Jason Greeley (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Jason Greeley (March 11, 1977) is a singer/songwriter from Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador(originally Carbonear) best known as a contestant on the 2nd season of Canadian Idol. He has released one solo album, Live...Love...Sing... for which he's won multiple awards and is currently working on a second.

Career

On June 14, 2005, Greeley released his debut CD Live...Love...Sing.... The album's first single released was Slammin' Doors. He received 4 Music Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (MIANL, now MusicNL) award nominations, winning the Entertainer of the Year award. In 2006 Greeley received an East Coast Music Award nomination for Country Album of the Year.

Canadian Idol

Greeley reached the top 4 round of Canadian Idol before being eliminated. At 27 he was the oldest of the top 10. Jason placed 3rd in his top 32 group behind Shane Wiebe and Manoah Hartmann but he qualified, along with Elena Juatco, for the top 10 through the wildcard round where he was the top vote getter. Below is his list of performances with the theme in brackets:

First audition: "Sad Songs Say So Much" by Elton John
Toronto auditions: "Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton (duet with Danielle Falco)
Top 32: "Heaven" by Bryan Adams
Wildcard: "Sad Songs Say So Much" by Elton John
Top 10: "Cuts Like a Knife" by Bryan Adams (Canadian Hits)
Top 9: "Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting" by Elton John (British Invasion)
Top 8: "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival (Rock 'n' Roll)
Top 7: "Easy" by The Commodores
Top 6: "Rainy Day People" by Gordon Lightfoot
Top 5: "Bad Case of Loving You" by Robert Palmer (Summertime Hits)
Top 4: "I Won't Dance" by Frank Sinatra, "It Had To Be You" by Harry Connick, Jr. (Big Band)

Discography

Live...Love...Sing... (2005)

1. Live...Love...Sing
2. Another Day
3. Slammin' Doors
4. Sad Songs
5. Get Over You
6. Shady Ole Town
7. Tonight (co-written with Sass Jordan)
8. Living For Nothing
9. Dreams
10. Tear Me Away

Second album

Jason is currently living in Edmonton working on his second CD.

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