Warns, Jennifer

The first fame came to the Warns in 1967, when she became a regular participant in the television show "Hour of the comedies of the Brothers Smoters." At that time, she used the pseudonym Jennifer Warren . In 1968, Warns starred in the Los Angeles production of the musical Hair , after which she signed with Parrot Records , a subsidiary of London Records , to record her debut album ... I Can Remember Everything . In 1969, Warns released their second album, See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me .

Both records did not have commercial success, so Jennifer switched to the label Reprise Records (division Warner Bros. Records ), which in 1972 released the album " Jennifer ", produced by John Cale . When this album failed, Warns was invited as a backing vocalist to work with Leonard Cohen , with whom Jennifer developed friendly relations and successful long-term cooperation.

In 1976, Warns signed to Arista Records and in 1977 released the single “Right Time of the Night,” which hit teenagers and reached number six in the US national charts and ranked third in Canada. In the same year , she released the album " Jennifer Warnes ", in 1979 - " Shot Through the Heart ", whose main hit, "I Know a Heartache When I See One", reached number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and high places in country charts and light music. In 1982, the collection of songs by Jennifer Warns - "Best of Jennifer Warnes" was released.

In July 1982, Island Records released the single, “Up Where We Belong,” which was the main theme of the movie Officer and Gentleman . The song was performed by Jennifer Warns in a duet with Joe Cocker and became a hit, reaching the first lines in the American and Canadian charts, and was also awarded the Grammy Award for the best vocal pop performance in a duet or group. Warns had previously worked on film music, but her previous work was far from similar success. Now, film companies turned their attention to her. In 1983, the song “Nights Are Forever” performed by her from the movie “The Twilight Zone” and the title topic from the film “ Only the Right Moves ”, performed in a duet with Chris Thompson, got on the American chart.

In 1986, Warns became the first singer to sign a new record with Cypress Records , which closed four years later, but managed to release Jennifer's Famous Blue Raincoat album in 1987 , composed of songs written by Leonard Cohen. In July of that year, RCA Records released the single “ (I Had) The Time of My Life, ” which was the love theme from the movie Dirty Dancing; Warns performed this song in a duet with Bill Medley from The Righteous Brothers . The single was a great success, reached the first line in the American and Canadian charts, received the status of "gold" in the United States.

In 1992, Warns released their next album, The Hunter , on Private Music , a song written by various authors, including Jennifer herself.

Due to the frequent change of labels and the confusing copyright situation, Warns tried unsuccessfully for a long time to release a collection of her best works. Finally, abandoning this idea, she privately released her eighth studio album, The Well , in 2001 .

• 1968 - I Can Remember Everything (Parrot)
• 1969 - See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me (Parrot)
• 1972 - Jennifer (Reprise)
• 1977 - Jennifer Warnes (Arista)
• 1979 - Shot Through the Heart (Arista)
• 1987 - Famous Blue Raincoat (Cypress)
• 1992 - The Hunter ^[1] (Private Music)
• 2001 - The Well (Sin-Drome)
• 2018 - Another Time, Another Place (Music BMG Rights Management)

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