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Month: August 2013

IF NOT FOR LOVE

from ONE GOOD COOP SOUNDTRACK

written by David Foster & Linda Thompson

May 1991 saw the release of the movie “One Good Cop” starring Michael Keaton and Rene Russo. The music for that motion picture was written by David Foster with William Ross. It was one of Foster’s first collaborations with the gifted composer/arranger/orchestrator and Ross immediately became a fixture on several Foster’s productions. Ross could be found on projects for Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Josh Groban and many others.

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SHAKE DOWN

from SHAKE DOWN (promotional single)

written by Billy Squier

Billy Squier is an American rock singer/songwriter who had a great run of success in the first half of the eighties. He created AOR anthems like “The Stroke,” “In The Dark,” “Everybody Wants You” and “Rock Me Tonite.”

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COULD’VE FOOLED ME

from Rachelle Ferrell

written by David Foster & Dennis Lambert

This week, we pay tribute to gifted music-maker George Duke who passed away a few days ago. This jazz/R&B master was an incredible musician, singer, songwriter and producer. He has worked with numerous giants like Frank Zappa and Miles Davis plus produced countless hits for R&B stars including Deniece Williams, Philip Bailey, Jeffrey Osborne, Stephanie Mills and Anita Baker.

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POISON IVY

from ROCKAPELLA

written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

The Nylons are a Canadian vocal quartet who performs most of their material acappella with an accompaniment of minimal percussions. Through some line-up changes, The Nylons have recorded several albums and performed live worldwide from 1978 to this day. The core of the group’s repertoire is interesting covers of pop classics like “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” “Happy Together” and “Kiss Him Goodbye.” These last two titles became good pop/adult contemporary hits in 1987 for the group.

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