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LATE NIGHT DREAM Presents The Legends Marc Jordan Both sides of Marina del Rey by David Lucarotti 320kbit/s

Marc Jordan is a renowned and prolific songwriter, whose works having been covered on a staggering 30-million-plus.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Canadian singer Charles Jordan, Marc Jordan grew up in a musical household in Toronto after his father returned to Canada. He studied film at Brock University, but soon turned to music, first coming to public attention as a guitarist for Bobby Vee.

With the Canadian division of CBS Records, Jordan released some singles in 1974, which included "It's a Fine Line", "New York Kids", "Original Sin"). They were not very successful themselves, but they impressed American music producer Gary Katz, and in 1977 Jordan reached a U.S. deal with Warner Bros. Records.This period with Warner spawned the Canadian hit songs "Marina del Rey" and "Survival" from the record Mannequin; a second record produced by Jay Graydon called Blue Desert was released 1980, and is regarded as a classic of the West Coast Sound of the period.
In the 1980s, Jordan was signed to RCA for two records. Paul De Villiers produced the first, Talking Through Pictures, and Kim Bullard the second, called C.O.W.. In 1988, Jordan sang and co-wrote the theme song to the hit Australian movie Boulevard of Broken Dreamswhich was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Film.
In 1994, Jordan won a Juno Award for "Producer of the Year" (along with co-producer Steven MacKinnon) for "Waiting for a Miracle" from his Reckless Valentine album.
After independently releasing the critically acclaimed recordings Reckless Valentine and Cool Jam Black Earth, he was signed to Blue Note/EMI Canada in 1999, and followed up with two more jazz-oriented CDs, This Is How Men Cry and Make Believe Ballroom.
Marc Jordan wrote songs recordings by artists including Rod Stewart—who secured a worldwide #1 hit with Rhythm of My Heart, Diana Ross, Chicago, Bette Midler, Kenny Loggins, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Raitt, Cher, Josh Groban, Natalie Cole, Jordan’s wife Amy Sky and many more.

Marc Jordan musical world is where the lines between jazz and pop become blurred, and Jordan’s trademark clear, emotional and poetic delivery renders each song autobiographical.

In this podcast we want to focus only in the songs that Marc wrote and sung in his own albums and above all his last album « Both Sides ».

Marc's adoration for the great songs of the mid 20th century have finally convinced him to make the stylistic leap we hear on Both Sides. In making Both Sides, Jordan recorded with the Prague Symphony songs like 'The Nearness of You' and 'What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life' are sprinkled in with Joni Mitchel's 'Both Sides Now' and Lou Reed's masterpiece 'Walk On The Wild Side'.

Latenightdream.com made this tribute to a true LEGEND, one the most gifted and refined composer and songwriter of this century.

The subtle delicacy of Marc’s phrasing provides the perfect complement to the poetic intelligence of his lyrics, so enjoy the trip from « Both sides of Marina del Rey ».

Read the interview HERE: latenightdream.com/blog/interv...ith-marc-jordan

01.Marc Jordan - Margarita
02.Marc Jordan - Waiting For A Miracle
03.Marc Jordan - Walk On the Wild Side
04.Marc Jordan - NY Snow
05.Marc Jordan - I Ching
06.Marc Jordan - Dance With Me
07.Marc Jordan - Almost Blue
08.Marc Jordan - Geronimos Fire
09.Marc Jordan - Can We Still Be Friends
10.Marc Jordan - Tears of Hercules
11.Marc Jordan feat. Timothy B Schmit - Hueco Tanks
12.Marc Jordan - Generalities
13.Marc Jordan - Hell Of A Ride
14.Marc Jordan - I'm a Camera
15.Marc Jordan - Marina Del Rey
16.Marc Jordan - On A Perfect Day
17.Marc Jordan - Little Lambs
18.Marc Jordan - Spain
19.Marc Jordan - Cool Jam Black Earth
20.Marc Jordan - The Best Part of My Life
21.Molly Johnson & Marc Jordan - Let's Waste Some Time
22.Marc Jordan - He's Going To Break Your Heart
23.Marc Jordan - Must Have Left My Heart
24.Marc Jordan - Was It All Just In My Head
25.Marc Jordan - People Get Ready
26.Marc Jordan - Catch The Moon
27.Marc Jordan - Let's Get Lost
28.Marc Jordan - I'll Never Love Like That Again
29.Marc Jordan - Lost Because You Can't Be Foun
30.Marc Jordan - Guns Of Belfast

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