The Amazing Ashlee Simpson Story

Ashlee Simpson, the singer and songwriter, was born in Dallas, Texas. At the age of only 19 she signed on to the label, Geffen. In just a few months she produced a twelve song album and titled the album “Autobiography.” Ashle also produced a song titled Autobiography with John Shanks and MTV Cameras were there to record the whole process. However, it wasn’t always this easy for the girl in the shadow of her sister, Jessica Simpson.

Ashlee Simpson began to dance at the age of four, and ten years later she went on tour with her older sister. At that time she began gaining her own fan base. Believe it or not, but at 18 she had over 50 fansites on the internet. She wrote a song for the Freaky Friday soundtrack earlier in her career, but the time had come for her to write her album.

One of the first songs was “Love Makes The World Go ‘Round,” which hit the fifth track on her album. This song was about being alone, but soon enough, she finds another boyfriend. And she loves how he knows her inside and out. This is where she sung, “Pieces Of Me.”

When her vocals were becoming weak, Ashlee saw a doctor. She found out the problem was due to Acid Reflex Disease. So Ashlee began to cut down on things that caused burning and weakness in her throat. She was to avoid diary, and sugar foods. Later in June of 2004 she released “Pieces” as her first single. The single was a smash hit. Things didn’t slow down, and Ashlee released her second single “Shadow.”

In October, “Autobiography” was ready to be released… and for promotion Ashlee was going to preform on Saturday Night Live. That day she woke up to a breakfast. She had pancakes, cheese, and eggs. Later, she realized her voice was dry or not up to anything. As that day progressed, Ashlee’s voice became worse. Her father and management told her straight. She had to use guide vocals, or lipsynch. The first song went well, when Ashlee came back out unto stage, it was all yuck.

Her drummer signaled for “Pieces,” and what was so bad… they already did “Pieces.” In a state of shock, Ashlee began to get nervous… and began to do a hoedown. After 30 seconds she ran off stage. Saturday Night Live went to commercial quickly.

Although with her quotes that she would never lipsych, Ashlee’s fans still stand one-hundred percent behind her. Her fan-base understood the problem. But everyone else didn’t.

Jordan Geffen, over Geffen Records, canceled Autobiography, and released “La La.” La La was a big way to come back, and Ashlee began to work on her voice. In a crowd in January, while preforming she was booed. But that didn’t stop her. She’s contnuing to to make music and she stared in the movie “Wannabe.” Expect to see more of her in the future.