Jennifer Rush

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Jennifer Rush is an New York, American Dance-pop, Pop/Rock and Adult Contemporary singer, best known for the million-selling single "The Power of Love" (1985).

Contents 1 Career 2 Albums 3 DVDs 4 External link

[edit] Career

Born Heidi Stern, September 28, 1960 in Queens, New York, she spent her childhood in both New York and Germany. She recorded her first album (more like a demo) Heidi Stern in 1979, but it did not get much attention. In 1982, she moved back to Wiesbaden, Germany with her father, Maurice Stern, an opera singer, trying to establish a career as a singer. Over the next several years she scored hits around Europe with the songs "25 Lovers", "Come Give Me Your Hand", "Ring of Ice", "Destiny", "If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love" and "I Come Undone".

Her single "The Power Of Love" was the biggest hit of 1985 in the UK, and was listed in the Guinness Book Of Records as "the best selling single by a female solo artist in the history of the British music industry". It held that status until 1992, when it was outsold by Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You".

Number one in several countries, Rush's version reached only number 57 in the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart. Later that year, the adult contemporary duo Air Supply changed the pronouns in the chorus for their own version, but fared no better on the same chart.

Two years later, gutsy pop-rock vocalist Laura Branigan, best-known for dance-pop successes with "Gloria" and "Self Control" would take her cover version of "The Power Of Love" into the U.S. Top 40. After several more cover versions, Celine Dion made a U.S. chart topper with the same song in 1994.

It was Rush's 1987 album, Heart Over Mind featuring compositions by Desmond Child and Michael Bolton and guitar work from Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi), that finally brought her Top 40 success in her home country, with the Elton John duet "The Flames Of Paradise".

She also scored European hits with duets with Michael Bolton and Plácido Domingo.

While her career continued to result in Platinum and multi-Platinum sales of her albums and singles in both English and Spanish, she was ignored by the masses in her home country, initially because her record label in the U.S. did not understand how to best market her music. A secondary dilemma was her massively powerful voice combined with the bombastic music production of her songs which was too 'European' for the U.S. listener.

[edit] Albums

• Jennifer Rush (1984)

"Into My Dreams" (1983)

"Come Give Me Your Hand" (1983)

"25 Lovers" (1984)

"Ring Of Ice" (1984)

"The Power Of Love" (1985)

"Madonna's Eyes" (1986)

• Movin' (1985)

"Destiny" (1985)

"If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love" (1986)

• Heart over Mind (1987)

"I Come Undone" (1987)

"Flames Of Paradise" (1987)

"Heart Over Mind" (1987)

• Passion (1988)

"You're My One And Only" (1988)

"Keep All The Fires Burning Bright" (1988)

"Love Get Ready" (1989)

"Another Way" (1988)

"Till I Loved You" (duet With Placido Domingo) (1989)

• Wings of Desire (1989)

"Higher Ground" (1989)

"Wings Of Desire" (1989)

"We Are The Strong" (1990)

• The Power Of Jennifer Rush (1991)

"Ave Maria" (1991)

• Jennifer Rush 1992 (1992)

"Never Say Never" (1992)

"Vision Of You" (1993)

"A Broken Heart" (1993)

• Out of My Hands (1995)

"Tears In The Rain" (1995)

"Out Of My Hands" (1995)

"Who Wants To Live Forever" (1995)

"Das Farbenspiel des Winds" (1995)

• Credo (1997)

"Credo" (1997)

"Sweet Thing" (1997)

"Piano In The Dark" (1997)

• Classics (1998)

"The End Of A Journey" (1998)

"Ring Of Ice" (1999)

[edit] DVDs

• The Power Of Love - The Complete Video Collection (2004)

[edit] External link

• Jennifer Rush's Official Website