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Anna Christine Nalick (born March 30, 1984, in Glendora, California), is an American singer-songwriter. Her debut
album, Wreck of the Day, featuring her first radio hit, Breathe (2 AM), was released on April 19, 2005.
She says in her Columbia Records biography, that ever since she was a little girl, she wanted to be a performer, and
that she actually began to write songs during the fifth grade. Reportedly, while showing off her talents to her third
grade teacher, her teacher told her that she'd end up "one day on Jay Leno's show." Leno recounted that story when
Nalick actually did perform on his show earlier this year, quipping "which shows you how long I've been running this
show".
Nalick initially decided to go to college and then only afterward pursue her dream of music, but she met a
photographer who said that she had a student in the high school at which she teaches who have parents in the music
business. Nalick agreed to pass along a six song demo tape, and soon enough, was introduced to Christopher Thorn and
Brad Smith, the founding members of Blind Melon now turned production team, and Eric Rosse, best known for his
production work with Tori Amos. Putting her college plans on hold, in October, 2003 she signed on with Columbia Records.
Anna went into the studio with Thorn, Smith and Rosse as producers, together with mix-engineer Mark Endert (Fiona Apple,
Maroon 5, Gavin DeGraw) and an all-star group of musicians that included Smith on bass, Thorn on guitar, Rosse and Zak
Rae on keyboards, Lyle Workman and Stuart Mathis on guitar, Joey Waronker and Matt Chamberlain on drums. The result is
the Wreck of the Day two years later.
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