Melissa Janis Lefton (born August 13, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois) is a singer, songwriter, and self-styled comedian. Her song "I Love Life" was on the the soundtrack album for The Princess Diaries movie, released in 2001. A cover song she did, "He Blinded Me With Science" appeared on the soundtrack to Boy Genius (film).

Her debut major label album, with her punk rock band "Product," was slated to be released in 1999 but was shelved two weeks beforehand. Her second album, Melicious, for Jive Records, was slated for release on September 11, 2001 and because of the events of that day, was not released at all. Lefton has been compared to singers like Cyndi Lauper, Deborah Gibson and Julie Brown and was even critically referred to as the "anti-Britney." Combining an upbeat pop sound with breathy, little-girl vocals. Lefton writes satirical songs that often address very serious issues.

Melicious took on topics like pollution, date-rape, occultism and murder, with tongue in cheek. Lefton has since started work on a third album.

External links

• Official (self-claimed) fan site - The site may not have been updated since 2001.
• Unofficial fan site - Once contained entire unreleased album available for download. This appears to have been discontinued.
• Melissa Lefton at Blender
• Melissa Lefton at the All Music Guide
• Reighley, Kurt B., "Two Ears and a Tale: Melissa Lefton", Seattle Weekly, July 4, 2001.
• McDonnell, Evelyn, "Melissa Lefton - musician - Brief Article - Interview", Gale Group at FindArticles.com. April 2001.

1975 births | Living people | American female singers