Editing New Jersey (section)

===Music===
{{Main|Music of New Jersey}}

New Jersey has long been an important origin for both [[rock and roll|rock]] and [[hip hop music|rap]] music. Prominent musicians from or with significant connections to New Jersey include:
* Singer [[Frank Sinatra]] was born in [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]]. He sang with a neighborhood vocal group, the Hoboken Four, and appeared in neighborhood theater amateur shows before he became an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning actor.
* Singer [[Whitney Houston]] was born in [[Newark, New Jersey]]. Houston began singing at [[New Hope Baptist Church (Newark)|New Hope Baptist Church]] in Newark as a child and became a background vocalist while in high school. She then became the [[List of best-selling music artists|best-selling New Jersey musician ever]], having sold over 220 million records worldwide.
* [[Bruce Springsteen]], who has sung of New Jersey life on most of his albums, is from [[Freehold Borough, New Jersey|Freehold]]. Some of his songs that represent New Jersey life are "[[Born to Run (song)|Born to Run]]", "Spirit in the Night", "[[Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)]]", "[[Thunder Road (song)|Thunder Road]]", "[[Atlantic City (song)|Atlantic City]]", and "[[Jungleland]]".
* [[Irvington, New Jersey|Irvington]]'s [[Queen Latifah]] was one of the first female rappers to succeed in music, film, and television.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tAM5n9JVhYwC&q=queen+latifah+irvington&pg=PA34|title=Queen Latifah|last=Ruth|first=Amy|date=2001|publisher=Twenty-First Century Books|isbn=9780822549888|access-date=November 18, 2020|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220154024/https://books.google.com/books?id=tAM5n9JVhYwC&q=queen+latifah+irvington&pg=PA34|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Southside Johnny]], eponymous leader of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes was raised in [[Ocean Grove, NJ|Ocean Grove]]. He is considered the "Grandfather of the New Jersey Sound"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.whatsupmag.com/2018/12/03/184732/southside-johnny|title=Southside Johnny {{!}} What's Up Magazine|website=www.whatsupmag.com|date=December 2, 2018|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215225051/http://www.whatsupmag.com/2018/12/03/184732/southside-johnny|archive-date=December 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and is cited by Jersey-born [[Jon Bon Jovi]] as his reason for singing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602128269/jon-bon-jovi-reflects-on-a-music-career-that-surpassed-his-wildest-dreams|title=Jon Bon Jovi Reflects On A Music Career That Surpassed His 'Wildest Dreams'|website=NPR.org|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917183223/https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602128269/jon-bon-jovi-reflects-on-a-music-career-that-surpassed-his-wildest-dreams|archive-date=September 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Jon Bon Jovi]], from [[Sayreville, New Jersey|Sayreville]], reached fame in the 1980s with hard rock outfit [[Bon Jovi]]. The band has also written many songs about life in New Jersey, including "Livin' On A Prayer",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/06/20/story-behind-song-livin-prayer/11103409/|title=Story Behind the Song: 'Livin on a Prayer'|website=The Tennessean|access-date=January 11, 2019|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220153322/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/06/20/story-behind-song-livin-prayer/11103409/|url-status=live}}</ref> and named [[New Jersey (album)|one of their albums]] after the state.
* Grammy-winning jazz vocalist [[Sarah Vaughan]] was born and raised in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]. After singing in her church's choir as a child, she was sneaking into Newark nightclubs to sing and play piano by the time she was a teenager.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gourse|first=Leslie |title=Sassy: The Life Of Sarah Vaughan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvImwPArpeYC|date=August 5, 2009|publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn=978-0-7867-5114-3}}</ref>
* In 1964, [[the Isley Brothers]] founded the record label [[T-Neck Records]], named after [[Teaneck, New Jersey|Teaneck]], their home at the time.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FOSAgAAQBAJ&q=T-Neck&pg=PA1053|title=Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound|last=Hoffmann|first=Frank|date=November 12, 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135949501|access-date=November 18, 2020|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220154023/https://books.google.com/books?id=-FOSAgAAQBAJ&q=T-Neck&pg=PA1053|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The Broadway musical ''[[Jersey Boys]]'' is based on the lives of the members of the [[The Four Seasons (group)|Four Seasons]], three of whose members were born in New Jersey ([[Tommy DeVito (musician)|Tommy DeVito]], [[Frankie Valli]], and [[Nick Massi]]) while a fourth, [[Bob Gaudio]], was born in [[the Bronx]] but raised in [[Bergenfield, New Jersey|Bergenfield]].<ref>{{cite web |title=An original 'Jersey Boy' returns to Bergenfield |url=http://bergenfieldalumni.com/news-archive/Gaudio.shtml |first1=Eunnie |last1=Park |date=March 31, 2007 |website=Bergenfield HS Alumni |access-date=January 26, 2022 |archive-date=January 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126145033/http://bergenfieldalumni.com/news-archive/Gaudio.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>