From THE ULTIMATE HALL + OATES
Written by Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall & John Oates are among the most successful duos in the history of popular music. Their sophisticated mix of pop/rock and soul dominated the charts in the eighties. During their chart-topping years, Hall & Oates scored 28 Top 40 hits including six number ones. Their songbook includes gems like “Kiss On My List,” “Private Eyes,” “Sara Smile” and “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do).”
From BIANCA RYAN
Written by David Foster & Kara DioGuardi
Bianca Ryan is the teen vocal phenomenon who, in 1995 when she was just 11 years old, won the first season of Simon Cowell’s produced show, “America’s Got Talent.”
During the show, Ryan performed outstanding renditions of classics like “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from Dreamgirls and R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly” gaining immediate attention from the media and audiences alike.
From THE MIRACLES
Written by Griffin, Moore, Griffin
The Miracles is one of the most successful vocal groups in the history of soul music. In the early seventies the group suffered the departure of the legendary Smokey Robinson who went solo. A new lead singer, Billy Griffin, was added to the line-up as The Miracles kept touring and releasing new albums that spawned more hits like their 1976 # 1 “Love Machine (Part 1).” In 1977 the group left Motown and signed a new deal with Columbia Records.
From THE BEST OF THE TUBES
Written by The Tubes, Michael Snyder, Maurice White
In 1983, after the huge success of their previous album, “The Completion Backward Principle,” The Tubes released “Outside Inside,” another catchy offering again with David Foster at the helm. Foster, who was responsible for making the band’s sound more suitable for rock and pop radios, brought in many of his friends from Toto plus other session greats like Nathan East and, Freddy Washington to help raise the level of musical sophistication in the Tubes sound.
From THICKE OF THE NIGHT/GRANDMA (single)
Written by David Foster, Jay Graydon & Alan Thicke
TV actor Alan Thicke became famous in the late seventies starring in the popular sit-com “Growing Pains.” In the early eighties, Thicke had his own successful Canadian TV show aptly titled “The Alan Thicke Show” followed in 1983 by “Thicke Of The Night” on American late night television. David Foster and Jay Graydon, both old friends of Thicke’s, co-wrote the theme song for “Thicke Of The Night.”
