Janis Siegel

Over the past five decades, the voice of Janis Siegel, a 10x Grammy Award winner and 18x Grammy nominee, has been an undeniable force in The Manhattan Transfer’s musical catalogue. Alongside her career as a founding member of this musical institution, Siegel has also sustained a solo career that has spawned almost a dozen finely crafted solo albums and numerous collaborative projects, amassed a large international fanbase and garnered high critical praise. Over the years, Janis’ unmistakable voice has become one of The Manhattan Transfer’s most recognizable trademarks. She sang lead on some of the Transfer’s biggest hits, such as “Operator,” “Chanson D’Amour,” “Twilight Zone,” “Birdland,” “The Boy from New York City,” “Spice of Life,” “Ray’s Rockhouse,” “The Shaker Song,” “Mystery” and co-wrote and sang lead on the Grammy-winning “Sassy.” She also gained a reputation as a vocal arranger by writing five of the charts for the group’s acclaimed masterwork, Vocalese, seven charts for the group’s Grammy-winning album Brasil, plus won a Grammy herself in 1980 for her vocal arrangement of “Birdland.”