Marc Jordan - A Hole In The Wall 1983

Marc Jordan

Born in Brooklyn, and raised in Toronto, Marc grew up in a household that abounded with music. Classically-trained Charles Jordan, a singer and radio personality, exposed Marc to everything from Woody Guthrie to Grieg, and to all of the jazz greats.Marc studied filmmaking in university but soon slipped back into music and songwriting. Marc focused mainly on pop throughout his career, writing for a spectrum of artists including Cher, Joe Cocker, Chicago, Kenny Loggins, Natalie Cole, Manhatten Transfer, Holly Cole and Amanda Marshall. In 1992, he gave Rod Stewart a worldwide #1 hit with "Rhythm Of My Heart", as well as "This" which went Top 10. And 1999 has proven to be another stellar year for Marc. Cher recorded a second Marc Jordan composition ("Taxi Taxi") for her blockbuster album Believe, predicted to hit sales of 10 million by Christmas. Back for more, Rod Stewart has once again mined Marc's portfolio, finding two songs for his new CD due out in January 2000. When all is said and done, though, timing is everything.Having recorded eight albums of his own and satisfied with his reputation as a songwriter, Marc confidently ambled up the path that was mapped out in his childhood. Fates colliding, as he himself would say, along came EMI Canada and the legendary jazz label, Blue Note Records. Rigid definitions of what is jazz and what is not jazz are rapidly blurring as we approach the end of the century. Marc is one of the many who simply defy traditional categorization. Coming full circle with the release of This Is How Men Cry, he is finally able to delve into his love of jazz, fusing traditional elements of the genre with his own contemporary musical viewpoint.Listening to This Is How Men Cry, you can hear the sounds of the city. This music, these emotions, hang in the air that we breathe as we trip along the streets at midnight. It's the kind of air that makes you heady, all smoky and close on you. The pores of your skin absorb it; osmosis feeds itstraight to your brain. Listen. Now it's breathing you.

The Tracks are:

Slipping Away,

Margarita,

She Used To Be My World,

A Hole In The Wall,

Where Did We Go Wrong,

It´s Only Love,

Love Like A Wheel,

Thieves,

Dance With Me

Hold On.

Musicians on the A Hole In The Wall album: Marc Jordan, Robben Ford, David Foster, Michael Baird, Michael Boddicker, David Boruff, Robbie Buchanan, Lenny Castro, Brian Eno, Steve George, Jay Graydon, Jerry Hey, Michael Landau, Steve Lukather, Richard Page, Mike Porcaro, Neil Stubenhaus, Ian Underwood & Ernie Watts.

Available from Sound Design/Original release year: 1983

Marc Jordan - Blue Desert 1979

Marc Jordan

Born in Brooklyn, and raised in Toronto, Marc grew up in a household that abounded with music. Classically-trained Charles Jordan, a singer and radio personality, exposed Marc to everything from Woody Guthrie to Grieg, and to all of the jazz greats.Marc studied filmmaking in university but soon slipped back into music and songwriting. Marc focused mainly on pop throughout his career, writing for a spectrum of artists including Cher, Joe Cocker, Chicago, Kenny Loggins, Natalie Cole, Manhatten Transfer, Holly Cole and Amanda Marshall. In 1992, he gave Rod Stewart a worldwide #1 hit with "Rhythm Of My Heart", as well as "This" which went Top 10. And 1999 has proven to be another stellar year for Marc. Cher recorded a second Marc Jordan composition ("Taxi Taxi") for her blockbuster album Believe, predicted to hit sales of 10 million by Christmas. Back for more, Rod Stewart has once again mined Marc's portfolio, finding two songs for his new CD due out in January 2000. When all is said and done, though, timing is everything.Having recorded eight albums of his own and satisfied with his reputation as a songwriter, Marc confidently ambled up the path that was mapped out in his childhood. Fates colliding, as he himself would say, along came EMI Canada and the legendary jazz label, Blue Note Records. Rigid definitions of what is jazz and what is not jazz are rapidly blurring as we approach the end of the century. Marc is one of the many who simply defy traditional categorization. Coming full circle with the release of This Is How Men Cry, he is finally able to delve into his love of jazz, fusing traditional elements of the genre with his own contemporary musical viewpoint.Listening to This Is How Men Cry, you can hear the sounds of the city. This music, these emotions, hang in the air that we breathe as we trip along the streets at midnight. It's the kind of air that makes you heady, all smoky and close on you. The pores of your skin absorb it; osmosis feeds itstraight to your brain. Listen. Now it's breathing you.

The Tracks are:

Generalities,

I'm a Camera,

Twilight,

From Nowhere to This Town,

Beautiful People,

Lost in the Hurah,

Release Yourself,

Tattooed Lady

Exile

Musicians on the Blue Desert album: Marc Jordan, Jay Graydon, Michael Omartian, Ray Parker Jr., Dean Parks, Abraham Laboriel, Ralph Humphreys, Ernie Watts, Greg Mathieson, Jeff Porcaro, Venette Gloud, Jim Keltner, Bill Champlin, Marcy Levy, Steve Lukather, Bobby Kimball, Tom Kelly, Steve Porcaro, Buzz Ramar, Carmen Twillie, Chuck Findley, Pete Christlieb, Dave McMorrow & Ben Benay.

Available from Warner Bros./Original release year: 1979

Robbie Dupree - Street Corner Heroes 1981

Robbie Dupree

was born Robert Dupuis in 1947. The Brooklyn-native has been along way around in his musical career. It began in the street corners of Brooklyn were he was singing in different a cappella groups.
After a stay in New York were Robbie Dupree tried to be settled as a musicians, but it was more the musical writing that became the strong side of his career at that time. After the stay in New York, Robbie moved to Woodstock in 1973. Over a long period Robbie Dupree played in a lot of band, did all the touring, and became an important part of the musical enviroment in that area.
Robbie Dupree were focused on a solo career, and in 1978 this brought him to the city of music Los Angeles. Here he teamed up with his old friends Rick Chudacoff and Peter Bunetta. Robbie Dupree signed with Elektra Records, and with Rick and Peter as producers the first album "Robbie Dupree" in 1980. It was a great debut for Robbie Dupree and the album gave him two Top 10 singles, 'Steal Away' and 'Hot Rod Hearts', a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. One of the highlights from the album, the song "Steal Away" has to date been played on American radio almost three million times, so you can say that is is a true pop classic.The first album was followed up the year after with the release "Street Corner Heroes", a title that reminds of Robbie´s beginning back in Brooklyn, and you can really hear that on the song "All Night Long", another classic from this period. Robbie did establish himself as a big star these years.
Then suddenly a lot of thing changes. Robbie Dupree stopped his contract with Elektra Records, he didn´t like the direction that the record label wanted him to, so he decides to "sit the contract out". After that he took a long break from recording, and first after 8 years he recorded the 3rd album "Carried Away". It was a beatiful comeback, and you could hear that he still is a great songwriter. This album had a lot of highlights and the opening tune "This Is Life" is saying everything.
After "Carried Away" Robbie Dupree has been very active, he has released 4 albums (Walking On Water - 1993, Smoke & Mirrors - 1995, Vintage Vol 1. - 1997, All Night Long Live - 1998), and the next "Vintage Vol. 2" is being released in June 2001.
Beside working with his on own material, he has also produced albums for his longtime friends John Hall and Bill LaBounty, and co-writing materials with others etc.
Robbie Dupree is also still active "live on stage" and if you would like to check that out, you should listen to the livealbum "All Night Long, Live" that he released in 1998.

The Tracks are:

Street Corner Heroes,

Desperation,

Brooklyn Girls,

All Night Long, Free Fallin´,

I´ll Be THe Fool Again,

Are You Ready For Love?,

Saturday Night,

Missin´ You

The Long Goodbye.

Musicians on the Street Corner Heroes album: Robbie Dupree, Dennis Herring, Michael Boddicker, Bill Elliot, Joe Lala, Leslie Smith, Arno Lucas, David Anderson, Bill LaBounty, Matthew Weiner, Joe Turano, Jerry Peterson, Kal David, Brian Ray, Rick Chudacoff, Peter Bunetta, David Woodford, Lee Thornburg, Darrel Leonard, Bill Armstrong & George McWhirter.

Available from Elektra/Original release year: 1981

Bill Champlin - Single 1978

Bill Champlin

Singer / songwriter / keyboard player / guitarist Bill Champlin has been a rock journeyman in a career dating back to the 1960s. Starting in 1966, Champlin was the pivotal figure in a San Francisco - based group called the Sons of Champlin that existed and made records off and on for over a decade without gaining a great deal of notice.
In 1981, Champlin became a member of Chicago, with whom he has recorded and toured ever since, while releasing the occasional solo album, sometimes only in Japan. He scored two singles chart entries in 1982 with "Tonight Tonight" and "Sara," duetted with Patti LaBelle on "The Last Unbroken Heart" from the soundtrack to the TV series Miami Vice in 1987, and sang with Brenda Russell on jazz saxophonist Tom Scott's Keep This Love Alive album in 1991.

The Tracks are:

What Good Is Love,

I Don´t Want You Anymore,

We Both Tried,

Yo´ Mama,

Fly With Me,

Love Is Forever,

Careless, Elayne

Keys To The Kingdom.

Musicians on the Single album: Bill Champlin, David Foster, David Paich, Ray Parker Jr, Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather, David Shields, David Hungate, Larry Tolbert, Jeff Porcaro, Duris Maxwell, Paulinho Da Costa, Carmen Twillie, Venette Gloud, Bobby Kimball, Michael McDonald, Daryl Hall, Steve Porcaro, Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, Oscar Brashear, Larry Williams, Bruce Paulsen, George Bohannon & Marty Paich.

Available from Epic/Sony Records/Original release year: 1978

Eric Tagg - Dreamwalkin 1982

Eric Tagg

The voice from the classic Rit albums ....
He is most knowned as the vocalist on the classic "Rit" albums from Lee Ritenour. But Eric Tagg is more than that. He started his career as a vocalist in Netherland in Europe where he released two albums, before he went back to US. After his 3rd album "Dreamwalkin´", Eric Tagg has been away from the music scene, but in 1997 he got a comeback with the brilliant album "Through My Eyes".

The Tracks are:

No One There,

Marianne (I Was Only Joking),

Promises Promises,

Dreamwalkin´,

In The Way,

A Bigger Love,

Crybaby,

Just Another Dream,

Marzipan

Maos De Afeto.

Musicians on the Dreamwalkin´ album: Eric Tagg, Lee Ritenour, John Robinson, Alex Acuna, Rich Shlosser, David Hungate, Abraham Laboriel, Nathan East, David Foster, Don Grusin, Greg Mathieson, Tom Scott & Jerry Hey.

Available from Agharta Records/Original release year: 1982

Kimoko Kasai -New Pastel 1985

Kimoko Kasai

The Tracks are:

To be updated.

Musicians on the New Pastel album: Kimoko Kasai, Nathan East, Paul Jackson Jr, Ricky Lawson, Eve, Takeshi Itoh and others.

Available from © xxxx Japan/Original release year: 1984

Peter Allen - Bi-Coastal 1980

Peter Allen

In the 1970s, Peter Allen gained recognition both as a composer of romantic ballads such as "I Honestly Love You" and "Don't Cry Out Loud" and, contrastingly, as a flamboyant stage performer. He learned to play the piano and began entertaining people at the pub in his small Australian hometown when he was still a child. By 1959, he was in Sydney, where he became a last-minute replacement in a duo appearing on the television show Australian Bandstand with guitarist and singer Chris Bell. The act was successful and the two became known as the Allen Brothers. In the early 1960s, they had an Australian hit with "My Secret" and toured the Far East. They were appearing at a hotel in Hong Kong in the spring of 1964 when Judy Garland saw them and was impressed. She got them bookings and brought them to London, where they were her opening act. She also introduced Allen to her daughter, Liza Minnelli, and the two became engaged. The Allen Brothers made their American debut at the Diplomat Hotel in Miami in December 1964, then moved to New York. For the rest of the 1960s, they appeared in clubs around the U.S., notably at the various Playboy Clubs. After a lengthy engagement, Allen and Minnelli married on March 3, 1967.
During the late 1960s, Allen became involved in the Greenwich Village music and theater scene, and grew disenchanted with the more conventional show business world represented by his professional partner and his wife. He and Minnelli separated during the holiday season of 1969 (though they were not divorced until July 24, 1974), and the Allen Brothers broke up in the spring of 1970. On June 24, 1970, Allen played his first show as a solo act at the Bitter End nightclub in Greenwich Village. He wrote songs for the Off-Off-Broadway La Mama Theatre Company, and made his Broadway debut on January 12, 1971, in Soon, a rock opera that played only three performances.
Allen became interested in the trend toward introspective singer-songwriters in the early 1970s, and in writing more commercial music. Employed as a staff writer at Metromedia Records, he co-wrote "Jennifer" with Carole Bayer Sager. The song was sung in the TV movie Getting Together by Bobby Sherman, who recorded it for Metromedia, and it became a Top 40 hit in the fall of 1971. Metromedia then commissioned Allen to record his own album, and he released Peter Allen in 1971, followed in 1972 by Tenterfield Saddler. Performers on New York's club circuit began to sing songs from his albums, and he returned to performing himself with an appearance at the popular nightspot Reno Sweeney's in 1973. In 1974, he and Jeff Barry wrote "I Honestly Love You," a sad ballad that was recorded by Olivia Newton-John and became a #1 hit in October. With that, Allen was signed to A&M Records, releasing his third album, Continental American. In 1976 came Taught by Experts, which featured "The More I See You," an easy listening chart entry.

The Tracks are:

One Step over the Borderline,

Fly Away,

Bi-Coastal,

I Don't Go Shopping,

Hit in the Heart,

I Could Really Show You Around,

Somebody's Angel,

Simon,

Pass This Time

When This Love Affair Is Over.

Musicians on the Bi-Coastal album: Peter Allen, David Foster, Paulinho Da Costa, Jeff Porcaro, Gary Grant, Larry Hall, Bill Reichenbach, Lew McCreary & Louis Corteltezzi.

Available from A&M Records/Original release year: 1980