About Jeremy Jordan
Born 1973. Jeremy Jordan is an American singer, actor and composer.
Don Henson (born September 19, 1973), known professionally as Jeremy Jordan, is an American former singer and actor from Hammond, Indiana.
Biography Jordan's real name is Don Henson. He was born September 19, 1973, and his mother gave custody of him to his father, who later married another woman and had four more children, all of whom he placed in Mooseheart Child City (an orphanage) after his wife died from leukemia.
Jordan wanted to get involved in movies and sign with a talent agency in Chicago, but was forbidden since the orphanage was in Mooseheart (near North Aurora), forty miles away. When he was seventeen, before Thanksgiving 1991, he moved to Chicago to stay with a friend's parents. After a fight he was evicted from the house where he was living and ended up homeless, living in the subway until he met his manager Peter Schivarelli. He then signed a record deal with his record company.
In 1993, Jordan released Try My Love on Giant Records. The album yielded the international hit singles, "The Right Kind of Love" (#5 Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, #14 Billboard Hot 100 Singles, #4 Billboard Top 40 Mainstream, #22 Billboard Rhythmic Top 40), produced and written by Lotti Golden, Tommy Faragher & Robbie Nevil, and "Wannagirl" (#11 Billboard Top 40 Mainstream, #24 Billboard Rhythmic Top 40, #28 Billboard Hot 100). Additionally, "My Love Is Good Enough" and "Try My Love" were featured in the film Airborne. "The Right Kind of Love" music video was featured during the end credits of Beverly Hills, 90210 and was also on the television series' soundtrack. A remix album, Jeremy The Remix, was released to overseas markets in late 1993.
In 1994, it was reported that Jordan, then promoted by Giant Records as a young pop music sex symbol, was putting the finishing touches on a new album scheduled for release early the following year. The cover was photographed by acclaimed fashion photographer Bruce Weber, who had previously captured Jordan in a nude photoshoot for Interview magazine β images that generated considerable buzz at the time and contributed to his rising image as a daring, photogenic performer. However, despite the anticipation, the second album ultimately never materialized. Years later, in 1999, Jordan briefly returned to music with the song "A Girl Named Happiness (Never Been Kissed)", featured on the soundtrack of the film Never Been Kissed, starring Drew Barrymore, in which Jordan himself also appeared. The song received its own official music video, though a commercial single release was never issued.
Since 1994, Jordan has transitioned into acting and has appeared in a number of films, including Falling Sky with Brittany Murphy, television films like Twisted Desire with Melissa Joan Hart, as well as independent films such as Leaving Las Vegas with Nicolas Cage, Julian Po with Christian Slater, and Nowhere directed by Gregg Araki.
Released: April 13, 1993 Label: Giant Records Format: LP, cassette, CD.
World: 400,000 JPN: 69,100 Released: 2013 Label: none Format: CD-R
Compilation albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positionsSalesJPN US Pop US Rhyt. AUS 1992"The Right Kind of Love" 14 4 11 22 5 70 ARIA: Gold Try My Love1993"Wannagirl" 28 11 20 24 22 42"Try My Love" β β β β 72 β1994"My Love Is Good Enough" β β β β β β
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Who is Jeremy Jordan?
American singer and actor (born 1973)
When was Jeremy Jordan born?
Jeremy Jordan was born on 19 September 1973 in Hammond.
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Jeremy Jordan is a singer, actor and composer.
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Jeremy Jordan is American.
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