Jenn Forbes

Jennifer "Jenni" Forbes is an Australian singer-songwriter based in Sydney, New South Wales; her song, "I Want You" was performed by fellow Mushroom Records artist, Toni Pearen and peaked in the top 10 on the ARIA Singles Chart in .[1][2]

Biography

Jennifer Forbes grew up in the Sydney suburb of Cremorne Point.

By the age of 11 she sung her first commercial for Australian radio.

By 14 she was regularly doing both voiceovers and vocals for television commercials, and singing and penning songs with her first live band.

Forbes' recording debut was "Love Letters" for the soundtrack of Russell Crowe's 1990 movie, The Crossing along with tracks by Crowded House, David Bowie and The Proclaimers. Soon after, she signed to Mushroom Records and went on a writing trip to the UK & USA to work with some of the " Grammy Greats."

An album was recorded in London and 2 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,[3] for which she wrote nine of eleven songs. An EP, Baby Come Back (title song was a cover of the Player's hit), followed in November.

In the late 1990s she toured with Joe Cocker and Take That in Australia.

Forbes became successful as a songwriter when her song, "I Want You", was recorded by fellow Mushroom Records artist Toni Pearen—it became a top 10 hit on the ARIA Singles Chart

References

General

  • 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.  [4] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

Specific

  1. ↑ ""I Want You" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Discography Tony Pearen". Australian charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Spencer et al, (2007) FORBES, Jenni entry. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2010.

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