Jennifer Warnes
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Jennifer Warnes | |
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| Birth name | Jennifer Jean Warnes |
| Born | March 3, 1947 |
| Website | jenniferwarnes |
Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter. She has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks. She has won two
Early life
Warnes was born on March 3, 1947, in Seattle, Washington, but raised in Anaheim, California.[1][2] Her desire and ability to sing came early; at age seven she was offered her first recording contract, which her father declined. She sang in church and local pageants until age 17, when Warnes was offered an opera scholarship to Immaculate Heart College. She was so committed to her Catholic faith that for a while she entered a convent after graduating from high school.[3]
Warnes chose to sing folk music as it became popularized by Joan Baez in the mid-1960s. In 1968, after a few years with musical theatre and clubs, she signed with Parrot Records (a London Records subsidiary) and recorded her first album. That year, she joined the cast of the television show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.[4][5]
Early in her career, industry advisors suggested Warnes change her name to "Warren", but then realized that there was already an actress named Jennifer Warren, so she performed briefly as simply 'Jennifer', though she was credited as Jennifer Warren when she provided duet vocals for singer-guitarist Mason Williams on his 1968 album, The Mason Williams Ear Show. Soon, however, she returned to her birth name.[citation needed]
In November 1968, Warnes (as "Jennifer Warren") portrayed the female lead in the Los Angeles, California, production of the stage musical Hair.[4] She had a related UK single release as "Jennifer" on London HLU 10278 in June 1969 with "Let The Sunshine In" and "Easy to Be Hard", licensed from the US Parrot label.[6]
Career
1970s
In 1971, Warnes met Canadian songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen, and the two remained friends. She toured Europe with Cohen's band in 1972 and 1979 — first as a back-up singer and then as a vocal 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).[7] Warnes later (1987) recorded a critically acclaimed album of Cohen songs, Famous Blue Raincoat.[4]
In 1972, Warnes released her third album,
Warnes recorded the song "
1980s
Warnes recorded the Randy Newman composition "One More Hour" for the 1981 motion picture Ragtime.[4] This became her second song performance nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[4]
Warnes teamed up with Joe Cocker to record "
In 1985, she recorded a duet version with B. J. Thomas of the song "As Long As We Got Each Other", the theme for the TV show Growing Pains. It was used as the opening theme for the second and third seasons. For the fourth season, the song was once again re-recorded with Thomas and Dusty Springfield. However, the Warnes version made its return for the fifth season and the seventh (final) season of the show. The same year, she recorded vocals for Leonard Cohen's record Various Positions, getting equal vocals credits with Cohen in the inside booklet. After releasing a praised tribute LP of Leonard Cohen's songs in 1987, Famous Blue Raincoat,[4] to which Cohen contributed two new compositions, "First We Take Manhattan", which featured Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar, and "Ain't No 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
On September 30, 1987, at the Coconut Grove in
1990s to present
In 1991, Warnes recorded the Lennon-McCartney song "Golden Slumbers" as a duet with Jackson Browne, included in the album For Our Children which was released by Disney as a benefit for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.[8]
Warnes released her seventh studio album,
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. The Hunter was re-released in 2009, and The Well was re-released in September 2010.
All remasters were issued on high quality vinyl and 24K gold discs. Famous Blue Raincoat was released with four bonus tracks. The Hunter was released without bonus material. The re-released The Well, however, contains a total of 14 tracks. These include two previously unreleased recordings from the original session: "La Luna Brilla", "A Fool for the Look (in Your Eyes)", and one extra bonus selection, "Show Me the Light" (a second duet with Bill Medley, which was originally featured on the 1998 movie soundtrack Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer-The Movie).
In 2018, Warnes released her first album since 2001, Another Time, Another Place. The first cut from the new album, "Just Breathe" was released on March 1, 2018. Written by Eddie Vedder, the song was originally recorded by Pearl Jam. The album includes 10 tracks, among them a new version of "So Sad" by Mickey Newbury, "I Am The Big Easy" by Ray Bonneville, "Once I Was Loved" by John Legend, "Why Worry" by Mark Knopfler, and "The Boys And Me" by Warnes herself and Michael Smotherman.[9]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions[10][11] | Label | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [12] |
US Country [13] |
AUS [14] |
CAN | UK [15] | |||
| 1968 | I Can Remember Everything | — | — | — | — | — | Parrot |
| 1969 | See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1972 | Jennifer | — | — | — | — | — | Reprise |
| 1976 | Jennifer Warnes | 43 | — | 92 | 26 | — | Arista |
| 1979 | Shot Through the Heart | 94 | 13 | — | — | — | |
| 1986 | Famous Blue Raincoat | 72 | — | 21 | 8 | 33 | Cypress |
| 1992 | The Hunter | — | — | — | 76 | — | Private Music |
| 2001 | The Well | — | — | — | — | — | Music Force/Cisco |
| 2018 | Another Time, Another Place | — | — | — | — | — | BMG Rights Management |
Compilation albums
- Best of Jennifer Warnes (Arista, 1982) – US No. 47
- Just Jennifer (Deram, 1992)
- Best: First We Take Manhattan (unauthorized German compilation, 2000)
- Platinum and Gold Collection (2004) – with errors in actual tracks, not Warnes singing; recalled
- Love Lifts Us Up: A Collection 1968–83 (Raven, 2004)
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions[10][11] | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [16] |
US AC
[17] |
US Country [18] |
AUS [14] |
CAN | CAN AC | CAN Country | UK
[15] | |||
| 1969 | "Easy to Be Hard" | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me |
| 1976 | "Right Time of the Night" | 6 | 1 | 17 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 54[A] | Jennifer Warnes |
| 1977 | "I'm Dreaming" | 50 | 9 | — | — | 67 | 6 | — | — | |
| 1979 | "I Know a Heartache When I See One" | 19 | 14 | 10 | — | 46 | — | 12 | — | Shot Through the Heart |
| "Don't Make Me Over" | 67 | 36 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980 | "When the Feeling Comes Around" | 45 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1981 | "Could It Be Love" | 47 | 13 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | The Best of Jennifer Warnes |
| 1982 | "Come to Me" | 107 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Up Where We Belong" (duet with Joe Cocker) | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 7 | An Officer and a Gentleman | |
| 1983 | " Nights Are Forever "
|
105 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Twilight Zone |
| "All the Right Moves" (duet with Chris Thompson) | 85 | 19 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | All the Right Moves (soundtrack) | |
| 1987 | "Simply Meant to Be" (duet with Gary Morris) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blind Date |
| "Ain't No Cure for Love" | — | — | 86 | — | 23 | 1 | 17 | — | Famous Blue Raincoat | |
| "First We Take Manhattan" | — | 29 | — | 32 | 43 | 6 | — | 74 | ||
| "Bird on the Wire" | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | ||
| "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (duet with Bill Medley) | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 6 | Dirty Dancing | |
| 1992 | "Rock You Gently" | — | 13 | — | — | 50 | 7 | — | — | The Hunter |
| "True Emotion" | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "The Whole of the Moon" | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Other media appearances
| Year | Song / Album |
|---|---|
| 1973 | David Blue, Nice Baby and the Angel (vocals) |
| 1979 | With Steve Gillette, "Lost the Good Thing We Had" on A Little Warmth. No. 76 on Billboard Country Chart in 1980.[19]
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| 1981 | James Taylor, Dad Loves His Work (vocals) |
| 1982 | Bert Jansch, Heartbreak |
| 1988 | Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night (TV special)
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| 1989 | With David Benoit, "When the Winter's Gone (Song for a Stranger)"/"Urban Daydreams" |
| 1991 | Tanita Tikaram, Everybody's Angel (vocals) |
| 1994 | "Up Where We Belong" (live version with Joe Cocker) – Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III[20] |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1983
|
Grammy Award
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Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | "Up Where We Belong" with Joe Cocker |
Won |
1988
|
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" with Bill Medley |
Won |
Notes
- ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
References
- ^ "Biography". JenniferWarnes.com. Porch Light LLC. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
- Orange County Register. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Warnes, Jennifer". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
- ^ "Jennifer Warnes Biography". IMDb.com. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ^ "Jennifer - Let The Sunshine In". 45cat.com. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
- ^ Death of a Ladies' Man (1979) [CD booklet]. New York: CBS Records Inc. The liner notes for the album note that Warnes performed all harmony vocals on the album, including the duet.
- ^ "For Our Children". AllMusic.
- ^ "Jennifer Warnes". Another Time, Another Place. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ^ a b "Discography". JenniferWarnes.com. Porch Light LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
- ^ a b "Jennifer Warnes > Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
- ^ "Jennifer Warnes Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ^ "Jennifer Warnes Chart History: Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ^ ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ISBN 978-0-89820-188-8.
- ^ "Jennifer Warnes Chart History: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ^ "Jennifer Warnes Chart History: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ^ "Steve Gillette & Jennifer Warnes Top Songs". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ^ "Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume III: Various Artists". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
External links
- Official site
- Jennifer Warnes at IMDb
- Jennifer Warnes discography at Discogs
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