Sam Shaber

{{short description|American singer}}

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Sam Shaber is an American singer-songwriter from New York City.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sam-shaber-p430444/biography|title=Sam Shaber|last=Henderson|first=Alex|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=August 30, 2011}} Her parents were screenwriter David Shaber and artist Alice Shaber, and many of her songs, such as "Walkin' at Night," "Eldorado," and "Bomb Threat in New Rochelle," refer to New York City. Her song "All of This", also about New York City, reached No. 1 on the Quiznos Subs National In-Store Playlists in 2003.

She published three albums on her own label, Brown Chair Records.{{cite book|author=Hal Leonard Corporation Staff|title=Songwriting and the Guitar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kM_Unp53QI8C&pg=PA7|accessdate=February 23, 2019|year=2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-1-890490-28-7|pages=7–}}

Shaber released a pop digital EP called Sassy in 2006.

Currently,{{when|date=February 2019}} she fronts Brazilian-American rock band The Good People of Planet Earth, and previously she fronted indiepunk band The Happy Problem (albums Head Case (2011) and the happy problem (2008)) and dance-rock band The Bashful (Venture EP, 2009).

She is currently{{when|date=February 2019}} back in New York City and released a full-length album Head Case with The Happy Problem.