Sunday, 15 June 2008
Jennifer Rush
Artist: Jennifer Rush
Genre(s):
Other
Pop
Rock
New Age
Discography:
Stronghold
Year: 2007
Tracks: 52
Out of My Hands
Year: 1998
Tracks: 11
Credo
Year: 1997
Tracks: 11
Power of Jennifer Rush
Year: 1991
Tracks: 13
Classics
Year:
Tracks: 12
While virtually unknown in the U.S., pop vocaliser Jennifer Rush achieved star status as an expatriate in Europe, selling millions of records and releasing a train of strike singles famous for their stentorian, dance-rock arrangements and Rush's herculean voice. Born Heidi Stern in New York City, Rush's father was an opera singer and her mother was a pianist. At the geezerhood of 9, she touched to Germany with her kin, reversive in her teens to the States. In 1982, she returned to Germany with her father to follow up on a tattle career, sign language a dole out with CBS/Columbia. Changing her diagnose to Jennifer Rush, she released a series of songs that made her a whizz in Europe, including "Into My Dreams," "Come Give Me Your Hand," "25 Lovers," and "Band of Ice." In 1985, Rush scored a massive European strike with "The Power of Love," which became i of the longest-running chart-toppers in U.K. history. The song, which she likewise co-wrote, was packaged with several of her former European hits for her U.S. debut Jennifer Rush. Released as a individual, "The Power of Love" failed to replicate its succeeder upon its stateside liberation, only reaching figure 57. Instead, versions of the song by Laura Branigan and Celine Dion strike the American Top 40 (the latter hitting number one for a calendar month in 1994). It wasn't until her third U.S. release, Spirit Over Mind, that Rush reached the Top 40 as an artist with her twain with Elton John, "Flames of Paradise," reach number 37 in 1987. She continued to retain a big European following throughout the stay of the '80s and '90s, collaborating with writers such as Desmond Child and Diane Warren and playacting with high profile acts like Michael Bolton and Placido Domingo. Despite selling millions of albums abroad, most of her albums suffer not been released in the U.S.