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Paul Janz (born in 1951 in Three Hills, Alberta, Canada and raised in Basel, Switzerland) is a Canadian singer/songwriter and Christian rock musician best known for the hits Every Little Tear, Close My Eyes, Stand, I Won't Cry and many others. He began his music career in the 70s with his brothers in a band called Deliverance, who are best remembered for the hit "Leaving LA" released in 1979. In 1984, he launched his solo career, which culminated in four projects with a string of chart-topping hits from each album. The success of his projects led to the nomination of the much-coveted Canadian Juno Awards (the equivalent of the American Music Awards). Despite achieving great success in Canada, the recording label's restructuring of its' roster of artists, such as Janz, led to the ending of A & R promotion in the American market. Janz's last and final recording project, Trust, which was recorded under the Attic Records label, continued on in the same ground-breaking tradition with Janz's trademark lyrical compositions and driving melodic rhythms. Since that time, Janz hasn't released any new material. Presently at King's College, London, he formerly taught philosophy at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia and has recently written a book entitled God, the Mind's Desire : Reference, Reason and Christian Thinking [1] published by Cambridge University Press. In 2004, Paul's first album High Strung was re-released on CD for the first time by Escape Music in the UK.
[edit] Albums
- High Strung (1985)
- Electricity (1987)
- Songwriter (1989) - demo album, not commercially released
- Renegade Romantic (1990)
- Presence: A Collection of Hit Singles (1992)
- Trust (1992)
[edit] Singles
[edit] Deliverance
| Year |
Single |
CAN |
US |
| 1980 |
Leaving LA |
#57 |
#71 |
| Year |
Single |
CAN |
| 1985 |
Go to Pieces |
#29 |
| 1985 |
Don't Cry Tonight |
-- |
| 1985 |
High Strung |
#85 |
| 1985 |
Close My Eyes |
#94 |
| 1987 |
One Night (is All it Takes) |
#67 |
| 1988 |
Believe in Me |
#26 |
| 1988 |
I Won't Cry |
#63 |
| 1988 |
Send Me A Miracle |
#74 |
| 1990 |
Every Little Tear |
#5 |
| 1990 |
Rocket to My Heart |
#13 |
| 1990 |
Stand |
#13 |
| 1991 |
Hold Me Tender |
#41 |
| 1992 |
This Love Forever |
#44 |
| 1992 |
Wind Me Up |
#30 |
| 1993 |
Amazon Rain |
#28 |
| 1993 |
Calling My Personal Angel |
#65 |
[edit] External links
- ↑ God, the Mind's Desire - Cambridge University Press. Retrieved on November 23, 2005.
