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Kristin Chenoweth’s Debut Single Set for May 31 Release; CD Some Lessons Learned Follows September 13

Kristin Chenoweth
(© Tristan Fuge)
Kristin Chenoweth
(© Tristan Fuge)

Kristin Chenoweth‘s debut single, “I Want Somebody (Bitch About)” will be released on May 31 and a music video for the song will make its debut on Country Music Television (CMT) on June 6. The number is just one that will be featured on the Tony Award winning performer’s newest solo CD, Some Lessons Learned, which will be released by Sony Masterworks on September 13.

The album will feature two original songs from Chenoweth: “What Would Dolly Do?” — written in honor of her hero Dolly Parton — and “Mine To Love,” about a woman who struggles with an emotionally unavailable man. Other selections on the recording are by such pop and country songwriters including Diane Warren, Desmond Child, Tom Douglas, Hillary Scott, Jodi Marr, Victoria Shaw, Dolly Parton, Eric Bazilian, Gary Burr and Shane McAnnally.

Chenoweth won a Tony Award for You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown and has also starred on Broadway in Wicked and Promises, Promises. She won an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Olive Snook in Pushing Daisies and received an Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of April Rhodes on Glee. Her film credits include Bewitched, The Pink Panther, Running With Scissors, Stranger Than Fiction, Four Christmases, and RV.

Her other recordings include Let Yourself Go, As I Am, and A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas. In addition, she released a memoir, A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, And Faith In Stages in 2009. As previously announced, she will star as Carlene Cockburn in the new ABC series, Good Christian Belles, alongside Leslie Bibb, David James Elliott, and Annie Potts.

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