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Sally Stevens (born November 24, 1939) is an American actress, singer and a vocal contractor. She has sung on hundreds of ''
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'' episodes, and sings the
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, which has been in use since the inception of the show. She also sings the main title for ''
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'' and has worked for
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, the creator of the show, as vocal contractor and singer since the inception of the series on Fox in 1999. She has sung, and been vocal contractor for hundreds of films, some of which include '' The Last Airbender,
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'', and ''
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''. Sally Stevens is the mother of session singer Susie Stevens-Logan. She did the voices of Marge and Patty in the demo recording of " Dancing Workers Song". More recent projects included singing and vocal contractor services for '' Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb'', for
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, composer (2014). She also contracted the male choir for
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, for the
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film '' Bridge of Spies'', (2015) and the male choir for John Williams' score on '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2016) and ''
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'' (
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, composer). In 2018, she contracted and sang for
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' score for ''
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''. Stevens sang for vocal contractor Bobbi Page on the scores for ''
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(2015). Also sang for vocal contractor Edie Lehmann on recording sessions for
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in 2018.


Life and career

Stevens was born in Los Angeles, California, United States, and attended
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as a music major. She worked as a production singer in
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with bookings in 1961 and 1962, then began to work freelance in recording and commercials in Los Angeles. She sang on the '' Danny Kaye Variety Show'' two seasons, and ''
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'' and ''
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''. Her first work in film scoring was in 1962, '' How the West was Won'', then continuing, '' Doctor Zhivago'' and ''
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