Jenny Morris

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jenny Morris
Occupation	R&B Singer
Date Of Birth	Sep 29, 1956(1956-09-29)
Age	68
Birthplace	New Zealand
Country	New Zealand
Horoscope	Libra

Jenny Morris Biography

Jenny Morris is one of the most popular and richest R &B Singer who was born on September 29, 1956 in New Zealand, New Zealand. Known for her work with the 1980s Australian new wave group QED and with the late 1970s and early 1980s band The Crocodiles, this New Zealand native is most famous for such Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)-chart topping solo albums and singles as Shiver and “She Has to Be Loved.”

Several of her Australian and New Zealand Top 100 hits, including “(Beggar on the) Street of Love” and “Self Deceiver,” were written by Paul Kelly.

Jenny Morris was born in Tokoroa, New Zealand and grew up in Hamilton with three brothers (Alistair, Rhys and Tam) and four sisters (Maxine, Bronte, Joanne and Shanley). Morris wrote a poem on the Vietnam War when she was 12 and used her sister’s guitar to put it to music. Morris has stated that her influences include Aretha Franklin and Dusty Springfield. Her first professional performance was at age fifteen, at Andersons Theatre Restaurant, in Hamilton. In 1976 she became a singer with How’s Your Father, who were finalists in the ‘National Battle of the Bands’. She began working as a Home Economics teacher for two years at a high school near Wellington. Late in 1978 Morris joined an all-girl group, Wide Mouthed Frogs in Wellington, performing lead vocals. Fellow members were Kate Brockie on lead vocals, Andrea Gilkison on guitar, Tina Matthews on bass guitar, Bronwyn Murray on keyboards and Sally Zwartz on drums. In 1979 they released the track, “Some Day” for the compilation album, Home Grown Volume One; “Some Day” was cowritten with Tony Backhouse, guitarist of fellow Wellington band, The Spats, which also had a track, “Young Ladies in Hot Cars”, on the compilation.

Lawrence left and was replaced on drums by Ian Gilroy (ex-Whizz Kids), then Flaws left, although he continued to write material for the second album. Released in November 1980, Looking at Ourselves, was produced by Ian Morris. That year they won ‘Best Group’ and ‘Most Promising Group’ at the New Zealand Music Awards. The line-up went through further changes, Gilroy left to join The Swingers, then Matthews and Dasent left. In February 1981, following a repeat performance at the Sweetwaters Festival, The Crocodiles moved to Sydney, at the behest of their manager, Chunn, with new band members, Barton Price (drums), Rick ‘Rikki’ Morris (guitar) and Jonathan Zwartz (bass) only to disband in July. Price went on to join Models. Morris explained why The Crocodiles left:

After growing up with seven siblings in Tokoroa and Hamilton, New Zealand, she became an Australian citizen and subsequently had a son and a daughter with her photographer husband, Paul Clark.

Jenny Morris Net Worth

Jenny Morris is one of the richest R &B Singer from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jenny Morris 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In her late teens and early twenties, she performed with a band called How’s Your Father and with a girl group named Wide Mouthed Frogs. Her debut solo single, “Puberty Blues” (featured in the popular film of the same title), was released in 1981.

In the late 1980s, she won two consecutive Best Female Artist ARIA Music Awards.

Jennifer Patricia Morris MNZM OAM (born 29 September 1956 in Tokoroa) is a New Zealand-born Australian pop, rock singer-songwriter. Her first success came with New Zealand band The Crocodiles, who had a top 20 hit single with “Tears”. Re-locating to Sydney in February 1981, she was a backing vocalist for various groups and formed a trio, QED, in 1983.

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Who is Jenny Morris Dating?

According to our records, Jenny Morris married to Paul Clarke. As of December 1, 2023, Jenny Morris’s is not dating anyone.

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Morris provided backing vocals for INXS on their 1984 album, The Swing. She then recorded a duet with lead singer, Michael Hutchence, on a cover of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood’s hit “Jackson”; it was included as a bonus track on the March 1985 (cassette only) INXS EP, Dekadance, which reached number two on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. Morris worked on their 1985–1986 Listen Like Thieves World Tour.

Facts & Trivia

Jenny Ranked on the list of most popular R &B Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Jenny Morris celebrates birthday on September 29 of every year.

Morris recorded a duet with INXS lead singer, Michael Hutchence, on a cover of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood’s hit “Jackson”, it was included as a bonus track on the April 1984 (cassette only) INXS EP, Dekadance, which reached number two on the charts. Morris and INXS performed “Jackson” live at the 1984 Countdown Music and Video Awards held on 19 May 1985. At Murphy’s suggestion she teamed with INXS as a backing singer on their 1985 Australian tour—originally just for a few weeks—and stayed on for eighteen months on their 1985–1986 Listen Like Thieves World Tour. Morris recorded and, in November 1985, released her first single for Warner Entertainment Australia (WEA), “Get Some Humour”, with a contribution from Dave Dobbyn, which reached the top 100.

How did Jenny Morris lose her voice?

Singer Jenny Morris has revealed that she has a rare neurological condition affecting her voice and she will not perform again. The ARIA-winning artist has been diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia , which causes involuntary spasms in the larynx.

Does Jenny Morris have children?

Morris married photographer, Paul Clarke, in 1986 and they have had two children, Hugh and Bella. She has two brothers: Tam (a storyboard artist and musician) and Rhys (a graphic designer and web developer), and four sisters: Maxine, Bronte, Joanne and Shanley.

How old is Jenny Morris the singer?

66 years (September 29, 1956)

What genre is Jenny Lewis?

Alternative/Indie

What band was Jenny Morris in?

Music groups