Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register.
She rose to fame in 1990 after signing to Columbia Records and releasing her eponymous debut album, which topped the U.S. Billboard 200 for eleven consecutive weeks. Soon after, Carey became the only artist ever to have their first five singles reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions".
Will Jennings, famed lyricist and co-writer of ‘Titanic’s’ ‘My Heart Will Go On,’ dead at 80
nypost.commultiple reports. Jennings won an Academy Award for Best Original Song along with composer James Horner for the haunting ballad from the 1997 disaster film, which was made legendary by Celine Dion.He also won the coveted award for “Up Where We Belong”from “An Officer and a Gentleman,” and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “People Alone” from “The Competition.” In 2006 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
He also won two Grammys for “My Heart Will Go On,” and Eric Clapton’s 1991 hit “Tears in Heaven.”The song was written about the death of Clapton’s four-year-old son, Conor and appeared on the soundtrack of the film “Rush.”Born in Kilgore, Texas on June 27, 1944, Jennings got his start with 1976’s “The Commitment,“after which he teamed up with Richard Kett to write the Barry Manilow No.
1 hit, “Looks Like We Made it.”He was also a collaborator with Steve Winwood, working on several songs on Arc of a Diver and Talking Back to the Night, which included the hit “Valerie.” Other joint hits with Winwood include “Higher Love,” and “Back in the High Life Again.” But it was his words on the haunting “My Heart Will Go On,” that canonized him to superstardom.He told Songfacts that his inspiration for the song’s lyrics came from a “vibrant” woman he had met two years prior who was about 101 years old, Variety reported.“And she came into my mind,” Jennings said. “And I realized she could have been on the Titanic.
So I wrote everything from the point of view of a person of a great age looking back so many years.” Jennings also worked with Whitney Houston on “Didn’t We Almost Have It All,” Dionne Warwick’s “I’ll Never Love Again,” and other music heavyweights that included Mariah Carey, Tim.
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