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Red Simpson	He returned to performing in 1971 with his Top Five hit'' I'm a Truck,'' which had been written by postman Bob Staunton.
Brian Wilson	When the album itself was rejected by Reprise, the song'' Sail On, Sailor'' -- a collaboration with Van Dyke Parks dating from 1971 that had grown to encompass additional lyrical contributions solicited by Wilson at parties hosted by Hutton -- was inserted at the instigation of Parks and released as the lead single.
Phil Lynott	It was not until the recruitment of guitarists Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson, and the release of Jailbreak in 1976, that made Lynott and Thin Lizzy international superstars on the strength of the album's biggest hit,'' The Boys Are Back in Town''.
Gary Barnacle	1987 was another prolific year for Barnacle, who was featured on the hit singles'' China in Your Hand'' by T'Pau,'' Roadblock'' by Stock, Aitken and Waterman and'' Breakout'' by Swing Out Sister.
Cass Elliot	She is best remembered for her vocals on the group's hits'' California Dreamin','''' Monday Monday,'' and'' Words of Love,'' and particularly for the solo'' Dream a Little Dream of Me,'' which the group recorded in 1968 after learning about the death of Fabian Andre, one of the men who co-wrote it, whom Michelle Phillips had met years earlier.
Donell Jones	It was n't until 1999, however, that Jones began to establish himself as a true R&B hit maker with his second album, Where I Wan na Be.
Don Gibson	His song'' I Ca n't Stop Loving You'', has been recorded by over 700 artists, most notably by Ray Charles in 1962.
Jeanette McGruder	Jeanette flew back to Detroit and got a job singing backup for Parliament and Funkadelic and the original Brides of Funkenstein, Dawn Silva and Lynn Mabry who had an album that was rising on the charts called, Funk or Walk 1978.
Rick Moses	Moses had a hit in Germany in 1985 with the song'' If I Could Just Fall in Love'' released by Teldec Records of Hamburg, Germany as a 12'' vinyl record.
James Brown	In 1969, Brown recorded two more songs of social commentary including'' World'' and'' I Do n't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing'', the latter song pleading for equal opportunity and self-reliance rather than entitlement.
Tony Bennett	Over the next couple of years, Bennett had minor hits with several albums and singles based on show tunes ; his last top-40 single was the number 34'' If I Ruled the World'' from Pickwick in 1965, A firm believer in the American Civil Rights movement, Years later he would continue this commitment by refusing to perform in apartheid South Africa.
Kashif (musician)	In 1980, Kashif signed with Arista Records as a solo artist and continued his unrelenting assault on the R&B music charts with hits like'' I Just Got To Have You, Lover Turn Me On'''' Stone Love'','' Help Yourself To My Love'' and the Grammy-nominated instrumental'' The Mood''.
James Last	(His only other U. S. chart single was a double-sided entry featuring remakes of The Village Stompers''' Washington Square'' and Creedence Clearwater Revival's'' Proud Mary'', which reached No. 22 on the Adult Contemporary chart in early 1971.)
Diana Ross	Her 1985 album, Eaten Alive, found major success overseas with the title track and'' Chain Reaction,'' although neither of the songs became the best-sellers she was once accustomed to in America.
Crystal Gayle	Records in 1983, Gayle released her next album, Cage the Songbird, which spawned two more No. 1 Country hits --'' The Sound of Goodbye'' and'' Turning Away'' -- and two other Top 5 Country hits --'' I Do n't Wan na Lose Your Love'' (No. 2) and'' Me Against The Night'' (No. 4).''
Robert Ellis Orrall	By 1990, Orrall had found success as a songwriter, having penned Number One singles for Shenandoah and Clay Walker.
James Brown	Among his top ten R&B hits during this latter period included'' Funky President'' and'' Get Up Offa That Thing'', the latter song released in 1976 and aimed at musical rivals such as Barry White, The Ohio Players and K. C. and the Sunshine Band.
Fred Astaire	Jerome Kern considered him the supreme male interpreter of his songs Astaire was a songwriter of note himself, with'' I'm Building Up to an Awful Letdown'' (written with lyricist Johnny Mercer) reaching number four in the Hit Parade of 1936.
Mac Davis	He achieved other successful songs, such as'' Texas In My Rear View Mirror'' and'' Hooked on Music'', which became his biggest country music success in 1981, going to No. 2.
Ross D. Wyllie	Wyllie had a Top 20 hit with his cover of Ray Stevens' song'' Funny Man'' and an Australian No. 1 with'' The Star'', both in 1969.
Jackie Wilson	Gaining fame in his early years as a member of the R&B vocal group Billy Ward and His Dominoes, he went solo in 1957 and recorded over 50 hit singles that spanned R&B, pop, soul, doo-wop and easy listening.
Eddie Noack	When Pappy Daily founded D Records in 1958, he signed Noack, and his recording of his own composition Have Blues Will Travel reached No. 14 on the country charts.
Rick Derringer	Free Ride Smooth Jazz (2002) with Jenda Derringer Hall, Rick's wife, singing the title song'' Free Ride'' and writing the Top Twenty Hit'' Hot & Cool'', which charted at # 16.''
Tammy Wynette	The Johnny Cash Show (TV series) | The Johnny Cash show in 1977 During the early 1970s, Wynette, along with singer Loretta Lynn, ruled the country charts and was one of the most successful female vocalists of the genre.
Carlos Santana	Most notable of the band's commercial efforts of this era was a version of the 1960s Zombies hit,'' She's Not There'', on the 1977 album Moonflower.
Timothy B. Schmit	Along with Brock Walsh, JD Souther and an uncredited Freddie Mercury, Schmit also sang backing vocals on'' Never Let Her Slip Away'', a top 5 UK hit for Andrew Gold in 1978.
Snuff Garrett	In 1966 Garrett produced an album by singer/songwriter Sonny Curtis on the Viva label, The 1st Of Sonny Curtis, which contains some of Curtis' most popular tunes including'' Walk Right Back'' (an Everly Brothers hit).
Gwen Guthrie	Guthrie is probably best known for her 1986 dance anthem'' Ai n't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent'', a self-written and produced track which garnered some controversy for its misandric and materialistic lyrics such as,'' You've got to have a j-o-b if you want to be with me/No romance without finance''.
Andy Hill (composer)	The following is a selected list of his most popular songs (with the artist who most notably recorded it) He has also provided songs for albums by the following musicians : As a producer, Hill produced many of Bucks Fizz's biggest hits, as well as UK top ten hits'' One Step Further'' by Bardo ;'' Real World'' by D-Side The group originally took part in the 1981 Song for Europe under the name Gem, with'' Have You Ever Been in Love''.
Bonnie Pointer	In 1978, Bonnie married Motown Records Producer Jeffrey Bowen and signed with Motown in the same year, Bonnie released'' Heaven Must Have Sent You,'' which reached No. 11 on Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Dinah Shore	Blue Canary'' was a 1953 hit and her covers of'' Changing Partners'' and'' If I Give My Heart To You'' were popular top twenty hits.''
Marc Cohn	Working initially with Chapman's producer, David Kershenbaum and collaborating later with engineer Ben Wisch and producer John Leventhal, Cohn released a self-titled solo album'' Marc Cohn'' in 1991, which was a huge hit, thanks to the massive success of'' Walking In Memphis'', that reached number 13 on the pop chart and was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Vocal.
Jackie DeShannon	DeShannon continued writing and recording, but it was not until 1969 that she scored her next smash single and album, both entitled'' Put a Little Love in Your Heart''.
Bushwick Bill	A photo of Bill, his eye clearly and significantly bloodied from a shooting and being wheeled down a hospital corridor on a gurney with the other two Geto Boys flanking him became the front cover of the group's most successful album, both creatively and in sales, 1991's We Ca n't Be Stopped.
Susan Maughan	In early 1963, Maughan had further minor UK hits entitled'' Hand A Handkerchief To Helen'' and'' She's New To You''.
Jackie DeShannon	In March 1965, DeShannon recorded Burt Bacharach and Hal David's'' What the World Needs Now Is Love'', which led to club tours and regular appearances on television and went to No. 7 on the US charts and No. 1 in Canada.
Gary Morris	Written by Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar, the song about heroes -- which Morris recorded as a ballad -- became one of the earliest hit versions of the song ; a better-known version by Bette Midler would top the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989.
Don McLean	In 1980, McLean had an international number one hit with a cover of the Roy Orbison classic,'' Crying''.
Bobby Darin	In 1962, Darin began to write and sing country music, with hit songs including'' Things'' (US # 3/UK # 2) (1962),'' You're the Reason I'm Living'' (US # 3), and'' 18 Yellow Roses'' (US # 10).
Allan Sherman	Sherman had one other Top 40 hit, a 1965 take-off on the Petula Clark hit'' Downtown'' called'' Crazy Downtown,'' which spent one week at # 40.
Phil Collins	While being a guest on major artists' hit recordings, Collins continued to enjoy solo success even while on tour with Genesis (supporting their successful album Invisible Touch) besides from his number-one duet with Marilyn Martin in 1985, Collins would score two more hits from movies with the singles,'' Two Hearts'' (No. 1 US, No. 6 UK), and'' Groovy Kind of Love'' (No. 1 UK, No. 1 US), the latter two from the soundtrack of his feature film, Buster.
Desmond Dekker	In 1970 Dekker released'' You Can Get It If You Really Want'', written by Jimmy Cliff, which reached No. 2 in the UK charts.
Dr. John	Rebennack has recorded over 20 albums and in 1973 scored a top-20 hit with the jaunty funk - flavored'' Right Place Wrong Time'', still perhaps his best-known song.
Graham Gouldman	In 1979 Gouldman scored a minor hit with his single'' Sunburn'', written for the Farrah Fawcett / Charles Grodin film of the same name.
Edna McGriff	Bell Records took up her contract, and issued'' The Fool'' /'' Born to Be with You'' (1956), and these were followed by many other cover versions, including Laurie London's'' He's Got the Whole World in His Hands'' and Huey'' Piano'' Smith's'' Do n't You Just Know It'', however she had stopped recording with Bell by the time she was 22 years old.
Tommy Steele	Steele co-wrote many of his early songs with Lionel Bart and Mike Pratt, but he used the pseudonym of Jimmy Bennett from 1958 onwards.
Michael Kunze	He has also written the lyrics for a number of hit songs, including the number one Billboard hit Fly, Robin, Fly (1976) and was one of the top 1970s record producers, including songs for musical acts Silver Convention, Penny McLean, and Sister Sledge.
Bruce Johnston	Johnston left the Beach Boys, in 1972 to embark on a solo career, and wrote the Billboard number one, Barry Manilow hit'' I Write the Songs'', for which he won a Song of the Year Grammy.''
Susan Raye	Raye had an additional two Top 20 Country hits in 1972 from separate albums,'' Wheel of Fortune'' and'' Love Sure Feels Good in My Heart''.
Margie Alexander	After Clarence Carter founded his own label, Future Stars, Alexander continued to record with him, her biggest success coming with'' Keep On Searching'', which Carter wrote and produced, and which reached # 50 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1974.
Adam Hills	In 2002, he scored a minor hit in Australia with his single'' Working Class Anthem'', in which he sang the lyrics of the Australian National Anthem to the tune of'' Working Class Man'', a famous song by Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes.
Peter Green (musician)	In the same year they scored a hit with Green's'' Black Magic Woman'' (later covered more successfully by Santana), followed by the guitar instrumental'' Albatross'' (1969), which reached number one in the British singles charts.
Kim Weston	Her biggest claim to fame was singing the classic hit'' It Takes Two'' with Marvin Gaye in 1966 and her later recording of the Black National Anthem,'' Lift Every Voice and Sing''.
Miriam Stockley	At the age of eleven, Stockley and her older sister Avril formed the group, the Stockley Sisters, and had a hit with a cover of Shocking Blue's'' Venus'' in 1976 on the South African Top 30, ten years before Bananarama's version.
Beck	After returning to his hometown in the early 1990s, he cut his breakthrough single'' Loser'', which became a worldwide hit in 1994.
Marianne Rosenberg	Her career underwent another revival in 1989 with the hit song'' I need your love tonight'' from the soundtrack Rivalen der Rennbahn (Racetrack Rivals), written by Dieter Bohlen.
Nacho Cano	In April 2005, he debuted his first musical `` Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar'' (`` I Ca n't Get up Today''), again recalling the success of the earlier written song of the same name.
Danielle Brisebois	In 1998, Brisebois became a member of Alexander's New Radicals group, who scored their greatest successes with the hit single'' You Get What You Give'' and the million-selling album Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too.
Michael Thompson (guitarist)	The eponymous Michael Thompson Band (also known by its initial logo, MTB), featuring lead vocals by Moon Calhoun, released the album How Long in 1989 and had a Billboard chart hit that year with the single'' Ca n't Miss''.
David Lee Murphy	Following the closure of Koch Nashville, Murphy continued working as a songwriter, scoring his first outside Number One with Kenny Chesney's 2006 single'' Living in Fast Forward''.
Gary S. Paxton	As Paxton moved toward the Bakersfield sound in the late'60s, he scored his first country hit in 1967 with'' Hangin' On'' by The Gosdin Brothers.
ATB	and'' Killer'', he still regularly releases music in his native Germany and in other parts of Europe, where he has scored big hits such as'' I Do n't Wan na Stop'' and his cover of Olive's 1996 hit'' You're Not Alone''.
Billy Thorpe	Thorpe undertook a brief solo career, he released'' Dream Baby'' (Roy Orbison cover), in October 1967 but it had no chart success.
Martika	Further releases from the debut album were'' Water'', a modest hit in the UK Martika was encouraged by her agent to combine her love of film and music by scoring soundtracks and, in 1990, she wrote and recorded the song'' Blue Eyes Are Sensitive to the Light'' for the soundtrack to the film Arachnophobia.
Louise Redknapp	In 2001, the label decided to release a greatest hits compilation, incorporating all of her top ten hit singles (including those she had performed with Eternal), called Changing Faces -- The Best Of Louise.
Dennis Wilson	Although he had helped Brian write a few other songs dating back to 1963 at the age of 18, Dennis Wilson's first major released composition was'' Little Bird,'' the B-side of the'' Friends'' single, coupled with'' Be Still'', also a paean to nature and reflecting on his place in the natural world of which his surfing hobby was only a minuscule part.
Florence Ballard	Signing with ABC Records in March 1968 and with Chapman as her manager, Ballard recorded and released two solo singles with the label,'' It Does n't Matter How I Say It (It's What I Say That Matters)'' and'' Love Ai n't Love''.
Robert John	John, then known as Bobby Pedrick, first hit the pop chart in 1958 when he was only 12 years old with'' White Bucks and Saddle Shoes'', written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman.
Carson Parks	The group had two minor hits,'' Please Do n't Sell My Daddy No More Wine'' reaching # 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966, and included singer Gaile Foote, whom Carson Parks married.
Curtis Wright	In December 1989, he quit Gosdin's band and wrote Ronnie Milsap's number one single'' A Woman in Love''.
David Lee Murphy	Although he has not recorded since 2004, Murphy has co-written several singles for other artists, including the Number One hits'' Living in Fast Forward'' for Kenny Chesney,'' Big Green Tractor'' for Jason Aldean and'' Are You Gon na Kiss Me or Not'' for Thompson Square.
Johnny Rivers	His last Top 10 entry was'' Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancing)'' (originally recorded by Funky Kings and written by Jack Tempchin who penned'' Peaceful Easy Feeling'' and Already Gone'' for the Eagles), which reached # 10, followed by his last Hot 100 entry,'' Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)'' (cover of Major Lance), both from 1977.
Tommy Hunt	The track aired was'' Human'', Hunt's biggest hit in the U. S. His 1962 B-side,'' I Just Do n't Know What to Do with Myself'', written by Bacharach and David and produced by Leiber and Stoller, was the first recording of the song which later became a major hit for Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick and others.
June Carter Cash	Carter and her future husband, Johnny Cash, reached No. 2 on the US Country charts with their 1967 duet of'' Jackson''.
Julian Lennon	He recorded the song'' Because'', which was made famous by The Dave Clark Five, in the UK for Clark's 1986 musical, Time (the single is out of print).
Will Birch	Their biggest commercial success came with the uncharacteristic Mike Batt produced hit single,'' Little Does She Know'', in 1976, which Birch co-wrote.
Deric Ruttan	Capitol Nashville's Eric Church had an American Billboard hit with his and Ruttan's'' Guys Like Me'' in 2007, and cuts on other acts followed (over two dozen to-date), on artists like Gary Allan, Paul Brandt, Doc Walker, Jason Blaine, and The Higgins.
Connie Francis	Even at the height of the Cold War, Francis' music was well received in Iron Curtain countries, and some of her recordings were made available on state-owned record labels such as Melodiya in the former Soviet Union and on Jugoton in former Yugoslavia, In the US, however,'' Time Alone Will Tell'', Francis' cover version of San Remo's 1967 winning entry'' Non pensare a me'' which had been presented by Iva Zanicchi and Gino Paoli, peaked at # 94 on Billboard's Hot 100 and at # 14 on Billboard's AC charts.
Fred Godfrey	His song'' Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty'' was recorded by Dorothy Ward in 1916 and quickly became a hit.
Eddie Rabbitt	While eating Cap'n Crunch, he penned'' Pure Love'', which Ronnie Milsap rode to No. 1 in 1974.
Floyd Tillman	His 1949'' Slippin' Around'', one of the first country western'' cheating'' songs, was a hit for Tillman as well as Ernest Tubb, Texas Jim Robertson and the duo of Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely.
Boy George	In 1993, George was featured on the P. M. Dawn single'' More Than Likely'' which became a moderate US and UK hit.
Gene Pitney	Pitney is also remembered for Burt Bacharach - Hal David song'' The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'', which peaked at No. 4 in 1962.
Jimmy Reed	(However, Presley's 1964 hit,'' Ai n't That Lovin' You Baby'' is a different song than that recorded by Reed.)
Louis Jordan	However Roy Eldridge subsequently recorded a version, backed by the Gene Krupa band, which became a hit in June 1942, almost a year after the Jordan recording came out ; it was also covered by Jimmie Lunceford.
Johnny Kemp	His self-titled debut album came out in 1986 and he scored a minor hit with'' Just Another Lover.''
Marvin Gaye	In 1964, Gaye recorded a successful duet album with singer Mary Wells titled Together, which reached 42 on the pop album chart.
Andy McCluskey	In 1997, McCluskey founded the UK pop group Atomic Kitten and co-wrote several of their hit singles.
Barbara Dickson	The show's co-producer, Robert Stigwood, signed Dickson to his record label, RSO Records, where she recorded the album Answer Me, arranged and produced by Junior Campbell, the title track becoming a Top 10 hit in 1976.
Gery Scott	In 1962, Beatles manager George Martin signed her to Parlophone, with hits including'' This is Life'','' The Dum de de Dum Song'','' Summer Love'' and'' Stay With Me''.
Tammi Terrell	In July 1970, four months after Terrell's untimely passing, a dramatic rearrangement of'' Ai n't No Mountain High Enough'', was released by Diana Ross, becoming a number-one hit and one of Ross' signature songs.
Brian Holland	He partnered with Lamont Dozier under the name'' Holland-Dozier'', releasing a lone single for Motown in 1963, then was inactive for a number of years, and was then revived in the early and mid-1970s, scoring a number of medium-sized R & B hits.
Billy Corgan	He shared songwriting credit on several songs on Hole's 1998 album Celebrity Skin ; the title track became Corgan's second No. 1 modern rock hit.
Jeff Barry	Needing a B side in a hurry, Barry and Greenwich dashed off'' Hanky Panky'', which would resurface in 1966 as a No. 1 cover version for Tommy James & The Shondells, giving the group its first hit.
Billie Davis	However, her first commercial success, under Stigwood's guidance, was'' Will I What'', released in August 1962, on which she performed as a foil to Mike Sarne, rather as Wendy Richard had done on Sarne's chart-topping disc,'' Come Outside''.
James Brown	Brown also became notable for songs of social commentary including the 1968 hit,'' Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud''.
Ernest Tubb	In 1949, Tubb helped the famed boogie-woogie Andrews Sisters crossover to the country charts when they teamed on Decca Records to record a cover of Eddy Arnold's'' Do n't Rob Another Man's Castle'' and the western-swing flavored'' I'm Bitin' My Fingernails and Thinking of You.''
Spike Jones	Jones' recording,'' All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth'', with a piping vocal by George Rock, was a number-one hit in 1948.
Tony Orlando	Discovered by producer Don Kirshner, Orlando had songs on the charts in 1961 when he was 16,'' Halfway to Paradise'' and'' Bless You''.
Otis Blackwell	His first successes came in 1956 when Little Willie John's R&B hit with the sultry'' Fever'' was an even bigger pop success for Peggy Lee.