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Grammy and Academy Award-winning songwriter Will Jennings began his Hollywood career with 1976's The Commitment, soon after teaming with composer Richard Kerr to author Barry Manilow's 1977 pop chart-topper &"Looks Like We Made It"; two years later, Manilow returned to the Top Ten with the duo's &"Somewhere in the Night." After earning his first Academy Award nomination for the song &"People Alone" from 1980's The Competetion, Jennings collaborated with Steve Winwood for several songs on the singer's acclaimed 1981 album Arc of a Diver; they reunited the following year for Talking Back to the Night, which generated the hit &"Valerie." In tandem with Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jennings next scored his first Oscar for &"Up Where We Belong," the Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warren blockbuster from the film An Officer and a Gentlemen; after working with Jimmy Buffett on 1984's Riddles in the Sand and its follow-up Last Mango in Paris, he reunited with Winwood for 1986's enormously popular Back in the High Life, earning a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year for the number one smash &"Higher Love." In 1991, Jennings paired with Eric Clapton for the cathartic &"Tears in Heaven," culled from the motion picture Rush. His biggest song, however, remains 1997's Titanic theme &"My Heart Will Go On"; written with composer James Horner and sung by Celine Dion, the song earned a boatload of Oscars, Grammys, and Golden Globes on its way to becoming the most-played radio hit in history. Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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