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Julee Cruise (born December 1, 1956, Creston, Iowa) is an American singer, and actress. With a distinctive, airy voice, Cruise has recorded three albums, but is probably best known for the lead vocal on "Falling," the theme song for the cult U.S. television series Twin Peaks. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, she collaborated with composer Angelo Badalamenti and film director David Lynch, who produced and wrote the lyrics for all of her released songs. Cruise currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, Edward Grinnan, the editor-in-chief of Guideposts Magazine and author of the... MORE

Julee Cruise (born December 1, 1956, Creston, Iowa) is an American singer, and actress. With a distinctive, airy voice, Cruise has recorded three albums, but is probably best known for the lead vocal on "Falling," the theme song for the cult U.S. television series Twin Peaks. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, she collaborated with composer Angelo Badalamenti and film director David Lynch, who produced and wrote the lyrics for all of her released songs. Cruise currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, Edward Grinnan, the editor-in-chief of Guideposts Magazine and author of the best-selling book The Promise of Hope: How True Stories of Hope and Inspiration Saved My Life. She is in pre-production for her upcoming album featuring New York musicians Jesse Krakow, Clifton Hyde and Mike Pride which will be released in 2012. Julee Cruise studied French horn at Drake University and performed as a singer and actress in Minneapolis (notably in the role of Jinjur in stage adaptations of L. Frank Baum's Oz books). She moved to New York and played Janis Joplin in a revue called Beehive, whilst also working as a talent scout for Badalamenti. In 1985, Badalamenti was composing the score LESS