Jane French is an American singer/songwriter. French is well known for her song "Breathe", which was the theme song for the

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soap opera ''

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''. As a child, French grew up in

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, a suburb of

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. French learned piano at a young age as well as performed in musicals around Cincinnati, studied dance, and sang in commercials mainly for

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. She was the voice of such products as

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and

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. She attended Sycamore High School and she was the lead singer for two bands, Avatar and Frame of Mind. She went on to study Fashion Design and Communications at the

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati, informally Cincy) is a public university, public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1819 and had an enrollment of over 53,000 students in 2024, making it the ...

. After college, Jane began to pursue singing again and met music producer, John Henry Kreitler, who was appointed composer by

for the new show, ''Passions''. French and Kreitler penned the song "Breathe", which went on to be chosen as the theme song by

. The success of ''Passions'' led to the song being nominated at the

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for Best Original Song. NBC was interested in French following the success of the song. At the time they were forming NBC Records, where French was signed as their first artist. A video was made and the single was released soon after. French also sang "The First Noel" on the NBC Celebrity Christmas CD which benefited the

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. French went on to release a full-length independent album titled ''Euphoria''. Most recently, her success has traveled to feature films. Two of Jane's songs, "Sixth Sense" and "Planet Love" were featured in the 2006 MGM

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movie ''Material Girls''. She released the album ''Heavenly'' 24 April 2008.

References

External links

Official site
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http://www.myspace.com/janefrench
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