Jennifer Warnes
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Jennifer Jean Warnes is an American
singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. She is known for her interpretations of compositions written by herself and many others, as well as an extensive playlist as a vocalist on movie soundtracks.
Between 1979 and 1987 Warnes surpassed Frank Sinatra
as the vocalist performing the most songs to be nominated for (four) and to win (three) the Academy Award for Best Original Song
. Her biggest hits include two of these Billboard
chart topping Oscar and Grammy winners - "Up Where We Belong
" (duet with Joe Cocker
, from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman
) and "(I've Had) The Time of My Life
" (duet with Bill Medley
from the 1987 film Dirty Dancing
).
and raised in Anaheim, California
. Her desire and ability to sing came early; at age seven she was offered her first recording contract, which her father turned down. She sang in church and local pageants, until age 17 when Warnes was offered an opera
scholarship to Immaculate Heart College
. She 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 LP. That year, she joined the cast of the television show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
.
Early in her career, industry advisors suggested she change her name to “Warren”, but then realized that there was an actress named Jennifer Warren
, so she performed for a short time under the single name “Jennifer,” but soon returned to using her birth name “Warnes".
In November 1968, Warnes (as "Jennifer Warren") portrayed the female lead in the Los Angeles, California production of the stage musical Hair
. She had a related UK single release as 'Jennifer' on London HLU 10278 in June 1969 with 'Let The Sunshine In' c/w 'Easy To Be Hard', licensed from US Parrot label.
In 1971, she met Canadian poet/songwriter Leonard Cohen
, who became a lifelong friend. She would eventually tour Europe
with Cohen's band first as a back-up singer and then as vocal arranger and guest singer on Cohen's albums Live Songs
, Various Positions
, I'm Your Man, The Future, Field Commander Cohen and Recent Songs
including a duet on a song titled "The Smokey Life". Warnes would later (1987) record a critically acclaimed audiophile album of Cohen songs, Famous Blue Raincoat
.
In 1972, her third album, "Jennifer" was produced by John Cale
. It has never been reissued.
In 1976 Warnes released the album which would contain her breakthrough single, "Right Time of the Night," hitting No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in April 1977 and No. 6 on the Billboard's Hot 100 in May 1977.
Warnes recorded the song "It Goes Like It Goes
" for the 1979 motion picture Norma Rae
. The song went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Her 1979 single, "I Know A Heartache When I See One," was a Top 10 Country hit and reached the Top 20 on both the Pop and Adult Contemporary charts.
Warnes recorded the Randy Newman
composition "One More Hour" for the 1981 motion picture Ragtime
. This became her second performance of a song to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Warnes teamed up with Joe Cocker
to record "Up Where We Belong" for the 1982 motion picture An Officer and a Gentleman. Written by Buffy Sainte-Marie
, Will Jennings
and Jack Nitzsche
, the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award
. The song also won Warnes and Cocker the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
. The million-selling Gold-certified 45 was released as a single and hit No. 1 (for three weeks running) on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and stands as Jennifer's biggest selling disc being certified 'Platinum' for over two million sales in the United States alone. The same year, she recorded a moving performance of James Taylor
's Millworker for the American Playhouse
PBS
production of Working
.
Warnes teamed up with Bill Medley
to record "(I've Had) The Time of My Life
" for the 1987 motion picture Dirty Dancing
. This marked the third song performed by Warnes to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award
. The song also won Warnes and Medley the Grammy Award for Duo or Group with Vocal, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100
and spent four consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
On September 30, 1987 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles
, she contributed background vocals for Roy Orbison
's star-studded television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night
.
She recorded a duet version with B. J. Thomas
of the song "As Long As We've Got Each Other," the theme for the TV show, Growing Pains
. It was used as the opening theme until the fourth season, when the song was once again re-recorded with Thomas and Dusty Springfield
, however, it made its return for the fifth and final seasons of the show.
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 high quality 24K Gold discs and high quality vinyls. "Famous Blue Raincoat
" was released with 4 bonus tracks. "The Hunter
" was released without bonus material. The re-released "The Well
," however, contains a total of 14 tracks; these include two recordings from the original session that had never before been heard publicly ("La Luna Brilla" and "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."
Warnes has contributed to tribute recordings to Ian Tyson
, Warren Zevon
and Alejandro Escovedo
.In 2009, she conducted a much awaited tour of the west and northwest, and was in top vocal form singing CD favorites and new material. In 2010, Warnes started work on a new solo recording of original and cover songs at Capitol Records. The title of this album had not been revealed as of June 2010, nor had a release date for it been announced by that time. In September 2011, Warnes is again touring Canada.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. She is known for her interpretations of compositions written by herself and many others, as well as an extensive playlist as a vocalist on movie soundtracks.
Between 1979 and 1987 Warnes surpassed Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
as the vocalist performing the most songs to be nominated for (four) and to win (three) the Academy Award for Best Original Song
Academy Award for Best Original Song
The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film...
. Her biggest hits include two of these Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
chart topping Oscar and Grammy winners - "Up Where We Belong
Up Where We Belong
"Up Where We Belong" is a song from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. Written by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie, with lyrics by Will Jennings, it was performed by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes.-Charts and awards:...
" (duet with Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...
, from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman
A Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 American drama film that tells the story of a U.S. Navy aviation officer candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. It was written by Douglas Day Stewart and directed by Taylor Hackford...
) and "(I've Had) The Time of My Life
(I've Had) The Time of My Life
" The Time of My Life" is a song composed by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz. It was recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, after having been selected to be the finale song for the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, by choreographer Kenny Ortega and his assistant Miranda Garrison...
" (duet with Bill Medley
Bill Medley
William Thomas Medley is an American singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers....
from the 1987 film Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic film. Written by Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino, the film features Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the lead roles, as well as Cynthia Rhodes and Jerry Orbach...
).
Biography
Warnes was born in Seattle, WashingtonSeattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
and raised in Anaheim, California
Anaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...
. Her desire and ability to sing came early; at age seven she was offered her first recording contract, which her father turned down. She sang in church and local pageants, until age 17 when Warnes was offered an opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
scholarship to Immaculate Heart College
Immaculate Heart College
Immaculate Heart College was a private, Catholic college located in Los Angeles, California.The college was established in 1916 by the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ten years after they had founded Immaculate Heart High School on the property....
. She chose to sing folk music as it became popularized by Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....
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 LP. That year, she joined the cast of the television show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.-History:...
.
Early in her career, industry advisors suggested she change her name to “Warren”, but then realized that there was an actress named Jennifer Warren
Jennifer Warren
Jennifer Warren is an American actress and film director.Warren was born in the Greenwich Village section of New York City, the daughter of Paula Bauersmith, an actress, and Barnet M. Warren, a dentist. Her uncle was Yiddish theatre actor and director Jacob Ben-Ami. Warren graduated from Elisabeth...
, so she performed for a short time under the single name “Jennifer,” but soon returned to using her birth name “Warnes".
In November 1968, Warnes (as "Jennifer Warren") portrayed the female lead in the Los Angeles, California production of the stage musical Hair
Hair (musical)
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 MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...
. She had a related UK single release as 'Jennifer' on London HLU 10278 in June 1969 with 'Let The Sunshine In' c/w 'Easy To Be Hard', licensed from US Parrot label.
In 1971, she met Canadian poet/songwriter Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
, who became a lifelong friend. She would eventually tour Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
with Cohen's band first as a back-up singer and then as vocal arranger and guest singer on Cohen's albums Live Songs
Live Songs
Live Songs was the Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen's fourth album, released during the three-year silence between Songs of Love and Hate and New Skin for the Old Ceremony. It is a compilation of live recordings, performed mostly in Europe in 1970 and 1972...
, Various Positions
Various Positions
Various Positions, the seventh studio album by Leonard Cohen, was released in December 1984 . It marked not only Cohen's turn to the modern sound and use of synthesizers , but also - after her work on harmonies and background vocals on the previous Recent Songs - an even greater contribution from...
, I'm Your Man, The Future, Field Commander Cohen and Recent Songs
Recent Songs
Recent Songs was the sixth studio album by Leonard Cohen, released in 1979. Produced by Henry Lewy and the artist himself, the album was a return to Cohen's acoustic folk music after the Phil Spector experimentation of Death of a Ladies' Man, but now with many jazz and Oriental influences.The album...
including a duet on a song titled "The Smokey Life". Warnes would later (1987) record a critically acclaimed audiophile album of Cohen songs, Famous Blue Raincoat
Famous Blue Raincoat (album)
Famous Blue Raincoat is the sixth album by Jennifer Warnes. It debuted on the Billboard 200 on February 14, 1987 and peaked at No. 72. Originally released by Cypress Records, it was reissued by Private Music after Cypress went out of business....
.
In 1972, her third album, "Jennifer" was produced by John Cale
John Cale
John Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....
. It has never been reissued.
In 1976 Warnes released the album which would contain her breakthrough single, "Right Time of the Night," hitting No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in April 1977 and No. 6 on the Billboard's Hot 100 in May 1977.
Warnes recorded the song "It Goes Like It Goes
It Goes Like It Goes
"It Goes Like It Goes" is a song written by David Shire and Norman Gimbel. It was sung by Jennifer Warnes for the Norma Rae soundtrack in 1979...
" for the 1979 motion picture Norma Rae
Norma Rae
Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film that tells the story of a factory worker from a small town in North Carolina, who becomes involved in the labor union activities at the textile factory where she works...
. The song went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Her 1979 single, "I Know A Heartache When I See One," was a Top 10 Country hit and reached the Top 20 on both the Pop and Adult Contemporary charts.
Warnes recorded the Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
composition "One More Hour" for the 1981 motion picture Ragtime
Ragtime (film)
Ragtime is a 1981 American film based on the historical novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow. The action takes place in and around New York City, New Rochelle, and Atlantic City in the first decade of the 1900s, and includes fictionalized references to actual people and events of the time. The film was...
. This became her second performance of a song to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Warnes teamed up with Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...
to record "Up Where We Belong" for the 1982 motion picture An Officer and a Gentleman. Written by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC is a Canadian Cree singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire includes...
, Will Jennings
Will Jennings
Wilbur H. "Will" Jennings is an American songwriter who is popularly known for writing the lyrics for "My Heart Will Go On", the theme for the film Titanic .-Life and education:...
and Jack Nitzsche
Jack Nitzsche
Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche was an arranger, producer, songwriter, and film score composer. He first came to prominence in the late 1950s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and others...
, the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
. The song also won Warnes and Cocker the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals was awarded between 1966 and 2011...
. The million-selling Gold-certified 45 was released as a single and hit No. 1 (for three weeks running) on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and stands as Jennifer's biggest selling disc being certified 'Platinum' for over two million sales in the United States alone. The same year, she recorded a moving performance of James Taylor
James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
's Millworker for the American Playhouse
American Playhouse
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.It premiered on January 12, 1982 with The Shady Hill Kidnapping, written and narrated by John Cheever and directed by Paul Bogart...
PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
production of Working
Working (musical)
Working is a musical with a book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, and James Taylor, and lyrics by Schwartz, Carnelia, Grant, Taylor, and Susan Birkenhead....
.
Warnes teamed up with Bill Medley
Bill Medley
William Thomas Medley is an American singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers....
to record "(I've Had) The Time of My Life
(I've Had) The Time of My Life
" The Time of My Life" is a song composed by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz. It was recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, after having been selected to be the finale song for the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, by choreographer Kenny Ortega and his assistant Miranda Garrison...
" for the 1987 motion picture Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic film. Written by Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino, the film features Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the lead roles, as well as Cynthia Rhodes and Jerry Orbach...
. This marked the third song performed by Warnes to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
. The song also won Warnes and Medley the Grammy Award for Duo or Group with Vocal, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and spent four consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
On September 30, 1987 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, she contributed background vocals for Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...
's star-studded television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night
Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night
Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night is a 1988 Cinemax television special originally broadcast on January 3, 1988 starring Hall of Fame singer/songwriter Roy Orbison. The special was filmed entirely in black and white...
.
She recorded a duet version with B. J. Thomas
B. J. Thomas
Billy Joe "B. J." Thomas is an American popular singer known for his chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s—appearing on the pop, adult contemporary, country and Hot 100 charts.-Career:...
of the song "As Long As We've Got Each Other," the theme for the TV show, Growing Pains
Growing Pains
Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985 to April 25, 1992.-Synopsis:The show's premise is based...
. It was used as the opening theme until the fourth season, when the song was once again re-recorded with Thomas and Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
, however, it made its return for the fifth and final seasons of the show.
In August 2007, the Shout Factory Records label re-released the 20th anniversary edition of Famous Blue Raincoat
Famous Blue Raincoat (album)
Famous Blue Raincoat is the sixth album by Jennifer Warnes. It debuted on the Billboard 200 on February 14, 1987 and peaked at No. 72. Originally released by Cypress Records, it was reissued by Private Music after Cypress went out of business....
, with a 24-page booklet and four additional songs. The Hunter
The Hunter (Jennifer Warnes album)
The Hunter is the seventh album by Jennifer Warnes, released in 1992. It peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.The Hunter was released five years after her breakthrough album Famous Blue Raincoat. Classified as adult contemporary, the album is jazz/R&B infused...
was re-released in 2009, and The Well was re-released in September 2010.
All remasters were high quality 24K Gold discs and high quality vinyls. "Famous Blue Raincoat
Famous Blue Raincoat
"Famous Blue Raincoat" is a song by Leonard Cohen. It is the sixth track on his third album, Songs of Love and Hate, released in 1971.-Summary:...
" was released with 4 bonus tracks. "The Hunter
The Hunter (Jennifer Warnes album)
The Hunter is the seventh album by Jennifer Warnes, released in 1992. It peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.The Hunter was released five years after her breakthrough album Famous Blue Raincoat. Classified as adult contemporary, the album is jazz/R&B infused...
" was released without bonus material. The re-released "The Well
The Well
- Titled works :* The Well , 1986 novel by Elizabeth JolleyMusical albums:* The Well , by Waking Ashland* The Well, 2001, by Jennifer Warnes* The Well, a song from the "Come to the Well" album by christian group Casting Crowns...
," however, contains a total of 14 tracks; these include two recordings from the original session that had never before been heard publicly ("La Luna Brilla" and "A Fool for the Look (in Your Eyes")and one extra bonus selection, "Show Me the Light", a second duet with Bill Medley
Bill Medley
William Thomas Medley is an American singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers....
which was originally featured on the 1998 movie soundtrack "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer-The Movie."
Warnes has contributed to tribute recordings to Ian Tyson
Ian Tyson
Ian Tyson CM, AOE is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Four Strong Winds". He was also one half of the duo Ian & Sylvia.-Career:Tyson was born to British immigrants in Victoria in 1933, and grew up in Duncan B.C...
, Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren William Zevon was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his sometimes sardonic opinions of life in his musical lyrics, composing songs that were sometimes humorous and often had political or historical themes.Zevon's work has often been praised by well-known...
and Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo is an American singer-songwriter.-Biography:The son of Mexican immigrants to Texas, Escovedo is from a family that boasts several professional musicians, including brothers Coke Escovedo and Pete Escovedo, and Sheila E...
.In 2009, she conducted a much awaited tour of the west and northwest, and was in top vocal form singing CD favorites and new material. In 2010, Warnes started work on a new solo recording of original and cover songs at Capitol Records. The title of this album had not been revealed as of June 2010, nor had a release date for it been announced by that time. In September 2011, Warnes is again touring Canada.
Albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Label | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US AC Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine... |
US Country | CAN | UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1968 | I Can Remember Everything | — | — | — | — | — | Parrot Parrot Records Parrot Records was a division of London Records in the United States which started in 1964. Notable artists whose records were released by Parrot included: The Zombies, Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck, Them featuring Van Morrison, Jonathan King, Hedgehoppers Anonymous, Lulu, Bobby "Boris"... |
| 1969 | See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1972 | Jennifer | — | — | — | — | — | Reprise Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:... |
| 1976 | Jennifer Warnes | 43 | — | — | 26 | — | Arista Arista Records Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records... |
| 1979 | Shot Through The Heart Shot Through the Heart (album) Shot Through the Heart is the title of a recording by Jennifer Warnes, released on the Arista Records label in 1979. It peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and No. 94 on the Pop Albums chart.... |
94 | — | 13 | — | — | |
| 1987 | Famous Blue Raincoat Famous Blue Raincoat (album) Famous Blue Raincoat is the sixth album by Jennifer Warnes. It debuted on the Billboard 200 on February 14, 1987 and peaked at No. 72. Originally released by Cypress Records, it was reissued by Private Music after Cypress went out of business.... |
72 | — | — | 8 | 33 | Cypress Cypress Records Cypress Records is a record label which was distributed by A&M Records between 1988 and 1990.-External links:* Label history, artist roster, Billboard performance.*... |
| 1992 | The Hunter The Hunter (Jennifer Warnes album) The Hunter is the seventh album by Jennifer Warnes, released in 1992. It peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.The Hunter was released five years after her breakthrough album Famous Blue Raincoat. Classified as adult contemporary, the album is jazz/R&B infused... |
— | 13 | — | 76 | — | Private Music Private Music Private Music is a United States record company founded in 1984 by experimental musician Peter Baumann, as a home for instrumental music. Initially signing such artists as Yanni, Suzanne Ciani, Patrick O'Hearn, and Baumann's former bandmates Tangerine Dream, the record label specialized in New Age... |
| 2001 | The Well | — | — | — | — | — | Music Force/Cisco |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US AC Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States... |
US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN | CAN AC | CAN Country | UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1976 | "Right Time of the Night Right Time of the Night "Right Time of the Night" is the title of a song written by Peter McCann and recorded by American singer Jennifer Warnes The song was introduced on Warnes' 1976 self-titled album.-Background:... " |
6 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 18 | — | 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 Don't Make Me Over (song) "Don't Make Me Over" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David which marked the recording debut of Dionne Warwick in 1962.-Dionne Warwick version:... " |
67 | 36 | 84 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980 | "When the Feeling Comes Around" | 45 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Lost the Good Thing" (with Steve Gillette) | — | — | 76 | — | — | — | — | Single only | |
| 1981 | "Could It Be Love" | 47 | 13 | 57 | — | — | — | — | The Best of Jennifer Warnes |
| 1982 | "Come to Me" | 107 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Up Where We Belong Up Where We Belong "Up Where We Belong" is a song from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. Written by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie, with lyrics by Will Jennings, it was performed by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes.-Charts and awards:... " |
1 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 7 | An Officer and a Gentleman | |
| 1983 | "Nights Are Forever Nights Are Forever (Jennifer Warnes song) "Nights Are Forever" is a 1983 song from the Warner Bros. motion picture Twilight Zone: The Movie, starring Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Vic Morrow and Scatman Crothers. It was composed by Jerry Goldsmith and sung by Jennifer Warnes. Lyrics were written by John Bettis... " |
105 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | Twilight Zone |
| "All the Right Moves" | 85 | 19 | — | — | 5 | — | — | All the Right Moves | |
| 1987 | "Ain't No Cure for Love Ain't No Cure For Love "Ain't No Cure for Love" is a pop song by Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen. It was first released by Jennifer Warnes on her 1987 tribute album Famous Blue Raincoat.... " |
— | — | 86 | 23 | 1 | 17 | — | Famous Blue Raincoat |
| "First We Take Manhattan First We Take Manhattan "First We Take Manhattan" is a song written by Leonard Cohen. It was originally recorded by Jennifer Warnes on her 1987 album Famous Blue Raincoat, which consisted entirely of songs written or co-written by Cohen.-Background and writing:... " |
— | 29 | — | 43 | 6 | — | 74 | ||
| "Bird on a Wire" | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | ||
| "(I've Had) The Time of My Life (I've Had) The Time of My Life " The Time of My Life" is a song composed by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz. It was recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, after having been selected to be the finale song for the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, by choreographer Kenny Ortega and his assistant Miranda Garrison... " |
1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 6 | Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing (soundtrack) Dirty Dancing is the original soundtrack of the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. The album became a huge commercial success in the USA. It spent 18 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales charts and went multi-platinum. It spawned a follow-up album entitled More Dirty Dancing . Executive Produced by... |
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| 1992 | "Rock You Gently" | — | 13 | — | 50 | 7 | — | — | The Hunter |
| "True Emotion" | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "The Whole of the Moon" | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Compilation albums
- The Best of Jennifer Warnes Arista 1982 US #47
- Just Jennifer unauthorized (England) 1992
- Best: First We Take Manhattan unauthorized (Germany) 2000
- Platinum and Gold Collection with errors in actual tracks, not Warnes singing, 2004 (recalled)
Other appearances
| Year | Song / Album |
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| 1988 | Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night is a 1988 Cinemax television special originally broadcast on January 3, 1988 starring Hall of Fame singer/songwriter Roy Orbison. The special was filmed entirely in black and white... |
| 1994 | "Up Where We Belong Up Where We Belong "Up Where We Belong" is a song from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. Written by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie, with lyrics by Will Jennings, it was performed by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes.-Charts and awards:... " (live version with Joe Cocker Joe Cocker John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles... ) - Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III |