![]() ![]() 1 record with ‘I Like Dreaming,’ and a gold album, he only wrote four or five songs in that year. The song has been recorded by Shalamar and other artists.īecause he didn’t like constantly flying to do press and promotion, Nolan spent only a year as an artist. 2 on the AC chart and in the Top 20 on the pop chart. ![]() ![]() In 1977, he came out with ‘I Like Dreaming.’ In the same year, he beat out Andy Gibb of the Bee Gees to take home the Billboard Award for Pop New Vocalist. In 1976, he signed an artist’s contract with 20th Century Fox Records. ‘I produced a number of acts, was producing and writing.’ ‘That’s when it all changed around for me,’ he said. 1 hit with LaBelle on ‘Lady Marmalade,’ Frankie Valli’s ‘My Eyes Adored You,’ and Jimmy Gilstrap’s ‘Swing Your Daddy.’ For Nolan, 1975 was a tremendous year, having these four hits in the Top 10. Nolan says his breakthrough came in 1975, when he wrote ‘Get Dancing’ by Disco Tex. ‘I had a Grass Roots hit in Europe, a cut with the Osmond Bros., and a Dobie Gray record. ‘I was happy to start making money in the music business,’ Nolan said. The next step in Nolan’s career happened when Mike Curb, at that time the president of MGM, heard him and signed him to a writer & artist’s deal at MGM. Nolan says he was only at the school for a little while, but by that time he was writing his own songs. He picked up the piano at age 15 and at 17, his piano compositions won him another music scholarship, this time to Chiounard. before being old enough to drive proved too challenging for Nolan, who subsequently dropped out. He gave me a scholarship to USC at 13 for music.’īut going to school in downtown L.A. ‘At 13, my parents took me to USC, where I auditioned on accordion for the dean of music,’ he recalled. Nolan was in touch with his musical talent at a young age. Nolan has also had about 15 Top 10 hits in Europe. In addition, Nolan has written such hits as: ‘Shoot ‘Em Up Movies’ (the Deele featuring Babyface) ‘Swing Your Daddy’ (Jimmy Gilstrap) ‘But Love Me’ (Janie Fricke) ‘Ride A Wild Horse'(Dee Clark) ‘Hey There Little Firefly’ (Firefly) ‘Lonely Together’ (Barry Manilow) ‘Bullseye’ (Lakeside), ‘Take Your Mama For A Ride’ (Lulu), ‘Highwire’ and ‘Dial L For The Love Squad’ (Linda Carr & the Love Squad). His second hit was ‘Love’s Grown Deep,’ which reached the Top 20 the following year. His ‘I Like Dreaming’ reached #3 on the Billboard singles chart in 1976, and stayed in the Top 40 for a 20-week run. Nolan has also written two major hits and released them as a solo artist, which led to his winning the Billboard magazine Pop New Vocalist Award in 1977. Among his biggest hits are: ‘Lady Marmalade’ (originally a #1 hit by LaBelle, then recently a #1 worldwide cover hit by Christina, Mya, Pink & Lil’ Kim for the Moulin Rouge soundtrack) ‘My Eyes Adored You’ (#1 for Frankie Valli) ‘Masterpiece’ (#1 for Atlantic Starr), ‘Get Dancing’ (Disco Tex) and ‘Penny For Your Thoughts’ (Tavares). Nolan, who lives in Calabasas, CA (near Los Angeles), has enjoyed hit success in the pop, R&B, country, disco and AC fields. Kenny Nolan has had a very successful career spanning three decades, as a songwriter and writer/artist who has created hits in many genres. ![]()
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