Jennifer rush autobiography

During the early autumn of , the U.S. pop singer, Jennifer Rush, was hogging the top of the UK singles charts with her power ballad &#;The Power Of Love&#;. Co-written by Rush herself, the track became a million-selling phenomenon, even holding a record in the Guinness Book of World Records for the best-selling single by a female artist in the UK.

The singer/songwriter seemed to have a bright pop career ahead of her, but she quickly faded into obscurity after the s. So, whatever happened to her?

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Early Life and Musical Roots

Born Heidi Stern on September 28, , in Queens, New York, Jennifer was raised in a musically inclined family. Her father, Maurice Stern, was an opera singer, and her mother, Barbara, was a singer and pianist. Her two older brothers, Robert and Stephen also became professional musicians.

Born Heidi Stern on September 28, , in Queens, New York, Jennifer was raised in a musical family. When she was a teenager, she moved to Wiesbaden, Germany, to live with her father (his homeland), Maurice Stern, in in an attempt to start a successful music career. Stern was a successful American opera singer who performed in opera houses across the globe.

Jennifer&#;s mother, Barbara, was a singer and pianist. and her two brothers, Bobby and Stephen, were also professional musicians. This environment cultivated her musical talents from a young age.

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During her time in Germany, Rush initially performed with various bands and even worked as a backing vocalist, but it was clear that her powerful voice was destined for greater things. She released a single titled &#;Tonight&#; in as Heidi Stern, but it failed to chart.

In , she signed with CBS Songs as a songwriter and adopted the stage name Jennifer Rush. She released her self-titled debut album and four singles, all without success.

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Jennifer Rush (born September 28, in Queens, New York, U.S.) is an American singer. Most of the time she lives in London or in Germany.
While relatively unknown in her home country, Rush has achieved a successful career in music in Europe. Rush's many hits include songs that became classics. These songs are
"Into My Dreams", "Ring of Ice", "Destiny", " If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love", "Heart Over Mind", " I Come Undone", "Ave Maria", and "Tears in the Rain". Rush's 11th album "Now Is The Hour" was released in early It includes the hit singles "Before The Dawn" and "Echoes Love."

Her single "The Power Of Love" was the biggest hit of in England and was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as "the best selling single by a female solo artist in the history of the British music industry".
Similar artists:
Tina Turner, Chris Norman, Richard Marx, Whitney Houston, Cher, Eurythmics, Sandra, Bonnie Tyler, Cyndi Lauper, Phil Collins, Roxette, Chris de Burgh, Bryan Adams, Rod Steward.

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American pop singer and songwriter (born )

Jennifer Rush (born Heidi Stern; September 28, ) is an American pop and rock singer. She achieved initial success during the mids with several singles and studio albums, including the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which she co-wrote and released in Her initial greatest success came in Europe. Other successful singles from that period include "Ring of Ice", "Destiny", "I Come Undone", "You're My One and Only", "Higher Ground", "25 Lovers", "If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love", "Heart over Mind" and "Flames of Paradise", a duet with Elton John. In the s she had several charting singles, including "Tears in the Rain".

Early life

Rush was born Heidi Stern in the New York City borough of Queens to Barbara and Maurice Stern. She has two older brothers, Robert "Bobby" Stern and Stephen Stern (both professional musicians), and a younger sister. Rush and her brothers lived with their mother until she was a toddler, and then with their father and his second wife on the Upper West Side of the borough of Manhattan. Rush studied violin at the Juilliard School and also took piano lessons, although she did not enjoy these instruments and instead took to playing the guitar in private. When Rush was nine, the Stern family moved to Germany. Rush returned to the United States a few years later to live with her mother's family. She also lived for a time in Seattle, Washington, when her father was briefly a professor of voice at the University of Washington.

Career

Rush's debut studio album, titled with her legal name of Heidi Stern, was released locally in Seattle, Washington, in After meeting singer, songwriter, and producer Gene McDaniels in Seattle, she went to Los Angeles to record demo songs with him. She credits McDaniels as being her first and most influential mentor as a songwriter and a singer.^{[citation n}