Dan Hartman
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| - | {{Template}}'''Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman''' ([[December 8]] [[1950]] - [[March 22]] [[1994]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[singer]], [[songwriter]] and [[record producer]] best known for the 1984 song "I Can Dream About You." | + | {{Template}} |
| - | ==Career== | + | '''Daniel Earl Hartman''' (1950 – 1994) was an [[American musician]], [[singing|singer]], [[songwriter]], and [[record producer]]. |
| - | Born in [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], [[Pennsylvania]], Hartman joined his first [[band (music)|band]], The Legends, at the age of thirteen, with his [[sibling|brother]], Dave. Hartman played [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]] and wrote much of the band's [[music]]. The band released several [[gramophone record|records]], but none were [[chart-topper|hits]]. He joined the [[Edgar Winter Group]] and played on three of their [[albums]]; he wrote the band's second biggest pop hit "Free Ride" in 1972. He launched a solo career in 1976. A re-recorded version of "Free Ride" was used in the [[film|movie]], ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie]]'', in 1995. | + | |
| - | In 1978 Hartman reached number-one on the [[Hot Dance Club Play|Dance Charts]] with the [[single (music)|single]], "[[Instant Replay (song)|Instant Replay]]" (#29 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]). [[Musician]]s Hartman worked with on the associated album included [[Vinnie Vincent]] (perhaps most famous for his controversial, short-lived membership - and subsequent sacking - from [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]) and [[G.E. Smith]]. This was followed by his second chart topper "Relight My Fire", which featured his friend [[Loleatta Holloway]], singing as well, in 1979. Another song "Vertigo" later became theme for the [[NBC]] talk show ''Tomorrow''. These tracks are considered by many to be anthems of the [[disco]] era. There was also a [[cover version]] of "Instant Replay", which was a [[one-hit wonder]] for a boy [[duet (music)|duo]] called Yell! (Paul Varney and Daniel James) in January 1990. | + | Among songs he wrote and recorded were "[[Free Ride (song)|Free Ride]]" as a member of the [[Edgar Winter Group]], and the solo hits "[[Relight My Fire]]", "[[Instant Replay (song)|Instant Replay]]", "[[I Can Dream About You]]", "[[We Are the Young]]" and "[[Second Nature (Dan Hartman song)|Second Nature]]". "I Can Dream About You", his most successful song, reached No. 6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in 1984 and No. 12 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1985. The [[James Brown]] song "[[Living in America (James Brown song)|Living in America]]", which Hartman co-wrote and produced, reached No. 4 on March 1, 1986. |
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| - | He was back in the [[record chart|charts]] yet again with the [[Top 10]] single, "I Can Dream About You", from the ''[[Streets of Fire]]'' [[soundtrack]] in 1984. Hartman was featured as a bartender in the video, which received heavy rotation on [[MTV]]; in the [[music video|video]], his [[human voice|vocals]] were convincingly lip-synched by [[Stoney Jackson]], an [[African-American]] [[actor]]. Hartman then scored a third number-one single, "We Are The Young." During the next decade he worked as a songwriter and producer, and collaborated with such artists as [[Tina Turner]], [[Dusty Springfield]], [[Joe Cocker]], [[Bonnie Tyler]], [[Paul Young]], [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]], [[Nona Hendryx]] and [[Steve Winwood]]. | + | |
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| - | Hartman died at the age of 43, in [[Westport, Connecticut|Westport]], [[Connecticut]] from a [[brain tumor]] caused by [[AIDS]]. Only after Hartman's death did his [[homosexuality]] become public knowledge. At the time of his death, his music was enjoying a revival; a [[cover version]] of his song, "Relight My Fire", became a [[United Kingdom|British]] number-one hit for [[Take That]] and [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]]. Sales of Hartman's solo recordings, group efforts, production, songwriting and compilation inclusions, exceed fifty million records worldwide. | + | |
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| - | ==Discography== | + | |
| - | ===Albums=== | + | |
| - | * ''Who Is Dan Hartman'' (1976) | + | |
| - | * ''Images'' (1976) | + | |
| - | * ''Instant Replay'' (1979) #80 [[Billboard 200|U.S.]] | + | |
| - | * ''Relight My Fire'' (1980) #189 U.S. | + | |
| - | * ''April Music Recorded Music Library'' (1981) | + | |
| - | * ''It Hurts To Be In Love'' (1982) | + | |
| - | * ''I Can Dream About You'' (1984) #55 U.S. | + | |
| - | * ''Whiteboy'' (1986) Never Released | + | |
| - | * ''New Green Clear Blue'' (1989) | + | |
| - | * ''Keep The Fire Burnin'' (1994) | + | |
| - | * ''Superhits'' (2004) | + | |
| + | Hartman co-wrote the 1980 disco song "[[Love Sensation]]" recorded by [[Loleatta Holloway]], which has been sampled on numerous records, including the 1989 [[Black Box (band)|Black Box]] track "[[Ride on Time]]". | ||
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Daniel Earl Hartman (1950 – 1994) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Among songs he wrote and recorded were "Free Ride" as a member of the Edgar Winter Group, and the solo hits "Relight My Fire", "Instant Replay", "I Can Dream About You", "We Are the Young" and "Second Nature". "I Can Dream About You", his most successful song, reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984 and No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart in 1985. The James Brown song "Living in America", which Hartman co-wrote and produced, reached No. 4 on March 1, 1986.
Hartman co-wrote the 1980 disco song "Love Sensation" recorded by Loleatta Holloway, which has been sampled on numerous records, including the 1989 Black Box track "Ride on Time".
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