Born To Talk Radio Show with Singer and Author Kelly Harland, 6/4/2018

Kelly Harland’s impressive singing career began at age 16 when she performed under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl to an audience of 3,000. An L.A. native, Kelly had won a statewide contest for young musicians and a chance to perform two songs with a big band conducted by Nelson Riddle. Backstage that night she took a small, sepia-toned photo of her Dad as a young man in the 1920s, tucked it into her yellow chiffon gown for good luck, and walked out on stage. Her father, a jazz drummer, had passed away a year and a half before her big night. She launched into an old standard and the band rang out behind her. “I had been singing from the age of six,” she says, “but in the excitement of that night I realized that this was all I wanted to do.” She collected a top award, and was on her way.

Kelly’s singing life is only a part of her career in the arts. As a record producer she has been at the helm of several recent CDs, for singer Michelle Wallis.  

She has also published a book about her son Will, "A Will of His Own: Reflections on Parenting a Child With Autism."