JANEY STREET
Janey Street, who was born and raised in New York City, has achieved much success as both a singer and a songwriter. As an artist, she's recorded albums for Warner Brothers/Reprise, Capitol Records and Arista Records (under the guidance of legendary music mogul Clive Davis). Her single “Under the Clock” was a top 20 AC hit, and its accompanying music video received frequent airplay on VH-1, bringing a whole new audience to Janey. Her single “Say Hello To Ronnie” was also a Billboard charter, making the pop charts.
Street has also spent many years on the road opening for many major acts like the Bee Gees, Melanie, Richie Havens, John Hamond JR, Livingston Taylor, Janis Ian , Odetta and many more. Street's life has been filled with interveiws and TV dates as well as live performances in venues ranging from 20,000 seats to small clubs through out the US and Canada.
Her latest CD, "The Street Less Traveled", was recorded in Nashville and produced by old friend Fred Mollin. Street returns to her blues roots on this one with Nashville's best: John Jorgenson (Guitar), Kerry Marks (Guitar), Larry Paxton(bass), Katherine Styron (Keyboards), Eddie Bayers (Drums), Jim Hoke and Neil Rosengarden (Horns), Chip Davis and Billy Davis (backing vocals).
Janey's songs have been recorded by such artists as the famous blues singer Ruth Brown (on the GRAMMY-nominated CD “A Good Day For The Blues”), Janis Ian (a track Street produced and also co-wrote with Ian), Eric Anderson, Dutch artist Judith, Japanese artist Maria and others. Two of Street's songs will be featured in the upcoming motion picture “Food Fight”, an animated movie starring Charlie Sheen, Hilary Duff, and Eva Longoria . These songs will also appear on the film's CD soundtrack.
Janey's music has also been featured in TV shows such as “The Young & The Restless”, “One Life to Live”, “Rock & Roll Evening News”, “Street Shadows” and the films “Promised Land” (performed by James Newton Howard) and “White Winter Heat”.
Co-writers include Gary Burr ( cuts with LEANN RIMES, KELLY CLARKSON), Wayne Carson (who wrote “THE LETTER” for the BOXTOPS & “YOU WERE ALWAYS ON MY MIND” for WILLIE NELSON), Stephany Bentley ( who wrote “BREATHE” for FAITH HILL, Jimmy Bralower who wrote for (CELINE DION, MICHAEL McDONALD and produced many pop hits), Tammy Hyler (MARTINA McBRIDE), Janis Ian, Joleen Bell, Amanda Hunt Taylor, Rick Chudacoff, and many more.
Janey moved to Hermosa Beach, CA in the 1980s and has since relocated to Nashville, where she has been very active in songwriting, collaborating with some of the industry's top writers, and continues to perform live. Most recently, she signed a publishing deal with WHITE ZONE MUSIC.http://janeystreet.com/press.html
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