Jennifer Warnes

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Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947 in Seattle, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter.

Her credits include being an original cast member of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968), the female lead (Sheila) in the Los Angeles company of Hair (1968), a number 1 single “The Right Time of the Night” (1977) and 3 Oscars for Best Song - “It Goes Like it Goes,” from Norma Rae (1980), “Up Where We Belong,” (with Joe Cocker) from “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982), & “I’ve Had the Time of My Life,” (with Bill Medley) from “Dirty Dancing” (1987). (Her duets with Cocker & Medley were also #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.)

She toured with Leonard Cohen in 1972 & 1979. In 1987, she recorded “Famous Blue Raincoat” - an album of Cohen’s compositions.

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1	First We Take Manhattan full track	64
2	Bird on a Wire full track	48
3	Joan Of Arc full track	44
4	Famous Blue Raincoat full track	40
5	Ain't No Cure for Love full track	37
6	Right Time of the Night	28
6	Coming Back to You full track	28
8	A Singer Must Die full track	20
8	Song of Bernadette full track	20
10	Came So Far for Beauty full track	18
11	And So It Goes full track	9
11	Way Down Deep	9
11	Song Of Bernardette	9
14	Up Where We Belong	8
14	I'll Be Home For Christmas	8

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RedBeanRec wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Beautiful voice, my favourite song is definitely Pretending to Care

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TangoSierra wrote:
November 2008

By the time she recorded "Famous Blue Raincoat" her singing had matured considerably compared to her early work. Her voice on this album is superb. The album is one of my favorites.

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c_bone wrote:
October 2008

Have it, the whole album is worthy, but the top three tracks are superb, imho.

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blogmeridian wrote:
April 2008

It's indeed good to have Famous Blue Raincoat back in print.

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Frollo wrote:
January 2008

Song of Bernadette, omg! <3

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tezzagamer wrote:
January 2008

She does a beautiful Bird on a Wire

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dennison wrote:
September 2007

Top notch.

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neutrinolune wrote:
July 2007

Jennifer Warnes is a wonderful singer - I'm always moved by the beauty of her voice and her deliveries are always intelligent and adequate to the songs. I wish she was more visible and would make more records.

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vvoody99 wrote:
June 2007

I have Famous Blue Raincoat and The Hunter. Her music is pretty good:)

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PhilHaakon wrote:
March 2007

lol at leonard cohen not being a similar artist

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