Jenn Forbes
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Jenn Forbes | |
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| Birth name | Jennifer May Forbes |
| Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Mushroom |
Jennifer May "Jenni" Forbes is an Australian-born singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. Her song, "I Want You", co-written with Peter Northcote, was performed by fellow Mushroom Records artist, Toni Pearen and peaked in the top 10 on the ARIA Singles Chart in April 1993.
Biography
[edit]Jennifer May Forbes grew up in the Sydney suburb of Cremorne Point.[citation needed] By the age of 11 she sang her first commercial for Australian radio.[citation needed] By 14 she was regularly doing both voice-overs and vocals for television commercials, and singing and penning songs with her first live band.[citation needed]
Forbes' recording debut, "Love Letters", appears on the soundtrack of Russell Crowe's 1990 movie, The Crossing along with tracks by Crowded House, David Bowie and the Proclaimers.[1] Soon after, she was signed to Mushroom Records and went on a writing trip to the United Kingdom and United States to work with some of the "Grammy Greats."
An album was recorded in London and two singles were released – "Dream On (Kathy's Song)" (March 1993) and "I'll Be There for You" (September 1995), and an album, I, No Y released in October,[2] for which she wrote nine of eleven songs. An EP, Baby Come Back (the title track, "Baby Come Back", is a cover of the Player's hit), followed in November. In the late 1990s she toured with Joe Cocker and Take That in Australia.[citation needed]
Forbes' greatest success as a songwriter was when her song, "I Want You", co-written with Peter Northcote,[3][4] was recorded by fellow Mushroom Records artist, Toni Pearen — it became a top 10 hit on the ARIA Singles Chart.[5]
Sources
[edit]- Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara; Paul McHenry (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[6] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
References
[edit]- ^ Cummings, Stephen; Ceberano, Kate; Armiger, Martin; Blakeley, Peter; Forbes, Jenni; Crowded House; Proclaimers; Tin Machine; Cockroaches; Chantoozies (1990), The Crossing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Regular Records, retrieved 12 January 2018
- ^ Spencer et al, (2007) "Forbes, Jenni" entry
- ^ Forbes, Jenni; Northcote, Peter (1992), I Want You, Music Sales, retrieved 12 January 2018
- ^ "'I Want You' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 12 January 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' or 'Performer:'
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Toni Pearen – 'I Want You'". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2010.