She was raised in Florida,[3] but later moved back to California where she attended Palos Verdes High School.
[9] The song appeared on the Time of No Reply album as well as the 2007 Family Tree collection of Drake's home and demo recordings.
The song has been covered by several notable artists including Placebo, Graham Coxon, Alison Faith Levy, Steve Balbi and Hederos & Hellberg.
[5][6] In an article for Mojo, Frederick explains how she spent the summer of 1967 in London with Martyn, "listening to Sgt.
She describes "watching John learn to play sitar in about ten minutes, living on toast and tea while he recorded London Conversation.
[17] Frederick wrote and produced several songs for the Disney Channel television series Welcome to Pooh Corner[18] and Dumbo's Circus.
[18] Frederick was co-writer, along with Ken Caillat, of the music tracks for the Photon Laser Tag game.
Between 1985 and 1987 Frederick (along with Jay Tverdak) wrote and produced songs as well as the scripts for the talking doll Cricket.
Frederick also contributed an essay titled ‘Anatomy of a Hit Song’ to 2016’s Songwriter’s Market, 40th Edition.