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Daniel Earl “Dan” Hartman (December 8, 1950 – Protest 22, 1994) was an American performer, singer, songwriter, and record producer, whose songs included “Free Ride” with The Edgar Winter Collective, and the solo hits “Instant Replay,” “Second Nature,” “We Are the Young,” and “I Can Dream About You,” his most achieving song which reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984, as well as The James Brown anthem “Living in America,” which Hartman co-wrote and produced and was even more successful, reaching #4 in 1985. Hartman was born on December 8, 1950, near Pennsylvania’s capital, Harrisburg, in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County. He connected his first band, The Legends, at the age of 13. His brother Dave was also a member of the band. He played keyboards and wrote much of the band’s harmony, but despite the release of a number of recordings, none turned out to be hits. He subsequently spent a period of time backing the Johnny Winter Band. He then linked the Edgar Winter Group where he played bass, wrote or co-wrote many of their songs, and sang on three of their albums. He wrote and sang th
AIDS Claimed Closeted Same-sex attracted Pop Star Dan Hartman at His Peak
Dan Hartman’s creativity as a songwriter spawned hits in the arenas of classic rock, twirl and movie soundtracks. And although his music includes some of the most catchy melodies of the last half century, he died in the closet with almost no one knowing he contracted AIDS.
His career began as the bass player for the Edgar Winter Group, for whom he penned and sang “Free Ride” in 1972. The group’s namesake was albino keyboardist Edgar Winter, younger brother of Texas blues guitar god Johnny Winter. Also in the band: Rick Derringer, whose have pedigree includes “Hang On Sloopy” (as a member of the McCoys) and his own “Rock ‘n’ Roll Hootchie Coo.”
After going solo in the mid-’70s, Hartman attracted some of the superior names in the industry to show up with him on disc, including rock guitar hero Ronnie Montrose and Bruce Springsteen’s sax sideman Clarence Clemmons.
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By 1978, Hartman was able to score a hit on the dance charts with “Instant Replay,” a tune that spent time in the top 30. He en
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My wife was emotionally attached in touring with Dan following his unexpected uppermost ten hit I Can Dream About You circa 84 - 85.
MCA hastily put together a band to support live dates, Dan made two more videos for MTV which of course was in it's heyday... and toured in Europe and a few dates in the US to support his solo album.
At that stage Dan was not actively pursuing a solo career. He had formed a songwriting partnership with a fellow named Charlie Midnight, which was going good, and was probably more lucrative and less of a headache than going solo. Also, his sway hits and his years with Edgar Winter created confusion in his fan base,.. was his disco? metal? etc..... Labels wanted to pigeonhole you and Dan, having spent years in the business was in his mid 30s and I doubt wanted to play any games. Gay male performers were still under the radar in 1984, despite Elton, Boy George, .... labels really wanted none of that.
Dan was phenomenally gifted, and really could complete it all, and tailoring a song for another artist was a present few in the song biz could match.
The rare times I was with Dan socially, he was a complete gentleman. Generous to a fault, comp tickets to see
Before we get on with today's story, let me just declare 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 Register 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, occasion for the introduction of today's subject. It's a low-profile human 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 enjoy at least a couple of those, but few like them all, and decades of pop music prejudice have led us to be suspicious of those who move so effortlessly between genres. It's hard not to choke on the sheer enormity of Dan Hartman’s cata