10 Things I learned about Jill Sobule

To be fair, I never heard of her until her death and had heard “I kissed a girl” but did not know that she wrote it. She was born in 1959 and died in 2025.

Here are 10 things I learned about Jill Sobule:

1. She was an early pioneer of crowdfunding. She released an album in 2009 funded entirely by fan donations.

2. Her debut studio album was produced by Todd Rundgren.

3. Her sophomore studio album was produced by Joe Jackson.

4. Her song “Supermodel” was included in the movie Clueless.

5. She wrote a song about Mary Kay Letourneau.

6. She opened for Don Henley.

7. She covered “Que Sera Sera” and “Sunrise, Sunset”.

8. She starred in an autobiographical off-Broadway musical.

9. She performed with both Neil Young and Cyndi Lauper.

10. She sang a song on an episode of “The Simpsons”