Sue Ennis is a

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

from

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...

. She has co-written over 80 songs with

Ann Wilson Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

and Nancy Wilson of the band

Heart The heart is a muscular organ in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide t ...

Career

Ennis' songwriting with Heart includes " Straight On", " Even It Up" and " Dog & Butterfly", and she has been a member of the band The Lovemongers with the Wilsons and Frank Cox. She has co-written music as part of other works: With John Barry and Ann and Nancy Wilson, Ennis co-wrote "The Best Man in the World" from the 1986 film ''

The Golden Child ''The Golden Child'' is a 1986 American dark fantasy martial arts action comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie. The film stars Eddie Murphy as Chandler Jarrell, a Los Angeles social worker who is informed that he is " The Chosen One", and is ...

''. She has co-written songs with

Hummie Mann Hummie Mann (born October 29, 1955) is a Canadian-born American film score composer. His credits include the Mel Brooks films '' Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' and '' Dracula: Dead and Loving It''. Mann was awarded an Emmy for arranging Billy Crys ...

, including "Shining Time" from the 2000 movie ''

Thomas and the Magic Railroad ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad'' is a 2000 children's fantasy adventure film written and directed by Britt Allcroft and produced by Allcroft and Phil Fehrle. It is the only theatrical live-action/animated ''Thomas & Friends'' film in the franc ...

''. She wrote the song for "The Great Fire", a permanent installation in Seattle's Museum of History and Industry and wrote the score and songs for ''Art Dog'' a musical production at the Seattle Children's Theatre. She teaches classes on songwriting and music business at

Shoreline Community College Shoreline Community College is a public community college in Shoreline, Washington. It is located in a residential area east of Shoreview Park. The college contains over 80 acres and continuously serves 12,000 full- and part-time students. It o ...

near Seattle, Washington and has served four terms as Trustee of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of

the Recording Academy The Recording Academy (formally the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; abbreviated NARAS) is an American learned academy of musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other musical professionals. It is famous for its Grammy Aw ...

. In 2021 she was named to the Leadership Council for the Songwriters and Composers Wing of the Recording Academy. In 2018, she was appointed to the Seattle Music Commission in the Office of Arts and Culture which oversees music advocacy for the PNW music community. (reappointment in 2021.) Three of her songs ("You and Me", "I'll Find You", "Walk Away") appear on ''You and Me'' (2021) the first solo record by Heart's Nancy Wilson. She has

B.A. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

degrees in English and German from

Willamette University Willamette University is a private liberal arts college with locations in Salem and Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest college in the Western United States. Originally named the Oregon Institute, the school was an unaffiliated ...

and her

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in German Literature from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American women songwriters American rock songwriters Heart (band) Jingle writers Songwriters from Washington (state) Women music educators {{US-songwriter-stub