
Maybe I'm crazy to suppose
I might be delusional to think
I'd ever be the one you chose
That you would choose me
Out of the thousand invitations you received
Out of all the people who have invited you
Oh, but in case I stand one little chance
But just in case I have a small opportunity
Here comes the jackpot question in advance
Here's the big question I've been leading up to
What are you doing New Year's New Year's Eve?
What are your plans for New Year's Eve?
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Frank Loesser
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