Jenny Morris (musician)

Jenny Morris MNZM OAM
Morris at the APRA Music Awards in 2012
Background information
Birth name	Jennifer Patricia Morris
Born	(1956-09-29) 29 September 1956 (age 67) Tokoroa, New Zealand
Origin	Hamilton, New Zealand
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1976–present
Labels	RCA Victor Stunn Mushroom WEA EMI rooART Yep! Warner Music Australia Liberation Blue
Website	jennymorris.com

Jennifer Patricia Morris MNZM OAM (born 29 September 1956)^[1][2] is a New Zealand-Australian 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.

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.

Her solo career includes top five Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) albums with Shiver in 1989 and Honeychild in 1991, and her top five ARIA singles are "She Has to Be Loved" and "Break in the Weather". These albums and singles also peaked in the top ten on the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) charts.

Morris has won two ARIA Music Awards for 'Best Female Artist' in 1987 and 1988 and was nominated for the same award in 1992. In 2003, on Australia Day (26 January), Morris became an Australian citizen and in 2010 she received the Medal of the Order of Australia.