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Jennifer Warnes

Background information
Birth name Jennifer Jean Warnes
Born March 3, 1947 (1947-03-03) (age 61)
Origin Seattle, Washington, United States
Genre(s) Pop, Country
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, record producer
Years active 1968–present (singer)
Label(s) Raven Records, Private Music Records
Associated acts Joe Cocker, Bill Medley
Website Official Website

Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947 in Seattle, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Raven Records is an Australian Record label that specializes in retrospectives and Reissues or recordings by American, British Private Music is an American Record company founded in 1984 by experimental musician Peter Baumann, as a home for instrumental music Joe Cocker OBE (born 20 May 1944 is an English rock / Blues Singer who came to popularity in the 1960s and is most known for his gritty William Thomas "Bill" Medley (born September 19 1940) is an American Singer and Songwriter, best known as one half Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the She was told by industry advisers that her surname "Warnes" was too difficult and suggested that she change it to the more common "Warren". As this eventually led to confusion with actress Jennifer Warren, she adopted the stage name "Jennifer" (no last name) briefly in the 1960s, and subsequently returned to "Jennifer Warnes" as her professional name. Jennifer Warren (born August 12, 1941) is an American actress and Film director

Her two Billboard No. 1 pop hits are both duets and movie themes.

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Biography

Her desire and ability to sing came early and at age seven she was offered her first recording contract, which her father turned down. However, she did make a spectacular professional debut. Wrapped in the American flag, and accompanied by 350 accordions, nine-year-old Warnes sang The Star Spangled Banner at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. " The Star-Spangled Banner " is the National anthem of the United States of America Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles California, USA.

After graduating from high school she was offered an opera scholarship but chose to sing folk songs, popular at the time. In 1968 she signed with Parrot Records (a Decca subsidiary) and recorded her first LP. That same year, she joined the cast of the television show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. The Smothers Brothers are an American music-and- Comedy team consisting of the brothers Tom ("Tommy" and Dick Smothers.

In November 1968, Warnes (known then as "Jennifer Warren") signed on to play the female lead, "Sheila" in the Los Angeles, California production of the stage musical Hair. Hair The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a Rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt

In 1970 she met Canadian poet/songwriter Leonard Cohen who profoundly influenced her career and became a life-long friend. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Quebec) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter She would eventually tour Europe with Cohen's band as a back-up singer and would record guest vocals for Cohen's albums Live Songs, Various Positions, I'm Your Man, and The Future. Live Songs was the Canadian Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen 's fourth album released during the three-year silence between Songs Various Positions, the seventh studio album by Leonard Cohen, was released in December 1984 (and February 1985 I'm Your Man is a 1988 album by Leonard Cohen. It was widely considered Cohen's "comeback" album after the poorly promoted Various Positions See also Future. The Future is one of the most popular Leonard Cohen albums and has come to be recognized as his essential Cohen's Recent Songs included a duet on "The Smokey Life. Recent Songs was the sixth studio album by Leonard Cohen, released in 1979 " In 1972, Reprise released her third album, "Jennifer" produced by John Cale. In Music a reprise (rəˈpriːz ruh-PREEZ; it does not rhyme with "surprise" is the repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition John Davies Cale (born March 9, 1942) better known as John Cale, is a Welsh Musician, Composer, Singer-songwriter To date, it has never been reissued. In January 1987, Warnes released her critically acclaimed album Famous Blue Raincoat: Songs of Leonard Cohen; Cohen himself performed with her as a guest vocalist on two of the songs featured. Famous Blue Raincoat is the 6th album by Jennifer Warnes, and her first with the Private Music label

Her breakthrough single "Right Time of the Night," released in 1976, brought her worldwide acclaim with the song hitting No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart and No. Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in 6 on the Hot 100. It just missed the million-selling mark (selling over 900,000 copies). The song also plays in the background of a scene from the film When Harry Met Sally.... When Harry Met Sally is a 1989 Romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner.

A few years later, she sang the Academy Award winner for Best Original Song "It Goes Like It Goes" from the motion picture Norma Rae (1979). "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. " It Goes Like It Goes " is a Song written by David Shire and Norman Gimbel. Norma Rae is a 1979 film which tells the story of a woman from a small town in the Southern United States who becomes involved in the labor union

Warnes' 1981 song "One More Hour," written and composed by Randy Newman and recorded as part of the soundtrack album from the motion picture Ragtime, was nominated for an Academy Award. Randall Stuart “Randy” Newman (born November 28 1943 is an Academy Award –winning American Singer/songwriter, arranger, Composer Ragtime is a 1981 motion picture based on the Historical novel Ragtime by E

The following year she teamed with Joe Cocker to sing "Up Where We Belong. Joe Cocker OBE (born 20 May 1944 is an English rock / Blues Singer who came to popularity in the 1960s and is most known for his gritty " Up Where We Belong " is a song from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. " Written by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings and Jack Nitzsche for the motion picture An Officer and a Gentleman, the song would be released as a single and hit No. Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941 or this date in 1942 is an Academy Award -winning Canadian First Will Jennings born Wilbur Jennings in 1944 Kilgore Texas is a prolific and highly successful American Songwriter. Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche ( April 22 1937  &ndash August 25 2000) was an arranger producer songwriter and Academy Award An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict 1 (for three weeks running) on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and stands as Warnes' biggest selling disc ever, being certified 'Platinum' for sales of 2 million in the United States alone. The same year she recorded a moving performance of James Taylor's Millworker in the American Playhouse production of Working, based on the book written by Studs Terkel(who also hosted the production), on PBS. James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts American Playhouse is an Anthology Television series periodically broadcast by PBS. Louis "Studs" Terkel (born May 16, 1912) is an American author, historian actor and broadcaster based in Chicago.

In 1983, she and Cocker won the Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "Up Where We Belong," while earning the songwriters (Buffy Sainte-Marie and Will Jennings) the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal has been awarded since 1966 Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941 or this date in 1942 is an Academy Award -winning Canadian First The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.

In 1987, at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, she sang background vocals with k.d. lang and Bonnie Raitt for Roy Orbison's television special A Black and White Night. kd lang, OC (born Kathryn Dawn Lang, November 2, 1961) is a Grammy Award -winning Canadian Singer and Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American Blues Singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, California Roy Kelton Orbison ( April 23 1936 &ndash December 6 1988) nicknamed "The Big O" was an influential Grammy Award -winning

That same year, her duet with Bill Medley, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," was included on the Dirty Dancing motion picture soundtrack album and reached No. William Thomas "Bill" Medley (born September 19 1940) is an American Singer and Songwriter, best known as one half Dirty Dancing (full title Dirty Dancing Original Soundtrack From The Vestron Motion Picture) is the original soundtrack of the 1987 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent four consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song won the 1988 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal has been awarded since 1966 "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. It was also certified 'Gold' for 1 million U. S. sales.

She performed many songs for film and sang a duet with B. J. Thomas, "As Long As We've Got Each Other," as the theme for Growing Pains. B J Thomas ( Billy Joe Thomas, b August 7, 1942, in Hugo Oklahoma) is an American popular singer known for his chart-topping hits in Growing Pains is an American Television sitcom that ran on the ABC network from 1985 to 1992

In August 2007, the Shout Factory Records label re-released the 20th anniversary edition of Famous Blue Raincoat, with a 24-page booklet and four additional songs. " Famous Blue Raincoat " is a song by Leonard Cohen. It appears on his third album Songs of Love and Hate, released 1971. Jennifer also contributed to a tribute album of Ian Tyson songs.

Discography

Selected singles

References and external links

John Davies Cale (born March 9, 1942) better known as John Cale, is a Welsh Musician, Composer, Singer-songwriter Shot Through the Heart is the title of a recording by Jennifer Warnes, released on the Arista Records label in 1979 Famous Blue Raincoat is the 6th album by Jennifer Warnes, and her first with the Private Music label " Up Where We Belong " is a song from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. Joe Cocker OBE (born 20 May 1944 is an English rock / Blues Singer who came to popularity in the 1960s and is most known for his gritty B J Thomas ( Billy Joe Thomas, b August 7, 1942, in Hugo Oklahoma) is an American popular singer known for his chart-topping hits in Growing Pains is an American Television sitcom that ran on the ABC network from 1985 to 1992 William Thomas "Bill" Medley (born September 19 1940) is an American Singer and Songwriter, best known as one half
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