Sept. 3: Georgia singer Jennifer Paige is 37 today.

Born in in Marietta, Georgia - a suburb of Atlanta- Jennifer began singing at the age of five at local coffeehouses and restaurants with her older brother Chance Scoggins. She attended a performing arts school and studied voice, dance and drama.

At the age 17, she toured the country with a top 40 covers act, Vivid Image, and eventually relocated to Los Angeles. In August 1996, she performed in her hometown, Atlanta, in front of 50,000 people at the Olympic Games with the 10-piece covers band, "Joe's Band". The same year, Paige recorded a dance version of Aretha Franklin's classic, "Chain of Fools" which resulted in a a record contract.

Her first album Jennifer Paige was released in August 1998. In their review, Billboard magazine stated that "Paige succeeds in the nearly impossible task of oozing smouldering sensuality without resorting to typical groans and moans; instead, she uses her notably flexible vocal range to convey the emotion of the tune..."

The lead single "Crush" was a hit, and was followed by two other singles, "Sober" and "Always You", the latter reaching #6 on the Billboard Dance Chart.

In the summer of 2000, Jennifer Paige recorded a new song for the soundtrack of the film Autumn in New York, called "Beautiful."

Her second album Positively Somewhere, released in September 2001 in the U.S. included the single "These Days." In 2003 she released Flowers: The Jennifer Paige Hits Collection. After parting ways with her record label, Jennifer continued writing for other artists, and compiling songs for a new studio effort.

 

Press links below to view You Tube videos:
-- "Stranded"
-- "Sober"

(Press album cover for direct link to the entire Amazon Website):

In April 2006, "The Calling," co-written by Paige was chosen by Lifetime Television for their made-for-TV movie, "Augusta, Gone", based on the book of the same name. Her next album, Best Kept Secret was first released in April 2008 and re-released as a deluxe edition in November 2009.

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