Jeremy Jordan (singer, born 1973)

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Jeremy Jordan
Birth nameDon Henson
Born (1973-09-19) September 19, 1973 (age 50)
Hammond, Indiana, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1992–2011
Labels Giant

Don Henson (born September 19, 1973), known professionally as Jeremy Jordan, is an American singer and actor from Hammond, Indiana.

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Biography

Jordan's real name is Don Henson. [1] He was born September 19, 1973, [1] 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. [1] Once they got to the orphanage, he and his brothers and sisters were separated and every year he spent there, from the third to eleventh grade, he had a different set of houseparents, some of them very violent. [1] [2] 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. [1] 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, [1] living in the subway until he met his manager Peter Schivarelli. He then signed a record deal with his record company. [1]

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), [3] [4] 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). [3] [5] [6]

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. Since 1994, Jordan has transitioned into acting and has appeared in a number of films, including Never Been Kissed with Drew Barrymore, 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. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Live Nude Girls Jeffery - Greenpeace Boy
1995 Leaving Las Vegas College Boy #2
1996 Bio-Dome Trent
1996 Poolboy Poolboy
1997 Nowhere Bart
1997 Julian Po Bobby
1998 Falling Sky Vance
1999 Dreamers Dave Jacobson
1999 Never Been Kissed Guy Perkins
2011 The Absent Rob

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 ABC Afterschool Specials Johnny"Boys Will Be Boys"
1996 Twisted Desire Nick RyanTelevision film
1996 The Drew Carey Show
1996 Ellen
1997 Skeletons Aryan BoyTelevision film
1997 Gun Baggy PantsEpisode: "Ricochet"
1997 Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground Boy #2Television film
1999 Storm of the Century Billy Soames2 episodes

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
US
[7]
US
Heat

[3]
AUS
[8]
JPN
[9]
Try My Love 17692931
  • World: 400,000 [10]
  • JPN: 69,100 [9]
Where Do We Go From Here [11]
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: none
  • Format: CD-R

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
JPN
[9]
Jeremy The Remix 70
  • JPN: 6,510 [9]

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertificationAlbum
US
[12]
US Pop
[3]
US Radio
[13]
US Rhyt.
[14]
AUS
[8]
CAN
[15]
1992"The Right Kind of Love"1441122570
  • ARIA: Gold [8]
Try My Love
1993"Wannagirl"281120242242
"Try My Love"72
1994"My Love Is Good Enough"
1999"A Girl Named Happiness (Never Been Kissed)" Never Been Kissed: Music From The Motion Picture

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  15. Peak positions for Canada: