Biography

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#1

Billboard Traditional Jazz & AOL Smooth Jazz 
Charts

#2

Billboard Jazz Chart
& most added on Billboard Smooth Jazz Chart

1.2M

Radio Audience

65.5K

Social Media Followers

Jan Daley: A Distinguished Career in Acting, Television, and Music



**FILM**


- *Forrest Gump*, Tom Hanks

- *Riding the Edge*, Peter Fonda

- *The Johns*, Elliot Gould


**ACTING - TELEVISION**


1. **Lifetime Movies**

  - *A Bride’s Revenge* – Co-Star


2. **NBC Movies of the Week (M.O.W.)**

  - *Goodnight, My Love* – Co-Star


3. **Universal M.O.W. on NBC**

  - *Sarge* – Co-Star


4. **CBS**

  - *Moonlighting* – Co-Star


5. **Syndicated**

  - *Monty Nash* – Co-star

  - *Here Come The Stars* – Regular


6. **Variety**

  - *Tonight Show (Johnny Carson)* NBC

  - *David Frost Show* NBC

  - *Bob Hope Christmas Special* NBC

  - *Morcomb & Wise* BBC, London

  - *Roy Castle Show* ATV, London

  - *Easter Special* - Co-starring with Frankie Avalon ABC

  - *Merv Griffin* CBS

  - *Here Come The Stars* (Regular) NBC, Syndicated

  - *Hour Of Power* (World Wide) - Syndicated

  - *To Tell the Truth* CBS

  - *George Pinachnio Interviews* ABC

  - *Woman 2 Women* CBS

  - *Fox News Interview* FOX

  - *Eye on LA* CBS

  - *Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus* NBC


**COMMERCIALS**


- Sanyo (5 Year Contract)

- Muriel (1 Year Contract)

- Dodge Girl (1 Year Contract)

- AT&T, Anheuser Busch, Chrysler, Folgers, Home Depot, Tide, Canada Dry, Raid, Charmin Tissue



**THEATER**


- *Showgirl on 52nd Street* (Lead)

- *The Follies* (Lead)

- *And Then She Wrote* (with Peter Marshall) (Lead)

- *Funny, You Don’t Look Like a Grandmother* (Lead)

- *Taming of the Shrew* (Co-Star)

- *Girl Crazy*

- *Two by Two* (Lead)

- *Oklahoma* (Co-Star)


**RECORDINGS**


- *Academy Award Nominee - Till Love Touches Your Life* - MGM Records

- *Grammy Nominated - Where There Is Hope* - Encore Records

- *Woman’s Songwriter’s Hall of Fame Official 2023 Single - Way of Woman*

- *Billboard #1 Traditional Jazz Album - The Way of a Woman*

- *Billboards #4 Jazz Album - Home for Christmas*

- *AOL #1 Single - When Sunny Get Blue*

- *#1 International Country & Roots Chart - The Girls in Love*

- *#8 Digital Radio Charts - How I Love the Rain*


**CD CATALOGUE**


- Broadway Memories Album

- The Best of Jan Daley

- The Way of a Woman

- Where There’s Hope

- His Light

- Live


MUSIC STORE

Adored for her singular magic of making what’s classic, contemporary again, Jan Daley is the most multi-talented and beautiful Best Kept Secret in entertainment todayThe multi-talented singer-songwriter and actress is well known as one of the music industry's “best kept secrets”. Taking the iconic sound of traditional Jazz and re-inventing it for the modern audience to enjoy, her impact has been global. She hits the sweet spot between authentic, personal presentation with just the right amount of razzle dazzle.



Jan is a highly-prolific artist, often juggling multiple projects at once. She’s currently working on a “Best of” album which pulls a number of smash hits from her top selling CD’s. The versatile singer has already landed a Billboards No.#1 for her album “The Way of a Woman,” (penned by Jan herself, among 5 other songs), including tracks from her acclaimed “Where There’s Hope'' CD which was backed by the Les Brown Jr. Swinging Big Band and the Springfield Symphony. Not to mention featuring songs from her “Broadway Memories” CD that Broadway World Magazine raves.. “Daley is a mastery of dynamic vocal range… she delivers these gems in a whole new & refreshing way…Be prepared to be enthralled!”  Jan has a few surprises for us, similarly from her “Live” CD, with the beautiful “The Prayer” duet and to top it off, a few Christmas Songs from her Billboard’s No#4 Home for Christmas CD, Expect timeless tracks, beautiful duets and an impressive vocal range in this show-stopping CD that shows us why Jan remains center stage in the traditional Jazz world. “The Best of Jan Daley CD, has something for everyone!!

 

Miss Daley made her major breakthrough in the music industry in 2017 and 2018. Working with legendary Motown producer and writer Michael B. Sutton, she put out her first EP “When Sunny Gets Blue.” It was a worldwide hit, landing her a top spot on the AOL Smooth Music Jazz Chart. She followed it up with Billboards No#1, “The Way of a Woman” and months later“Home for Christmas,” which rode No.4# of the Billboards Top 10 Jazz Charts for over two months — receiving rave reviews on radio stations across the world.

 

The multi-talented artist broke into television from an early age and appeared on multiple mainstream shows. These include The Tonight Show, The Dean Martin Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The David Frost Show, Joey Bishop Show, UK’s B.B.C’s Morcumb and Wise Show, and ATV’s Roy Castle Show.  A regular on the CBS show “Here Come the Stars,” she worked with a number of show business icons including Anthony Quinn, Jimmy Stewart, Mickey Rooney, George Burns, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Sid Caesar, Debbie Reynolds, & Glen Campbell, to name a few. She’s even opened for top-tier comedians such as Don Rickles, David Brenner and Rodney Dangerfield. Her career has seen her travel across the globe with one of her most treasured highlights, being the time, she sang to over 100,000 GIs in Vietnam and beyond, as the singing star for “The Bob Hope Christmas Shows”.

 

To date she has recorded six albums, as well as a Tribute to Bob Hope CD “Where There’s Hope” which was featured on over 122 stations across America. Her track “Till Love Touched Your life” was even featured as the title song for the movie Madron and nominated for an Academy Award. Jan has also written and recorded Dance songs for a House music project called “Lady J” with longtime friend and producer/songwriter, Jimmy Webb.

 

When she's not busy making music, she’s working as an actor. Often co-starring alongside top tier talent including Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Cybil Shepherd, Stephanie Zimbalist, Peter Fonda, George Kennedy, Hugh O’Brian, and Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump. Not to mention also acting on over 150 commercials, even shooting a movie called “The Revenge of The Bride'' and appearing on “To Tell The Truth” in 2020. The versatile artist has also worked as a film composer with songs in genres spanning from Country and Pop all the way to R&B. You can hear her song “Eat Your Heart” out in a new movie entitled “THE RIDE,” as well as on numerous Kathy Smith exercise videos.
 
Jan has always preferred performing live and loved starring in new musicals for theater. She has performed at a number of iconic venues including Thousand Oaks Performing Arts Center, The Colony Theater, The Gallo Performing Arts Center, the Santa Monica Playhouse — even appearing with Peter Marshall & Mimi Hines in the musical review And Then She Wrote, a tribute to Woman Songwriters.

 

She has a huge Christian following with two faith-fueled albums including “His Light” and “Live.”  Jan became a popular regular soloist on Dr. Robert Schuller’s internationally known TV program, Hour of Power, shot at the Crystal Cathedral.

 

It only takes a look at her rave reviews to see how this much-loved artist has risen to popularity:

 

“Her voice matches her looks, in every sense a Knock-out!”-Billboard,

 

“Jan Daley is one of the most entertaining, best-balanced talent blends on the boards. The town’s buyers should start biding for her exclusive services… Beauty, sex appeal, and top talent make for powerful impact, a good bet for Top Lining all mediums”-Variety.

 

 “Jan is a truly talented musician, singer and lyricist. Her marvelous voice is selectively controlled, and her intonation is immaculate”- Jack Segal


“A rare combination. She is not a carbon copy of anyone!” -Hollywood Reporter


After having Cancer at 23, when asked what her most important production was, she replies, “My miracle daughter!”

 

 

 

 

 


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