Born in
Brooklyn, New York, the son of
Canadian singer
Charles Jordan, Marc Jordan grew up in a musical household in Toronto after his father returned to Canada. He studied film at
Brock University but soon turned to music, coming to public attention as a guitarist for
Bobby Vee. With the Canadian division of
CBS Records, Jordan released some
singles in 1974, which included "It's a Fine Line", "New York Kids", "Original Sin". They were not very successful themselves, but they impressed American music producer
Gary Katz, and in 1977 Jordan reached a U.S. deal with
Warner Bros. Records. This period with Warner spawned the Canadian hit songs "Marina del Rey" and "Survival" from the record
Mannequin; a second record produced by
Jay Graydon called
Blue Desert was released in 1979, and is regarded as a classic of the West Coast Sound of the period. In the 1980s, Jordan was signed to
RCA for two records.
Paul De Villiers produced the first,
Talking Through Pictures, and Kim Bullard the second, called
C.O.W.. In 1988, Jordan sang and co-wrote the theme song to the hit Australian movie
Boulevard of Broken Dreams which was nominated for an
AFI Award for Best Film. In 1989, he and
Jay Gruska received a
Genie Award nomination for
Best Original Song for "Shadow Dance", a song they wrote for the film
Shadow Dancing. In 1994, Jordan won a
Juno Award for "
Producer of the Year" (along with co-producer Steven MacKinnon) for "Waiting for a Miracle" from his
Reckless Valentine album. After independently releasing the critically acclaimed recordings
Reckless Valentine and
Cool Jam Black Earth, he was signed to Blue Note/EMI Canada in 1999, and followed up with two more
jazz-oriented
CDs,
This Is How Men Cry and
Make Believe Ballroom. In 2014 the
Canadian Film Centre appointed Jordan as the musical director of its
Slaight Family Music Lab. He is married to fellow singer-songwriter
Amy Sky. They live in Toronto and have a cottage in Muskoka with their two children, Ezra and Zoe. Jordan and Sky are both national
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors for Canada. Jordan made his acting debut in
Michael McGowan's 2010 sports musical
Score: A Hockey Musical, where he plays Edgar Gordon, a pacifist father who along with his wife (
Olivia Newton-John) have a 17-year-old son who has a talent for hockey. Jordan's fifteenth and latest studio album,
Waiting for the Sun to Rise, was released on April 21, 2023, through
Linus Entertainment. It is Jordan's first album of original material since
On a Perfect Day (2013). In October 2023, Jordan and his long-time collaborator
John Capek were announced as new inductees into the
Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. ==
This is How Men Cry==