Alan O'Day, a songwriter and performer who had a number 1 hit with 1977's "Undercover Angel," has died at the age of 72. According to his record label, 1st Phase Records, O'Day died of cancer while at home with family and friends in attendance.
Although a performer throughout his life, Alan O'Day first found success as a songwriter and producer working with other artists. At the height of his success in the 1970s, O'Day wrote songs for the likes of Cher, the Righteous Brothers and Helen Reddy. This last singer even scored a number 1 with a 1974 song written by O'Day, "Angie Baby."
As a singer, O'Day had only one hit, but that song -- "Undercover Angel" -- did make it to the top of the Billboard charts.
O'Day's career continued in the following decades. Among other activities, he co-wrote original songs for the "Muppet Babies" cartoons of the late 1980s and scored...
Although a performer throughout his life, Alan O'Day first found success as a songwriter and producer working with other artists. At the height of his success in the 1970s, O'Day wrote songs for the likes of Cher, the Righteous Brothers and Helen Reddy. This last singer even scored a number 1 with a 1974 song written by O'Day, "Angie Baby."
As a singer, O'Day had only one hit, but that song -- "Undercover Angel" -- did make it to the top of the Billboard charts.
O'Day's career continued in the following decades. Among other activities, he co-wrote original songs for the "Muppet Babies" cartoons of the late 1980s and scored...
- 5/20/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Alan O'Day, a singer-songwriter who penned hits for Helen Reddy and the Righteous Brothers, died at his Westwood, Calif., home Friday after battling cancer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
His label, 1st Phase Records, released a statement that read, "Alan continued to write and perform until his last days. Alan was a generous man who gave his heart and soul to the music industry," THR reports.
O'Day was 72. He will be remembered for writing Helen Reddy's 1974 No. 1 single "Angie Baby" and the Righteous Brothers' "Rock and Roll Heaven," as well as his own 1977 hit "Undercover Angel."
O'Day's friend and fellow songwriter, Grammy winner Diane Warren, mourned his passing on Twitter, writing "'If there's a Rock n Roll Heven well U know they got one hell of a band'. My friend Alan O'Days song. The band just got better my friend.Rip."
"If there's a Rock n Roll Heven well...
His label, 1st Phase Records, released a statement that read, "Alan continued to write and perform until his last days. Alan was a generous man who gave his heart and soul to the music industry," THR reports.
O'Day was 72. He will be remembered for writing Helen Reddy's 1974 No. 1 single "Angie Baby" and the Righteous Brothers' "Rock and Roll Heaven," as well as his own 1977 hit "Undercover Angel."
O'Day's friend and fellow songwriter, Grammy winner Diane Warren, mourned his passing on Twitter, writing "'If there's a Rock n Roll Heven well U know they got one hell of a band'. My friend Alan O'Days song. The band just got better my friend.Rip."
"If there's a Rock n Roll Heven well...
- 5/19/2013
- by Erin Clements
- Huffington Post
Helen Reddy B.B. King Blues Club and Grill Times Square, New York March 23 and 24, 2013
Helen Reddy’s performance at B.B. King Blues Club in Manhattan, last weekend, was utterly magnificent in every way. I left the venue floating on a cloud--and that afterglow is still with me. Ms. Reddy, who in the 1970s created hit-after-hit and went on to appear in theater both on Broadway and London’s West End, has recently returned to performing after a decade’s hiatus.
Her unique voice as fresh, vibrant and warm as ever, and her confident, even hypnotic presence was that of a performer engaged in the here-and-now. Absent was any hint of those haul-out-the-old-timer nostalgia shows (the kind public television often concocts for fundraising). The audience was treated to a purveyor of pop songs, completely in possession of fine-tuned comprehensive artistry and relaxed and masterful delivery. In short, each of the eighteen...
Helen Reddy’s performance at B.B. King Blues Club in Manhattan, last weekend, was utterly magnificent in every way. I left the venue floating on a cloud--and that afterglow is still with me. Ms. Reddy, who in the 1970s created hit-after-hit and went on to appear in theater both on Broadway and London’s West End, has recently returned to performing after a decade’s hiatus.
Her unique voice as fresh, vibrant and warm as ever, and her confident, even hypnotic presence was that of a performer engaged in the here-and-now. Absent was any hint of those haul-out-the-old-timer nostalgia shows (the kind public television often concocts for fundraising). The audience was treated to a purveyor of pop songs, completely in possession of fine-tuned comprehensive artistry and relaxed and masterful delivery. In short, each of the eighteen...
- 3/31/2013
- by Jay Reisberg
- www.culturecatch.com
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