John O’Banion (16 February 1947 – 14 February 2007) was an American vocalist and actor. His song “Love You Like I Never Loved Before” was a hit single in 1981, making it to #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Tracks 1 Love You Like I Never Loved Before (Richie Zito, Joey Carbone, Kathi Pinto) […]
Self Control is the third album by American singer Laura Branigan, released in 1984. Two songs from the album were US Top-20 hits, the title song (#4) and “The Lucky One” (#20). The album became Branigan’s biggest commercial success, earning her a Platinum certification in the United States for over 1 million confirmed sales, and […]
Some People’s Lives is the seventh studio album by American singer Bette Midler, released on the Atlantic Records label in 1990. It contains one of her biggest hits, “From a Distance”, which won the songwriter Julie Gold a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1991. The Some People’s Lives album became one of […]
“From a Distance“ is a song written in 1987 by American singer-songwriter Julie Gold. Gold was working as a secretary at the time for Home Box Office and writing songs in her free time. Gold’s friend, Christine Lavin, introduced the song to Nanci Griffith who first recorded it for her 1987 album, Lone Star State […]
Bundle of Joy is an album recorded in 1977 by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. It was released on the Columbia label and features performances by Hubbard, Dorothy Ashby, Azar Lawrence and Ernie Watts. Tracks 1 Bundle Of Joy (Freddie Hubbard) 5:342 Rainy Day Song (David Garfield) 3:593 Portrait Of Jenny (Gordon Burdge, Joseph Russel Robinson) […]
“Love Power“ is a 1987 hit song written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager and performed by Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne. The single was included on Warwick’s album, Reservations for Two, and was her sixth No. 1 hit on the Adult Contemporary chart. The track reached No. 11 on the Cash Box Top 100 and […]
“Solitaire“ is a song by American singer Laura Branigan. Written by Martine Clémenceau and Diane Warren, produced by Jack White and Robbie Buchanan, it was released in March 1983 as the lead single from Branigan’s second studio album, Branigan 2 (1983). The song originated as a 1981 recording in French by Martine Clémenceau for whom […]
“How Am I Supposed to Live Without You” is a song written in 1983 by Doug James and Michael Bolton. The ballad has been recorded by many artists around the world, in several languages, becoming something of a modern pop standard. Instrumental versions of the song have been recorded featuring variously the piano, guitar, saxophone, […]
Branigan 2 is the second album by singer Laura Branigan, released in March 1983. Two hit singles emerged from the album, the dramatic Martine Clémenceau “Solitaire” and her introduction of the ballad “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You”. The album improved performed better in the charts than her first album in the U.S., […]
Without Walls is the second solo album by Michael Sembello, released in 1986 Michael Andrew Sembello (born April 17, 1954) is an American musician and songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The list of pop music personalities he worked with, or wrote for, includes Wonder (from 1974 to 1979), The Temptations, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, […]