Dan Hartman

 

 

Tracklist A1 Love Sensation Arranged By – Norman Harris Mixed By – Tom Moulton Producer, Written-By – Dan Hartman 6:15 A2 Long Hard Climb To Love Producer, Arranged By – Norman Harris Written-By – Michael Berardi, Richard Berardi 4:37 A3 Short End Of The Stick Producer, Arranged By – Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten Written-By – Bobby Womack, Cecil Womack 3:12 A4 I've Been Loving You Too Long Arranged By – Tom Washington Producer – Floyd Smith Written-By – Jerry Butler, Otis Redding 4:35 B1 Two Became A Crowd Producer, Arranged By – Norman Harris Written-By – Gary Knight, Gene Allan 5:23 B2 Dance What 'Cha Wanna Producer, Arranged By – Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten Written-By – Bobby Womack, Cecil Womack 5:10 B3 My Way Producer, Arranged By – Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten Written-By – Bobby Womack, Noel Resnick 5:30 B4 I'll Be Standing There Arranged By – Norman Harris Producer, Written-By – Norman Harris, Ron Tyson 4:50 Companies, etc. Record Company – Salsoul Records Recorded At –...

  This 1979 release contains a few gems, including the passionate "It's Alright,"with pop singer Dan Hartman on backup vocals, the mysterious "Leadmeon," and the hell-raising hit "Crank It Up." But most of the tunes are merely competent.   Brown , who wrote or co-wrote all of the songs and produced   Stargazer   with   Cory Wade , had the potential to record an album that was great all the way through. But   Stargazer   isn't such an album; it's a generally decent record, but   Brown was capable of a lot more.

  Before we get on with today's story, let me just say this: next week we'll be presenting Disco hits from various artists. If you want to hear any song in particular (from the ones not already presented), write the name of the song in today's comments and I will dedicate it to you next week. I already had a number of songs that where suggested/requested by the good friends of this blog, Alan and the Record Man, so these will be dedicated to them. Also, if somebody else has already asked for your favorite song, don't fret: I can definitely dedicate a song to more than one person. After our prologue, time for the introduction of today's subject. It's a low-profile man who, however, is responsible for some of the biggest hits of the 1970s and 80s, in rock, disco, and pop. I suspect that many have been intrigued by the man who wrote hits spanning such diverse (and mutually hostile) genres as Classic Rock, Disco, Pop and New Age. Most people like at least a couple o...

 He had no proper man's clothing of his own in his younger years in the early '70s while he was with the pop/rock group, The Edgar Winter Group . He couldn't wear a tuxedo. A family life he couldn't afford to live. He never had a wife. He couldn't find a new fiance, named, Michelle Kepler . He was never married to her; they had no children. He never became a father. No straightness. No masculinization surgery for him. He wouldn't be transformed into a straight man with a straight attitude. He became HIV-positive in the late 1980s. There was no one call 911 anytime he fell down to the ground. He wouldn't have time to get a flu shot. AIDS  came his way and ate up his life. So did brain tumor. Since there was no cure for him, his life ended on March 22, 1994.