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Post by dth1971 on Jan 10, 2021 8:58:49 GMT -5
For those who heard the AT40: The 80's 1/19/1985 B show recently: Casey mentioned tied into the high debut of "Sugar Walls" by Sheena Easton that Prince occupied 6 positions as performer or songwriter on the 1/19/1985 Billboard Hot 100, including 2 songs ("The Belle of Saint Mark" by Shiela E and "Jungle Love" by the Time) that were written by Prince's division THE STARR COMPANY, and "Sugar Walls" by Sheena Easton was written by Prince under a name called ALEXANDER NEVERMIND. Prince even wrote a year later The Bangles' "Manic Monday" under the name CHRISTOPHER.
Can you think of other top 40 singers who were songwriters under other names? One I can think of: Mick Jagger wrote Rolling Stones songs under the name THE GLIMMER TWINS.
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Post by pb on Jan 10, 2021 12:13:23 GMT -5
James Griffin and Robb Royer of Bread wrote the Carpenters hit "For All We Know" using pseudonyms. Neither of them sang lead on any Bread hit but Griffin may have done backing vocals.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jan 10, 2021 13:17:07 GMT -5
Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" under the names Ann Orson and Carte Blanche. There's a story where they selected those names so if you say them together quickly, you say, "An horse and cart, blanche."
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Post by mrjukebox on Jan 10, 2021 17:11:40 GMT -5
That was so cool that Elton & Bernie did that.
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Post by Jessica on Jan 10, 2021 18:17:23 GMT -5
Apparently Taylor Swift wrote This is What You Came For for her then boyfriend Calvin Harris under a Swedish name.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jan 10, 2021 19:09:00 GMT -5
Apparently Taylor Swift wrote This is What You Came For for her then boyfriend Calvin Harris under a Swedish name. Nils Sjöberg, according to Wikipedia. Good stuff. 🙂 |
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Post by chrislc on Jan 11, 2021 14:44:36 GMT -5
One of the most well-known instances is Bernard Webb (Paul McCartney) writing Woman for Peter and Gordon.
So both Lennon and McCartney wrote Top 40 hits titled Woman.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jan 11, 2021 16:32:24 GMT -5
One of the most well-known instances is Bernard Webb (Paul McCartney) writing Woman for Peter and Gordon. So both Lennon and McCartney wrote Top 40 hits titled Woman. Paul also wrote A World Without Love for Peter & Gordon using that Bernard Webb pseudonym. |
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Post by chrislc on Jan 11, 2021 16:48:34 GMT -5
One of the most well-known instances is Bernard Webb (Paul McCartney) writing Woman for Peter and Gordon. So both Lennon and McCartney wrote Top 40 hits titled Woman. Paul also wrote A World Without Love for Peter & Gordon using that Bernard Webb pseudonym. Joe the Google Image of the 45 I'm looking at says Lennon/McCartney. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jan 11, 2021 16:58:27 GMT -5
Paul also wrote A World Without Love for Peter & Gordon using that Bernard Webb pseudonym. Joe the Google Image of the 45 I'm looking at says Lennon/McCartney. Oops, sorry Chris--I guess my 60 year old brain cells stored that information incorrectly. Just ignore what I wrote earlier. |
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Post by chrislc on Jan 11, 2021 17:05:27 GMT -5
Joe the Google Image of the 45 I'm looking at says Lennon/McCartney. Oops, sorry Chris--I guess my 60 year old brain cells stored that information incorrectly. Just ignore what I wrote earlier. It's okay Joe I'm just a little grumpy because you haven't produced any free entertainment for me in a couple of weeks. EDIT looks like you have! Thank you! I do have a couple of Early 1969 questions for you though: Was the song Condition Red about David McCallum? You stated definitively that Baby Let's Wait is not about Snoopy. Do you have a source for that? Maybe it was about Snoopy. And why didn't the Classics IV follow up Spooky and Stormy with songs called Sneezy and Doc? Traces is a dumb name for a dwarf. |
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Post by mkarns on Jan 11, 2021 18:16:12 GMT -5
Not quite the same thing, but Roberta Flack produced her own records for a while under the (thinly) disguised name Rubina Flake.
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Post by mga707 on Jan 11, 2021 21:06:14 GMT -5
I do have a couple of Early 1969 questions for you though: Was the song Condition Red about David McCallum? You stated definitively that Baby Let's Wait is not about Snoopy. Do you have a source for that? Maybe it was about Snoopy. And why didn't the Classics IV follow up Spooky and Stormy with songs called Sneezy and Doc? Traces is a dumb name for a dwarf.  Old enough to 'get' all of those, except 'Condition Red'. And yes, I do know who Mr. McCallum was. Was actually just idly thinking the other day that it would be neat to see Ilya and Napoleon and Mr. Waverly on one of the 'retro' TV networks. "Open Channel 'D'" (spoken into my fountain pen). |
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Post by chrislc on Jan 11, 2021 22:32:41 GMT -5
I do have a couple of Early 1969 questions for you though: Was the song Condition Red about David McCallum? You stated definitively that Baby Let's Wait is not about Snoopy. Do you have a source for that? Maybe it was about Snoopy. And why didn't the Classics IV follow up Spooky and Stormy with songs called Sneezy and Doc? Traces is a dumb name for a dwarf. Old enough to 'get' all of those, except 'Condition Red'. And yes, I do know who Mr. McCallum was. Was actually just idly thinking the other day that it would be neat to see Ilya and Napoleon and Mr. Waverly on one of the 'retro' TV networks. "Open Channel 'D'" (spoken into my fountain pen). If you listen to Communication by David McCallum and then Condition Red by The Goodees I think you will notice the similarity.  Be sure to listen to both all the way through. And I only know about either of these songs because of Joe. Thanks (?), Joe! |
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Post by dth1971 on Jan 12, 2021 7:15:25 GMT -5
And did Beatles member Ringo Starr write a few Beatles songs under the name Richard Starkey?
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Old enough to 'get' all of those, except 'Condition Red'. And yes, I do know who Mr. McCallum was. Was actually just idly thinking the other day that it would be neat to see Ilya and Napoleon and Mr. Waverly on one of the 'retro' TV networks. "Open Channel 'D'" (spoken into my fountain pen).