Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.; March 2, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder, occasional rhythm guitarist, and lead singer of Bon Jovi. Throughout his career, he has released two solo albums and eleven studio albums with his band which have sold over 130 million albums worldwide.As a solo artist, Bon Jovi has numerous awards for his work, including a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for his solo hit, "Blaze of Glory". He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Monmouth University in 2001. He campaigned for Al Gore in the 2000 Preside ntial election, John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential election, and Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential election. Jon Bon Jovi recorded a solo album, a soundtrack to the movie Young Guns II (in which he also appeared for less than a second), more commonly known as Blaze of Glory. Released in 1990, the album featured high profile guests such as: Elton John, Aldo Nova, Little Richard, and Jeff Beck, among others. The album fared well commercially and received very positive reviews and quickly achieved double platinum status. The title track, "Blaze of Glory", hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned Jon an Academy Award nomination for Best Song, but he did not win the award. That same year, however, "Blaze of Glory" was awarded a Golden Globe. Jon wrote what would become his second solo album, 1997's Destination Anywhere. The album received very positive reviews and was a success across Europe. It was rumored that the record company was pursuing Jon to name the record "These Days, Part 2", since the album was somewhat of a moody progression from These Days. A short movie of the same name was recorded right around the record's release, based entirely on the songs from the record and starring Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon and Whoopi Goldberg. Dave Stewart of Eurythmics played guitar on the record, as well as producing some of the tracks. That year Jon Bon Jovi earned a BRIT Award for Best International Male and also won a MTV Europe Music Award for Best Male. In 1998, Jon Bon Jovi joined Luciano Pavarotti in his then annual charity concert "Pavarotti and Friends" in Italy.He was ranked 31st in the Hit Parader's top Metal vocalists of All Time.

DESTINATION ANYWHERE (1997)

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Queen of New Orleans
Janie, Don’t  Take Your Love to Town
Midnight in Chelsea
Ugly
Staring at Your Window with a Suitcase in My Hand
Every Words Was a Pieces of My Heart
It’s Just Me
Destination Anywhere
Learning How to Fall
Naked
Little City
August, 7, 4:15
Cold Hard Heart

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BLAZE OF GLORY (1990

Track Listing

Billy Get Your Guns
Miracle
Blaze of Glory
Blood Money
Santa Fe
Justice in the Barrel
Never Say Die
You Really Got Me Now
Bang Drum
Dyin Ain’t Much of a Livin
Guano City

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