e806Sass Jordan is a British-born Canadian rock singer from Montreal, Quebec.[1] Her first single, “Tell Somebody,” from her debut album of the same name won the Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist in 1989. Since then, she has been nominated three more times and won the Billboard Best Female Rock Vocalist award.
Sass Jordan was born in Birmingham, England to French-born literary professor Albert Jordan and former ballerina Jean Lanceman. When Sass Jordan was three-years-old, Albert Jordan moved his family from France to Montreal for a position as a professor at Concordia University.[3]
Jordan was first inspired to pursue music after hearing The Band’s 1969 track “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” on the radio. Jordan’s parents only had classical music in the house, and she has described hearing The Band on the radio as a “revelation.” She has cited Rod Stewart, Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, David Bowie, Tears For Fears, Anthrax and American soul singer Al Green as among her musical influences.[4]
In her early teens, Jordan regularly sang and played guitar with a group of friends in Westmount Park.[5] By the age of 16, Sass Jordan began performing with bands at clubs in downtown Montreal, eventually becoming a vocalist/bassist for high-profile local band The Pinups.[6]
In 1986, Jordan made her recording debut on the Bündock album Mauve as co-lead vocalist on the song “Come On (Baby Tonight)”. She soon began working as a session vocalist for other Montreal-based acts, notably for The Box.[1] Jordan appeared as a vocalist in the music video for The Box song “Closer Together”, although the vocals were recorded by Martine St. Clair. Local acts began recording songs written by Jordan, including the Canadian hit single “Rain” by Michael Breen, which was featured on his 1987 self-titled album.[7]
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