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Leigh Bingham Nash (born June 27, 1976) is a singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist for the rock music|rock band Sixpence None the Richer<ref>[http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/artists/LeighNash.asp JesusFreakHideOut biography]</ref> and is also a member of Fauxliage and Movement Nashville.

Biography
Nash was born Leigh Bingham in New Braunfels, Texas. She met guitarist and songwriter Matt Slocum at a church retreat in the early 1990s. The two formed Sixpence None the Richer soon after and went on to record four full-length albums with the band. Their first album, released when she was just 16, was The Fatherless & the Widow. The album garnered critical acclaim and Slocum and Nash searched for new band members.<ref>[http://www.drdrew.com/DrewLive/article.asp?id=544 Dr. Drew Interview]</ref>

They found Tess Wiley, Dale Baker, and J.J. Plascencio. The new band recorded This Beautiful Mess, which won a GMA Dove Awards|Dove Award for <I>Best Album<I>. Tess Wiley|Wiley quit the band after their US tour and the band signed to the Squint Records record label|label.<ref>[http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Sixpence-None-The-Richer-Biography/9C4A5A5D1983A92B4825692A0022E095 Sing365 band biography]</ref>

The band's new eponymous album was released in 1997 and the single "Kiss Me" in 1999. In 1999 they rece... read all