Jordan Hill
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Jordan Hill (born in 1982 in Knoxville, Tennessee USA
United States
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), is an American singer/songwriter.
Hill was originally signed by producer David Foster
David Foster
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
to his own label 143 Records
143 Records
143 Records is the record label of producer David Foster. 143 is a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records. The numbers 1-4-3 are derived from the words "I love you."-History:...
, a division of Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group
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. Her first song, "Remember Me This Way", which was produced by Foster, became the film Casper
Casper (film)
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s theme song and released as single.
Jordan Hill's self-titled debut album was produced by David Foster, Greg Charley, Rhett Lawrence
Rhett Lawrence
Rhett Lawrence is a record producer and songwriter. He is originally famous for producing the Grammy Award–winning, Billboard #1 Hot 100 and #1 R&B single "Vision of Love" for Mariah Carey. He produced and co-wrote the Kelly Clarkson pop rock hit "Miss Independent” which was #1 for 6 weeks at Top...
, Jeff Pescetto, SoulShock & Karlin and Mario Winans
Mario Winans
Mario Winans is an American R&B singer, songwriter, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born Mario Brown, he is the son of gospel recording artist Vickie Winans and her first husband, Bishop Ronald Brown. He is also the stepson of his mother's second husband, gospel singer, Pastor Marvin...
. Jordan covered many songs, such as Cheryl Lynn
Cheryl Lynn
Lynda Cheryl Smith , known better by her professional name Cheryl Lynn, is a female African-American disco, R&B and soul singer known best for her 1978 disco song, "Got to Be Real".-Early career:...
's "Got to Be Real", Oleta Adams
Oleta Adams
Oleta Adams is an American soul, jazz, and gospel singer and pianist.-Biography:Adams was born the daughter of a preacher and was raised with gospel music. In her youth her family moved to Yakima, Washington, which is sometimes shown as her place of birth.Before gaining her opportunity to perform,...
' "I Just Had to Hear Your Voice
I Just Had to Hear Your Voice
"I Just Had to Hear Your Voice" is the title of a R&B single by Oleta Adams. The single earned the singer a Soul Train nomination for R&B Single of the Year, Female in 1994. -Chart positions:-Covers:...
", and Lisa Stansfield
Lisa Stansfield
Lisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...
's "Make It Right." "For The Love Of You", produced by Foster and Winans, was released as the first single; it became a hit both in Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
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and R&B/Hip charts. However, the remix version by Tony Moran
Tony Moran
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became her biggest hit, going Top 10 on Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts.
The second single, released only in Europe, was "How Many Times" (which was later covered by Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
) and the third single, also a Europe exclusive, was "Too Much Heaven
Too Much Heaven
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", a cover of a Bee Gees
Bee Gees
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song and featured Barry Gibb
Barry Gibb
Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, CBE , is a singer, songwriter and producer. He was born in the Isle of Man to English parents. With his brothers Robin and Maurice, he formed The Bee Gees, one of the most successful pop groups of all time. The trio got their start in Australia, and found their major...
singing backup. Due to a lack of support and promotion, she left the label.
She worked with some notable artists, such as the Bee Gees and Jim Brickman, on whose 1999 Top 10 Adult Contemporary hit "Destiny" she was a featured vocalist, along with Billy Porter.
Jordan is currently writing and recording a follow up album.
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