Sass Jordan, rock singer, dies at 63
Canadian rock singer who won Billboard Female Rock Artist of the Year in 1992 has died peacefully at 63.
Sass Jordan, who rose from Montreal nightclubs at 16 to headline international stages, died peacefully on Sunday surrounded by family. Tell Somebody, her debut album, arrived in 1988 when she was 25.
A year later she won the Juno Award for most promising female vocalist. In 1992, her album Racine and its hit Make You a Believer earned her the Billboard title of Female Rock Artist of the Year, with the album selling around 450,000 copies globally.
She toured alongside the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Aerosmith and Van Halen through the 1990s. Later she spent six seasons as a judge on Canadian Idol.
She is survived by her husband Derek Sharp and daughter Stella.
- From age 16 through the 1990s
- Years performing internationally
- Around 450,000 copies globally
- Racine album sales
- Six seasons, 2003 to 2008
- Canadian Idol seasons
Why it mattersAn influential rock voice of the 1990s whose career shaped the era's female rock scene has left the stage.
AustraliaNo direct Australian connection, but her touring years and mainstream success were part of rock history that reached Australian audiences through radio and international tours.
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