Year : 2019 (Japan AOR Moon Collector’s Edition)
Style : Melodic Rock , pop Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 129 mb
Bio:
John Charles Barrett (born October 28, 1953), known professionally as Desmond Child, is an American songwriter and producer. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008. He has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and has won a Latin Grammy Award.His hits as a songwriter include Kiss' "I Was Made for Lovin' You"; Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' "I Hate Myself for Loving You"; Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer","Bad Medicine", and "Born to Be My Baby"; Aerosmith's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", "Angel", "What It Takes" and "Crazy"; Cher's "We All Sleep Alone" and "Just Like Jesse James"; Brit Smith's "Karma's a Bitch", recently redone by Jojo Siwa; Alice Cooper's "Poison"; Michael Bolton's "How Can We Be Lovers?"; and Ricky Martin's "The Cup of Life" and "Livin' la Vida Loca".Child's career started when he formed an R&B-influenced pop rock band, Desmond Child & Rouge in 1975 with singers Myriam Valle, Maria Vidal, and Diana Grasselli, backed by hired musicians.The band was known for their inclusion on the soundtrack to The Warriors in 1979, with the song "Last of an Ancient Breed", and for the song "Our Love is Insane", which charted at No. 51 in the Billboard Hot 100. Their two albums received positive reviews but sold poorly and the group disbanded in 1980.One member, Maria Vidal, had a hit in 1985 with "Body Rock".Child then worked with songwriter Bob Crewe for two years.Artists Child has worked with include Kiss, Cher, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Bonnie Tyler, Dream Theater, Roxette, Ricky Martin, Selena Gomez, and Kelly Clarkson.Desmond is credited with discovering Troy Curtis Tuminelli and recommending him to Edgardo Diaz before Tuminelli landed in Menudo, and, eventually, on Guiding Light.He was the key partner in Alice Cooper's album Trash (1989). He was also responsible for co-writing the Ratt album Detonator (1990).Child scored a Billboard Top 40 hit in 1991 as a solo artist with "Love on a Rooftop", a song he had co-written with Diane Warren, originally recorded by Ronnie Spector, and later by Cher. "Love on a Rooftop" also peaked at number 55 on the Australian ARIA Charts.He produced Meat Loaf's album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, and co-wrote six of its songs.Child wrote the song "Believe in Me" for Bonnie Tyler in 2012 and one year later it was selected as the Eurovision Song Contest entry for the United Kingdom, where it finished in 19th place in the final. Following the contest, Tyler received two Eurovision Song Contest Radio Awards for Best Song and Best Singer, making her the first UK representative to win the award. Child was to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest again as a songwriter in 2022, co-writing and producing the Finnish entry, Jezebel, performed by the Rasmus.The song would go on to finish 21st in the final.Child was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008.In 2013, he co-founded the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame along with fellow Cuban-American composer Rudy Pérez.Desmond's autobiography, Livin' on a Prayer: Big Songs Big Life with David Ritz, was released September 19, 2023.
Album:
Japanese indie / club collectors label AOR Moon has just put out 2019 one of their own pressed CD’s with DESMOND CHILD solo material titled “Rarities”.The collection, as happens with this bootleg label, appeared with different track order depending the ‘press’ (these are limited editions) and include Child’s solo versions of the hit ‘Living On A Prayer’, his vinyl-only single from 1982, his contribution to ‘Warriors’ / ‘Shocker’ movie soundtracks, and more rare unreleased material.This compilation is interesting because it covers all Child solo releases as main artist / performer, which hasn’t been prolific. All songs here are sung by Desmond himself – Paul Stanley, Maria Vidal, Diana Grasselli and Myriam Valle help him on vocals on some songs, and Jon Bon Jovi does the leads on the rare ‘Livin’ On a Prayer vocal trax’.The gems here are the two versions of ‘Livin’ On a Prayer’ performed by Child. According to himself, here is performed as written, on the piano.This is how Desmond originally envisaged the mood and pace of his song, and perhaps like me you’ll agree that it’s way more impactive as a ballad than a rocker! Desmond’s also a damn fine singer too!As bonus, there’s an early 90s Live, and studio English / Spanish versions of the Diane Warren co-penned song “You’re the story of My Life”, one even performed by a young, unrecognizable Shakira.
Line Up:
Desmond Child - lead vocals - see also: ex-The Dudes of Wrath, ex-Desmond Child & Rouge
Tracklist:
01. Last Of An Ancient Breed (1979)
02. A Little Romance (Long Version 1982)
03. Let's Make It Right (1982)
04. Living On A Prayer (Demo 1986)
05. Shocker (Full Version 1989)
06. Obsession (Radio Edit 1991)
07. There's Nothing I Can Do (Previously Unreleased 1991)
08. Tu Eres La Historia De Mi Vida (You're The Story Of My Life In Spanish 1991)
09. You're The Story Of My Life (Early 90's Live)
10. Living On A Prayer (Early 90's Live)
11. The Stone Quilt (1997)
12. Good Morning America Theme (1999)
13. Living On A Prayer (2015 Version)
14. You're The Story Of My Life (K. Seward)
15. Mi Historia Tu Seras (Flavio Cesar)
16. You're The Story Of My Life (Judy Cheeks)
17. Mi Historia Tu Seras (Millie Corretjer)
18. You're The Story Of My Life (Rene Froger)
19. Tu Seras La Historia De Mi Vida (Shakira)
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