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Post by bestmusicexpert on May 18, 2013 13:53:12 GMT -5
Alan O'Day has died. He had a #1 hit in 1977 with Undercover Angel and co wrote Rock N Roll Heaven with Johnny Stevenson of Climax for Sonny Geraci to sing. Climax didn't chart wiyh the song but a year later The Righteous Brothers hit with it and it was a big comeback for them.
He was 72 when he passed away on Friday.
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Post by hothitzdj on May 18, 2013 15:53:24 GMT -5
A countdown fan at heart...he greatly enjoyed hearing edited AT40 segments of his #1 song climbing up & down with Casey's intros. & outros. Thanks to fellow collector Tom Best
for having the shows to get to Alan.
Through a friend of mine, he asked my opinion on some songs he was working on. For my help, he send me an autographed b/w promo picture along with his unreleased rap version of "Undercover Angel" song. What a nice guy!! What a sad lost!!
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Post by dukelightning on May 18, 2013 18:04:40 GMT -5
Alan O'Day also wrote another #1 song....."Angie Baby" for Helen Reddy. Casey mentioned his name in a story about interpretations of the song's meaning on the 1/18/75 show. RIP.
And in a twist of fate, the 7/9/77 show when "Undercover Angel" hit #1 is scheduled to be played this year for the first time on Premiere.
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Post by albe on May 18, 2013 19:00:08 GMT -5
Sad lost indeed....I had a cassette that i would play all the time with Hot's song "Angel in your arms" followed by Undercover Angel. Always thought these two songs complemented each other.
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Post by mrjukebox on May 18, 2013 22:49:51 GMT -5
"Undercover Angel" is one of my favorite guilty pleasure songs of all time-Sorry to hear about Alan's passing.
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Post by statenislandfan on May 19, 2013 7:46:17 GMT -5
Another great artist gone. I couldn't get enough of that song in July of 1977. I also have the album version of Undercover Angel. It's 2 minutes longer than the single.
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Post by mrjukebox on May 19, 2013 8:13:48 GMT -5
Alan O'Day also wrote "Train Of Thought" which was a top forty hit for Cher in 1974.
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Post by caseyfan100 on May 19, 2013 11:12:35 GMT -5
He also co-wrote The Drum by Bobby Sherman,which was heard on the recent show from 1971.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on May 19, 2013 14:16:34 GMT -5
Another great artist gone. I couldn't get enough of that song in July of 1977. I also have the album version of Undercover Angel. It's 2 minutes longer than the single. 2 minutes? The album version I have is 4:12. |
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on May 20, 2013 7:14:00 GMT -5
He will only be known for that one hit, "Undercover Angel". Now he is an angel in heaven, singing to all the angels, undercover or not.
R.I.P. Mr. O'Day. Thanks for a great tune.
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Post by rayshae3 on Sept 8, 2013 15:48:15 GMT -5
Another great artist gone. I couldn't get enough of that song in July of 1977. I also have the album version of Undercover Angel. It's 2 minutes longer than the single. 2 minutes? The album version I have is 4:12. For those of you who haven’t heard the show on syndication yet, I won’t give out its position in this year’s Top 100, but this week’s Lost 45s has the long version of “Undercover Angel” preceded by segments of one of his latter interviews with Barry Scott. This evening on WROR/Boston. |
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