Jennifer May "Jenni" Forbes is an Australian-born singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. Her song, "I Want You", co-written with Peter Northcote, was performed by fellow

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artist,

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and peaked in the top 10 on the

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in April 1993.

Biography

Jennifer May Forbes grew up in the Sydney suburb of

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. By the age of 11 she sang her first commercial for Australian radio. By 14 she was regularly doing both voice-overs and vocals for television commercials, and singing and penning songs with her first live band. Forbes' recording debut, "Love Letters", appears on the soundtrack of

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's 1990 movie, '' The Crossing'' along with tracks by

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and

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. Soon after, she was signed to

and went on a writing trip to the United Kingdom and United States to work with some of the "Grammy Greats." An album was recorded in London and two singles were released – "Dream On (Kathy's Song)" (March 1993) and "I'll Be There for You" (September 1995), and an album, ''I, No Y'' released in October,Spencer et al, (2007) "Forbes, Jenni" entry for which she wrote nine of eleven songs. An EP, ''Baby Come Back'' (the title track, " Baby Come Back", is a

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of the

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's hit), followed in November. In the late 1990s she toured with Joe Cocker and Take That in Australia. Forbes' greatest success as a songwriter was when her song, "I Want You", co-written with Peter Northcote, Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' or 'Performer:' was recorded by fellow Mushroom Records artist,

— it became a top 10 hit on the

Sources

* Note: n-lineversion established a
White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd
in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

References

External links

MySpace profile
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