Vanessa Lee Carlton

Vanessa Carlton is an American singer-songwriter, born August 16, 1980, in Milford, Pennsylvania, to Heidi Lee and Edmund Carlton. Her mother is of Russian Jewish descent and her father has Scandinavian ancestry. She has two younger siblings; a sister named Gwen, and a brother named Edmund. She began playing the piano at the age of 2. Vanessa is best known for her debut single, A Thousand Miles, which managed to reach top 5 on Billboard Hot 100. Her debut album, “Be Not Nobody” went platinum. She has been married to John Joseph McCauley III since 2013. They have a daughter together.