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Pianist, composer, producer, conductor and arranger Stephan Moccio at the keyboard playing "A New Day Has Come" (Stephan Moccio - Aldo Nova). Ontario, Canada native Stephan also found success co-writing "Wrecking Ball" and collaborated with acts that

Successful songwriter, keyboardist and Grammy winner Rod Temperton wrote "Always And Forever", a hit for Britain's Heatwave (lead vocalist Johnnie Wilder Jr., Ernest Berger, Eric Johns, Mario Mantese, Rod Temperton and Keith Wilder) in 1977. The track is

An affair between Christine McVie and Fleetwood Mac's lighting director Curry Grant was the start of "You Make Lovin' Fun". She told husband and fellow group member John McVie that the musical selection was about her dog. The truth came out later. Here is

Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's 1936 Broadway musical "On Your Toes" introduced the ballet section titled "Slaughter On Tenth Avenue". This was translated into the 1939 motion picture "On Your Toes" in which Eddie Albert and Vera Zorina were the

Deserved member of The Songwriters Hall Of Fame, Albert Hammond sings "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (Albert Hammond - Diane Warren) from the LP "The Best Of Me". Albert has written too many hits to list as has Diane Warren. Starship (Grace Slick, Mickey

In 1929 Fats (Thomas) Waller wrote "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Andy Razaf - Thomas Waller - Harry Brooks) for the Harlem musical comedy "Connie's Hot Chocolate". This original 78 r.p.m. recording had the artist listed as Thomas Waller. The Nickname "Fats" came

More than four decades have passed since Rand Bishop began his career in music. He has been nominated for a Grammy, won a BMI Award, worked with the Indigo Girls, Beach Boys, Heart and wrote "My List" (Rand Bishop - Tim James) for Toby Keith. Rand is an

Bobby Braddock produced Blake Shelton's first album and wanted "I Wanna Talk About Me" (Bobby Braddock) as a track. The record executives did not agree. Bobby performed this on April 2, 2010 at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. Through the years Bobby has

Although he was known as an off-beat songwriter, Willard Robison wrote the music for "A Cottage For Sale" (Willard Robison - Larry Conley) in 1929. He sings his hit here. One of his other popular songs was "Don't Smoke In Bed". Jack Teagarden released two

Singer, songwriter and producer Dan Hartman wrote "Free Ride". For a while Dan backed Johnny Winter , then played bass and sang with the Edgar Winter Group before going solo. His version of "Free Ride" was used in the 1995 release "Mighty Morphin Power

Gary U.S. Bonds (Anderson) original "Not Me (Gary Anderson - Frank Guida) didn't make the Top One Hundred and was not successful, even as a follow-up to the top ten "New Orleans". The single may be found on the album "Dance 'Til Quarter To Three".

Hank Williams was driving from Nashville, Tennessee to Shreveport, Louisiana in 1952 with his paramour Billie Jean Jones. While talking about his first wife Audrey, Hank called her "a cheatin' heart". Hank knew he liked the phrase and wrote the song in

Originally titled "Till The Real Thing Comes Along" (Alberta Nichols - Mann Holliner) for the Rhapsody In Black 1936 revue. This was sung on stage by Ethel Waters who never recorded the song. The Kansas City swing band Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds Of

Composer David Pack and his falsetto recorded the LP "The Secret Of Movin' On" in 2005 and included this version of his "Biggest Part Of Me". David is a Grammy winning producer having worked with such varied artists as Chet Atkins, Natalie Cole, Phil

Tanya Tucker's 1972 LP "Delta Dawn" introduced "Soul Song" (George Richey - Norro Wilson - Billy Sherrill). In 1972 this was available on vinyl and eight-track. Co-writer Billy Sherrill produced the entire album. Within months after the initial

This is from the 1976 concept album for "Evita" with Julie Covington singing the original recording of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" (Andrew Lloyd Webber - Tim Rice). The track appeared several times in the musical. The album appeared well before the stage

Curtiss Maldoon (Dave Curtiss - Clive Maldoon) issued "Sepheryn" (Curtiss - Maldoon) on their 1971 self-titled LP. The cd was on Deep Purples label "Purple". This is the radio edit of Madonna's (Ciccone) top five "Ray Of Light" (Madonna - William Orbit

Scotland's late Gerry Rafferty with the 1978 demo for "Baker Street". Gerry was a former member of Stealers Wheel. During the group's breakup Gerry often stayed with a friend on Baker Street in London. The first thing you may notice is the lack of the