Levine, Lenny

Lenny Levine attended Brooklyn College, graduating in 1962 with a BA in Speech and Theater. Immediately thereafter, he forgot about all of that and became a folk singer, then a folk-rock singer and songwriter, and finally a studio singer and composer of many successful jingles, including McDonald’s, Lipton Tea, and Jeep. Lenny has composed songs and sung backup for Billy Joel, Neil Diamond, Peggy Lee, Diana Ross, Barry Manilow, the Pointer Sisters, Carly Simon, and others. In addition, He performed for a number of years with the improvisational comedy group War Babies.

Lenny’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Amarillo Bay, Avalon Literary Review, Bamboo Ridge, Bitter Oleander, Blue Lake Review, Cairn, Chamber Magazine, Crack the Spine, The Dirty Goat, Diverse Voices Quarterly, Down in the Dirt, Eleven Eleven, Evening Street Review, FOLIO, Forge, The Griffin, Hobo Pancakes, The Jabberwock Review, Litbreak Magazine, Lowestoft Chronicle, The Opiate Magazine, The Penmen Review, Perceptions Magazine, Rio Grande Review, riverSedge, Rougarou, Sandpiper, SLAB, Teleport Magazine, Treehouse Arts Magazine, Umbrella Factory Magazine, Verdad, Westview, and Wild Violet. he received a Pushcart Prize nomination for short fiction.

Lenny’s mystery novel Diehard Fan is available in print, Nook, and Kindle on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com

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