ANNIE DINERMAN  is an award-winning Songwriter who tailors passionate, polished lyrics and music to spotlight the singer’s natural personality and onstage image.  Her writer’s voice is smart, funny and frank.  She’s currently writing Adult R&B and Old School R&B with a contemporary touch, and seeking collaborations in genres where beautiful lyrics like to live.  ANNIE DINERMAN  is a recipient of the Abe Olman Award from Songwriters Hall of Fame, and an Anna Sosenko Trust grant.  She is a contributing writer to Elmore Magazine.

Annie's lyrics celebrate the power of traditional R&B:  fewer words, chosen for strong impact, plus the assertive power of repeating key phrases.  She is influenced by the music of Soul/Gospel singer Naomi Shelton (Daptone Records).  When Annie was growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio, her father’s work in advertising led him to radio station and record company connections that made boxes of vinyl magically appear in the basement without warning.  She learned by listening to Singer-Songwriters and Rock bands, Samba and Bossa and Big Bands, Sinatra and Aznavour.   Annie's mother's family were tailors who emigrated from Ukraine.  Annie was taught to value the skills of people who work with their hands. "I think it was the work of sewing - ripping out stitches to correct them - that gave me a tolerance for rewriting lyrics," she states.  "Some people don't have that tolerance, so they want to think their first draft is a finished song."

The only native Ohioan in a family of transplanted New Yorkers, Dinerman heard the artist’s call and moved to New York.  In June 2006, Annie Dinerman received the Abe Olman Award from Songwriters Hall of Fame, and made her debut at the Kerrville Folk Festival as a Music To Life songwriting contest finalist.  In 2007, Dinerman received an Anna Sosenko Assist Trust grant, and was presented in the NERFA DJ Showcase.  In 2008, she opened for The Refugees in the Hurdy Gurdy Folk Concert Series and debuted at Caffé Lena.  Annie Dinerman’s second independent CD, “Broken Cookies”, was produced by Steve Addabbo (Shawn Colvin, Suzanne Vega). 

Through DIY promotion, over 40 radio stations worldwide have played songs from “Broken Cookies,” including radio hosts across the U.S. and in Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Sweden. 

There are over 40 covers of Annie Dinerman’s songs, including “Child In Me Again”, recorded by Kathie Lee Gifford on her “Born For You” CD (2000).  The CD hit three Billboard charts, notably #1 on Billboard Heatseekers. 

In 2014, Annie fought ovarian cancer and won.  “Chemotherapy hijacks your emotions,” she has said, “it made me feel like crying often and unexpectedly, it made me constantly tired, and it interrupted my emotional connection to music.”  This made it hard, if not impossible, for her to write songs.  Going through a serious illness means “living in survival mode, going through huge changes in the way you see yourself, making it hard to write about the very things you used to know best.”  She has begun to write with two new collaborators who are talented,  reliable and inventive.  Please sign up for Annie’s email list or keep checking back here.  You'll hear Annie's new song demos as soon as they are ready.

AFFILIATIONS:  ASCAP, NARAS (voting member), New York Songwriters Collective, Indie Collaborative

Annie Dinerman has over 40 records of her song by other artists.  She’s also recorded a CD and an EP of her original songs.

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