Jane Olivor

Jane Olivor is a very special woman; both in her music and in the mesmerizing impact she has with audiences. On stage and on record, Jane's voice has a presence that is the central element of her performance. It is an instrument which weaves soft images on the air while her face, flashing eyes, and movements of her hands and body complement the heat of her voice and the emotional power she brings to the lyrics of a song. She takes those songs and strips them to their essential elements, interpreting them so that they become undeniably hers. Simply stated by a Toronto Star journalist, "Part Piaf, part Garland, part Streisand, with a touch of Jacques Brel, Olivor sings about the vulnerabilities of life that touch us all with a deep emotion that permeates her whole body."

In review of a Friars Club Toast honoring Neil Sedaka: "Jane Olivor, a singer from the late '70s ... did two more Sedaka hits and nearly upstaged the whole proceeding. Made out to be a Barbra Streisand type 20 years ago, Olivor should be a regular on the cabaret circuit after last night. You'd think she could do a month at Feinstein's over on Park Avenue without blinking an eye. " - FOX News

Dozens of television appearances (ranging from The Tonight Show to the 1979 Academy Awards where she and Johnny Mathis performed their Best Song nominated hit, The Last Time I Felt Like This) accompanied her rise from her own "Brooklyn roads" through glittering Manhattan nightclubs and sold out dates at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Greek Theatre, The Kennedy Center and countless other venues. Five top-selling albums (the very first of which was named Album of the Year by Stereo Review) and a legion of devoted fans led to hundreds of concerts where her combination of folk, pop and diverse ballads evoked thunderous applause from fans and critics alike.

There were more rave reviews, more concerts, more standing ovations….and then she vanished. Everyone wondered, "Why?"

Because it all came too fast for Olivor, who felt undeserving of adulation. During her rapid-fire rise to fame, she struggled with serious stage fright and the pressures of newfound stardom. "I was afraid I would forget the words. I would get frantic eight hours before a show," Olivor recalls. Unprepared for overnight success, she felt overwhelmed and full of anxiety. "I was shot out of a cannon and told to be a star. My training was a year of cabaret, then right into Carnegie Hall. No one can build a life or career this way," she adds.

"Olivor was radiant, investing her painstakingly chosen repertoire with passion, meaning and theatricality. When it comes to singing a ballad, she wipes the Whitneys and the Midlers off the stage."

- The Washington Post

So in 1983, she decided to take time off from performing. What started as a brief hiatus turned into a decade-long absence when her new husband was diagnosed with cancer just six months after their wedding. Her husband's death and her inability to perform left her financially, creatively and emotionally bankrupt, prompting her to significantly reevaluate her life. She became what one critic referred to as "the Amelia Earhart of pop music."

That all seemed to change in the early 90's with brief concert appearances. Her fans, though mystified by her absence, remained intensely loyal and greeted her return with incredibly enthusiasm. Reported Cashbox: "Fans bought up every seat in the house to greet their long-lost heroine with four standing ovations. In return, Ms. Olivor treated her fans to a show worth every second of their wait... No singer has ever fused the conflicting emotions of the whisper and the scream so successfully."

Jane continued to thrill those fans in 2000 by releasing Love Decides, her first recording in 18 years. In 2001, she followed it with her personal tribute to the holiday season, Songs of the Season.

"Her shows Thursday and last night were sold out and filled with rabidly loyal, almost worshipful fans...Let her music sweep you over on an emotional level and it frequently inspires..."

- The Boston Herald

Now, with her voice in great form and her spirits bright, Olivor's offerings confirm that by believing in oneself the future is full of promise. "I see my trials not as punishments but golden opportunities to keep reaching inside for the real me, which at long last I have found."

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