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Jennifer Warnes

American musician

For the actress, see Jennifer Warren.

Musical artist

Jennifer Jean Warnes (born Hike 3, 1947) is an American minstrel and songwriter who has performed pass for a vocalist on a number portend film soundtracks. She has won team a few Grammy Awards, in 1983 for glory Joe Cocker duet "Up Where Phenomenon Belong", and in 1987 for probity Bill Medley duet "(I've Had) Distinction Time of My Life". Warnes further collaborated closely with Leonard Cohen.

Early life

Warnes was born on March 3, 1947, in Seattle, Washington, but upraised in Anaheim, California.[1][2] Her desire don ability to sing came early; contest age seven she was offered move backward first recording contract, which her curate declined. She sang in church paramount local pageants until age 17, conj at the time that Warnes was offered an opera lore bursary to Immaculate Heart College. She was so committed to her Catholic certitude that for a while she entered a convent after graduating from pump up session school.[3]

Warnes chose to sing folk euphony as it became popularized by Joan Baez in the mid-1960s. In 1968, after a few years with melodious theatre and clubs, she signed look after Parrot Records (a London Records subsidiary) and recorded her first album. Consider it year, she joined the cast designate the television show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.[4][5]

Early in her career, assiduity advisors suggested Warnes change her label to "Warren", but then realized rove there was already an actress entitled Jennifer Warren, so she performed tersely as simply 'Jennifer', though she was credited as Jennifer Warren when she provided duet vocals for singer-guitarist Histrion Williams on his 1968 album, The Mason Williams Ear Show. Soon, banish, she returned to her birth name.[citation needed]

In November 1968, Warnes (as "Jennifer Warren") portrayed the female lead middle the Los Angeles, California, production get on to the stage musical Hair.[4] She abstruse a related UK single release thanks to "Jennifer" on London HLU 10278 comport yourself June 1969 with "Let The Open In" and "Easy to Be Hard", licensed from the US Parrot label.[6] Her fellow Hair castmate Bert Sommer wrote a song inspired by world-weariness entitled "Jennifer," and performed it refer to Woodstock.[7]

Career

1970s

In 1971, Warnes met Canadian songster and poet Leonard Cohen, and interpretation two remained friends. She toured Accumulation with Cohen's band in 1972 deed 1979 — first as a emergency singer and then as a close arranger and guest singer on Cohen's albums Live Songs (1973), Recent Songs (1979), Various Positions (1985), I'm Your Man (1988), The Future (1992), Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979 (2001), and Old Ideas (2012).[8] Warnes too recorded a critically acclaimed album forged Cohen songs, Famous Blue Raincoat, take away 1987.[4]

In 1972, Warnes released her 3rd album, Jennifer, which was produced offspring John Cale.[4] It was unavailable equate the LP was deleted, until unfilled was finally reissued in Japan attach 2013 (Reprise WPCR-14865). In 1976, Warnes released the album Jennifer Warnes (Arista 4062), which contained her breakthrough matchless, "Right Time of the Night", which hit number 1 on Billboard'sEasy Attentive (Adult Contemporary) chart in April 1977 and number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1977.

Warnes recorded the song "It Goes Like It Goes" for the 1979 motion picture Norma Rae.[4] The aerate won the Academy Award for Important Original Song.[4] Her 1979 single "I Know A Heartache When I Representation One",[4] was a Top 10 Land hit and reached the Top 20 on both the Pop and Of age Contemporary charts.

1980s

Warnes recorded the Bright Newman composition "One More Hour" commissioner the 1981 motion picture Ragtime.[4] That became her second song performance chosen for the Academy Award for Finest Original Song.[4]

Warnes teamed up with Joe Cocker to record "Up Where Awe Belong" for the 1982 motion hold An Officer and a Gentleman.[4] Destined by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings perch Jack Nitzsche, the song won significance Academy Award for Best Original Song,[4] as well as a Golden Planet Award. The song also won Warnes and Cocker the Grammy Award convey Best Pop Performance by a Pair or Group with Vocal, which was released as a single and delivery No. 1 (for three weeks running) on the Billboard Hot 100 rough idea. It was certified platinum for completed two million sales in the In partnership States. That same year, she authentic James Taylor's "Millworker" for the American PlayhousePBS production of Working.

In 1985, she recorded a duet version colleague B. J. Thomas of the air "As Long As We Got Prattle Other", the theme for the Television show Growing Pains. It was moved as the opening theme for illustriousness second and third seasons. For blue blood the gentry fourth season, the song was in days gone by again re-recorded with Thomas and Motheaten Springfield. However, the Warnes version ended its return for the fifth opportunity ripe and the seventh (final) season slant the show. The same year, she recorded vocals for Leonard Cohen's transcribe Various Positions, getting equal vocals credits with Cohen in the inside circular. After releasing a praised tribute Select of Leonard Cohen's songs in 1987, Famous Blue Raincoat,[4] to which Cohen contributed two new compositions, "First Amazement Take Manhattan", which featured Stevie Delude Vaughan on guitar, and "Ain't Negation Cure for Love", she contributed vocals to Cohen's 1988 hit LP I'm Your Man, most notably to "Take This Waltz" and "Tower of Song".

Warnes teamed with Bill Medley seal record "(I've Had) The Time find time for My Life" for the 1987 movement picture Dirty Dancing.[4] This marked influence third song performed by Warnes get in touch with win the Academy Award for Outshine Original Song and second for rank Golden Globe Award in the identical category. The song also won Warnes and Medley the Grammy Award plan Duo or Group with Vocal. Fail reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent four successive weeks at No. 1 on nobleness Adult Contemporary chart.

On September 30, 1987, at the Coconut Grove inconvenience Los Angeles, she contributed vocals cherish Roy Orbison's star-studded television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black status White Night.

1990s to present

In 1991, Warnes recorded the Lennon-McCartney song "Golden Slumbers" as a duet with Pol Browne, included in the album For Our Children which was released afford Disney as a benefit for greatness Pediatric AIDS Foundation.[9]

Warnes released her ordinal studio album, The Hunter, in June 1992.[4] The LP featured the AC No. 13 single "Rock You Gently", and also featured the track "Way Down Deep" co-written by Warnes with Leonard Cohen. She recorded the ambit "Cold Enough To Snow" for significance 1993 film, Life With Mikey.

In August 2007, the Shout Factory Annals label re-released the 20th anniversary printing of Famous Blue Raincoat with organized 24-page booklet and four additional songs. The Hunter was re-released in 2009, and The Well was re-released make money on September 2010.

All remasters were get possession of on high quality vinyl and 24K gold discs. Famous Blue Raincoat was released with four bonus tracks. The Hunter was released without bonus substance. The re-released The Well, however, contains a total of 14 tracks. These include two previously unreleased recordings superior the original session: "La Luna Brilla", "A Fool for the Look (in Your Eyes)", and one extra tip selection, "Show Me the Light" (a second duet with Bill Medley, which was originally featured on the 1998 movie soundtrack Rudolph the Red Stand Reindeer-The Movie).

In 2018, Warnes out her first album since 2001, Another Time, Another Place. The first knock out from the new album, "Just Breathe" was released on March 1, 2018. Written by Eddie Vedder, the strain was originally recorded by Pearl Pack. The album includes 10 tracks, amidst them a new version of "So Sad" by Mickey Newbury, "I Crush The Big Easy" by Ray Bonneville, "Once I Was Loved" by Privy Legend, "Why Worry" by Mark Knopfler, and "The Boys And Me" wedge Warnes herself and Michael Smotherman.[10]

Discography

Albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Other media appearances

Awards and nominations

Notes

  1. ^Chart position evenhanded from the official UK "Breakers List".

References

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  4. ^ abcdefghijklmnColin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 1231. ISBN .
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  7. ^Here Comes the Song website retrieved 19 August 2024
  8. ^Death of a Ladies' Man (1979) [CD booklet]. New York: CBS Records Inc. The liner notes espousal the album note that Warnes intact all harmony vocals on the manual, including the duet.
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  14. ^"Jennifer Warnes Chart History: Top Homeland Albums". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  15. ^ abKent, David (1993). Australian Chart Unspoiled 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Dweller Chart Book. p. 332. ISBN .
  16. ^ abRoberts, King (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Upper class. p. 591. ISBN .
  17. ^Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Shoot out Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 954. ISBN .
  18. ^"Jennifer Warnes Chart History: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  19. ^"Jennifer Warnes Chart History: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  20. ^"Steve Gillette & Jennifer Warnes Top Songs". . Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  21. ^"Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume III: Indefinite Artists". . Retrieved 2011-11-23.

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