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Marc Wallace Jordan (born 1948), is an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, session musician, and actor. Covering a wide variety of genres, he has written songs for a number of well-known artists, including Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Cher, Bette Midler, and Josh Groban. He was named best producer with Steven MacKinnon at the Juno Awards in 1994 for "Waiting for a Miracle" from ''Reckless Valentine''. In early 2014, Marc Jordan was named Chair of Slaight Family Music Lab at Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre, and will continue in that role into 2016. ==Biography== 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.〔(Marc Jordan ), mardjordan.com, accessed March 11, 2010.〕 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 Dreams'' which 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''. Currently, Jordan performs with Murray McLauchlan, Cindy Church and Ian Thomas in the group Lunch at Allen's. He is married to fellow singer-songwriter Amy Sky. They live in Toronto and have a cottage in Muskoka with their two children, Ezra and Zoe. Jordan and Sky are both national UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors for Canada. Jordan made his acting debut in Michael McGowan's 2010 sports musical ''Score: A Hockey Musical'', where he plays Edgar Gordon, a pacifist father who along with his wife (Olivia Newton-John) have a 17-year-old son who has a talent for hockey. In answer to the demand from fans worldwide – particularly in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Japan – many of his older recordings have also been re-released and are available on Marc Jordan's website. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marc Jordan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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