Alan O'Day

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Alan O'Day (2007)

Alan O'Day (* 3. October 1940 as Alan O'Day Earl in Hollywood , California ; † 17th May 2013 in Westwood , Los Angeles ) was an American singer and - songwriter . His greatest success, his own composition Undercover Angel , was number one in the American singles charts in 1977 and was awarded gold. In addition, he did not have another Top 40 hit as a singer, which is why he is considered a one-hit wonder in the USA .

life and career

As a songwriter for other artists, however, he achieved further successes: Among other things, he wrote Rock and Roll Heaven by The Righteous Brothers or the US number one hit Angie Baby by Helen Reddy . Both songs were released in 1974. He wrote other hits on the Billboard charts for Bobby Sherman , Mark Lindsay , The 5th Dimension , Sylvia Robinson , Cher , Travis Wammack , Gene Pitney and Johnny Mathis . One of his better-known compositions is Easy Evil , which was recorded by artists as diverse as Sarah Vaughan , Nancy Wilson , Captain & Tennille , Larry Carlton and John Travolta . In addition, world stars such as Tom Jones , Dusty Springfield and Paul Anka added songs by O'Day to their repertoire.

From the 1980s O'Day worked with the songwriter Janis Liebhart. Together they wrote numerous songs for the cartoon series Muppets Babies over the years . The couple also wrote the song There's Only One Ariel for the television series Arielle, the Mermaid .

O'Day died of cancer in 2013.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Appetizers
  US 109 10/08/1977 (9 weeks)
Singles
Undercover Angel
  UK 43 07/02/1977 (3 weeks)
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
gold
gold
10/08/1977 (25 weeks)
Started Out Dancing, Ended Up Making Love
  US 73 10/08/1977 (6 weeks)

Albums

  • 1973: Caress Me Pretty Music (Viva)
  • 1977: Appetizers (Pacific)
  • 1979: Oh Johnny (Pacific)
  • 2001: Undercover Angel 2001 (City Man Music)
  • 2008: I Hear Voices (City Man Music)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 'Undercover Angel' Singer Alan O'Day Dead at 72 , Billboard.com, accessed June 13, 2013
  2. ↑ [1] , Toponehitwonders.com, accessed June 13, 2013
  3. ↑ List of his hits as a songwriter in the US charts , Musicvf.com, accessed on June 13, 2013
  4. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US
  5. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
personal data
SURNAME O'Day, Alan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES O'Day, Alan Earl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, songwriter and composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Hollywood , California
DATE OF DEATH 17th May 2013
Place of death Westwood , Los Angeles