Will Jennings, award-winning co-writer of 'My Heart Will Go On' and other hits by Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Whitney Houston, has died at 80.
The superstar lyricist passed away Friday at his home in Tyler, Texas, his caregiver Martha Sherrod confirmed to“A sad time, the passing of Will Jennings, a maestro, brilliant mind and a gentle spirit. It was an enormous honor to have worked with such a musical genius,” former J. Geils Band singer Peter Wolf, who collaborated with Jennings,
During his career, the Songwriters Hall inductee co-wrote six songs that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: Barry Manilow’s “Looks Like We Made It” ; Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes’ “Up Where We Belong” ; Winwood’s “Higher Love” ; Houston’s “Didn’t We Almost Have It All” ; Winwood’s “Roll With It” ; and Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” .
Jennings also collaborated with Clapton on “Tears in Heaven,” which hit No. 2 on the Hot 100 and topped‘s Adult Contemporary chart for three weeks in 1992. The tribute to Clapton’s late son also earned the pair a song of the year trophy at the 35th annual Grammy Awards.‘s “Up Where We Belong” alongside Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie. He took home the same honor in 1998 for theclassic “My Heart Will Go On,” which he wrote-wrote with composer James Horner.
Jennings was born in Kilgore, Texas, in 1944. Before hitting it big in songwriting, he was a professor at Tyler Junior College and later Austin State University, before teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. His résumé also includes musical collaborations with superstars like B.B. King, Mariah Carey, Jimmy Buffett and Roy Orbison.What’s Your Favorite New Music Release of the Week? Vote!. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services.
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