Jenny Burton

Jenny Burton has had a long and varied career as a superb vocalist working successfully in Dance Music, R&B, Gospel and Inspirational Music. In the late 80s and early 90s Burton had four national number one R&B/Dance hits — “One More Shot,” rose to Billboard’s number five slot and led to Burton’s first major-label solo deal. Atlantic Records released her first LP, “In Black & White,” which included the hit single, “I Remember What You Like”. “Bad Habits,” off her second album was a #1 dance hit in America and rose to #12 on the R&B charts. She has to her credits two gold records from films — Harry Belafonte’s Beat Street and White Nights starring Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Moving more into an Inspirational direction, she created with producer/composer Peter Link, The Jenny Burton Experience, an award winning Inspirational group ran for seven years to sold out standing room only audiences at New York City’s “Don’t Tell Mama”. The Jenny Burton Experience also for Al Green, performed with The Gap Band and Morris Day and The Times at The Indianapolis Black Expo for 80,000 people, opened for Stevie Wonder at Lincoln Center in NYC, and completed a one month run headlining at Resorts International in Atlantic City, the first Gospel group to ever headline in Atlantic City. Jenny sang at the Gospel Music Awards, The Movie Guide Awards, and played a recurring role on All My Children. Jenny plays Elvira in Rosemary And Thyme, a Podcast Musical by Peter Link.