Richard Kerr (songwriter)

All you want to know about Richard Kerr (songwriter)

Richard Kerr (born in England) is a prolific and successful composer, and co-wrote "Mandy", "Looks Like We Made It" and "Somewhere in the Night" — all of which became hit singles for Barry Manilow. [1]

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Career

In the UK, he collaborated with such artists in the late 1960s and early 1970s as Peter Green, Don Partridge and Scott English. The latter pairing resulted in the song "Brandy" which English released in 1971. This song would later become a worldwide hit under the title "Mandy" for Barry Manilow in 1974. Although, Don Partridge's "Blue Eyes" was Kerr's first hit as a songwriter.

In November 1978, Kerr's solo album, Welcome to the Club, was released by A&M Records.[1] Produced by Chris Bond (Hall & Oates), it was solid MOR pop with Kerr contributing both acoustic, grand and electric piano and co-writing the album's ten tunes with frequent collaborator Will Jennings, Gary Osborne, and John Bettis.[1] Other albums by Kerr include From Now Until, Somewhere in the Night, and Same.[1]

His most important collaboration has been with the American lyricist, Will Jennings. They have written such popular songs as "Somewhere in the Night", which was a hit for Helen Reddy and later for Barry Manilow (1978); "I'll Never Love This Way Again" for Dionne Warwick and "In the Real World" for Roy Orbison. Indeed, the co-writers won a Grammy Award for "I'll Never Love This Way Again" in 1982.

His co-penned song (with Osborne) "The Last Place God Made", appeared on World Falling Down, a 1992 album from Pete Cetera.

Noteworthy compositions

[2]

Discography

  • 1976 - Richard Kerr
  • 1978 - Welcome to the Club

References

  1. ^ a b c d Allmusic.com biography by Ed Hogan
  2. ^ Allmusic.com - Songs

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kerr_(songwriter)"

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