Dan Hartman

Dan Hartman (* 8. December 1950 in Harrisburg , † 22. March 1994 in Westport , actually Daniel Earl Hartman ) was a rock - multi-instrumentalist worked, the known with a number of bands and musicians. The instruments he has mastered include guitar , bass , drums and keyboard , and he was also active as a singer .

biography

Hartman's music career began in the late 1960s when he became a member of Johnny Winters Band. In the first half of the 1970s he then continued his work for Winter and also joined the band of his brother Edgar , for whom he also wrote the hit Free Ride . After working as a studio musician for Todd Rundgren and Rick Derringer in 1975 , he released his little-noticed solo debut Images the following year , followed shortly by Who Is Dan Hartman? . The title of this LP says a lot about the reactions of the music consumers.

But in 1978, after Hartman had produced albums by 38 Special and Foghat , success began in the form of the disco album Instant Replay . But the successor Relight My Fire with the song of the same name left a lot to be desired in terms of success, so that Hartman increasingly worked as a producer again in the 1980s, including for James Brown and the Average White Band .

In 1984 and 1985 he had two more hits in the form of I Can Dream About You and We Are the Young . Although Hartman continued to release albums regularly until 1989, commercial success failed to materialize and he began to work primarily as a studio musician for other artists.

When Hartman died on March 22, 1994 of an AIDS- related brain tumor , he was working on a new album.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	R&B
1979	Instant replay	US80 (19 weeks) US	-	First published: 1978 Producer: Dan Hartman
1980	Relight My Fire	US189 (2 weeks) US	R&B67 (2 weeks) R&B	First published: 1979 Producer: Dan Hartman
1984	I can dream about you	US55 (28 weeks) US	-	First published: December 1984 Producers: Dan Hartman, Jimmy Iovine

More studio albums

• 1976: Images
• 1981: It Hurts to Be in Love
• 1989: New Green Clear Blue
• 1994: Keep the Fire Burnin '

Compilations

• 1975: Who Is Dan Hartman and Why Is Everyone Saying Those Wonderful Things About Him?
• 1981: Dan Hartman
• 2004: super hits

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		DE	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1978	Instant Replay Instant Replay	-	UK8th silver (15 weeks)UK	US29 gold (17 weeks)US	R&B44 (11 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (29 weeks) Dance	First published: August 1978
1979	Countdown / This Is It Instant Replay	-	UK17 (8 weeks) UK	US91 (3 weeks) US	-[Dance: ↑]		First published: January 1979
	Hands Down Relight My Fire	-	-	-	-	Dance26 (13 weeks) Dance	First published: October 1979
1980	Vertigo / Relight My Fire (Medley) Relight My Fire	-	-	-	-	Dance1 (30 weeks) Dance	First published: January 1980
	Free Ride Relight My Fire	-	-	-	-[Dance: ↑]		First published: June 1980 Original: Edgar Winter Group , 1973
1981	Heaven in Your Arms It Hurts to Be in Love	-	-	US86 (5 weeks) US	-	-	First published: March 1981
	It Hurts to Be in Love It Hurts to Be in Love	-	-	US72 (5 weeks) US	-	Dance48 (7 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1981
	I Still Remember It Hurts to Be in Love	-	-	-	-[Dance: ↑]		First publication: 1981
1984	I Can Dream About You I Can Dream About You	-	UK12 (11 weeks) UK	US6 (25 weeks) US	R&B60 (13 weeks) R&B	Dance8 (16 weeks) Dance	First published: April 1984 from the soundtrack of the movie Streets in Flames
	We Are the Young I Can Dream About You	DE38 (11 weeks) DE	-	US25 (17 weeks) US	R&B58 (10 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (14 weeks) Dance	First published: September 1984
1985	Second Nature I Can Dream About You	-	UK66 (4 weeks) UK	US39 (12 weeks) US	-	Dance40 (4 weeks) Dance	First published: January 1985
	Get Outta Town Fletch (Soundtrack)	-	UK99 (1 week) UK	-	-	-	First release: November 1985 from the soundtrack of the film Fletch - The Troublemaker
	Keep the Fire Burnin ' Keep the Fire Burnin'	-	UK49 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First release: March 1995 feat. Loleatta Holloway

More singles

1976: High Sign 1977: Lighthouse 1978: Chocolate Box 1978: Repeticion 1979: Time and Space (release: March) 1979: Boogie All Summer (release: August) 1981: All I Need (release: August)

1981: Forever in a moment 1984: The Name of the Game 1985: Love Sensation (with Loleatta Holloway) 1986: Waiting to See You 1988: The Love You Take (with Denise Lopez; released December) 1994: The Love in Your Eyes

Posts on albums by other artists

Johnny Winter Story (1969 with Johnny Winter; musician) They Only Come Out at Night (1972 with the Edgar Winter Group ; musician) Saints & Sinners (1974 with Johnny Winter; musician) Shock Treatment (1974 with Edgar Winter; musician) Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer (1975 with the Edgar Winter Group; musician) Initiation (1975 with Todd Rundgren; musician) Jasmine Nightdreams (1975 with Edgar Winter; musician) Spring Fever (1975 with Rick Derringer; musician) Night Shift (1976 with Foghat; producer) Together - Live (1976 with Edgar and Johnny Winter; musicians) 38 Special (1977 with .38 Special; musician + producer) Recycled (1977 with Edgar Winter's White Trash; musician) If I Weren't so Romantic, I'd Shoot You (1978 with Rick Derringer; musician) In Style (1979 with David Johansen ) Calling All Girls (1980 with Hilly Michaels ; musician) Love Sensation (1980 with Loleatta Holloway ; musician + producer) Raisin 'Cain (1980 with Johnny Winter; musician) Lumia (1981 with Hilly Michaels; musician) Metal Priestess (1981 with Plasmatics ; producer) Cupid's in Fashion (1982 with the Average White Band; musician + producer) All of the Good Ones Are Taken (1983 with Ian Hunter ; musician) Come See About Me (1983 with Neil Sedaka ; musician + producer)

Breakin ' (1984; original soundtrack; producer) John Jarret's Tribe (1984 with John Jarret's Tribe ; musician) Streets of Fire (1984; original soundtrack; musician + producer) Tribe (1984 with Tribe ; musician) Gettin 'Away with Murder (1985 with Patti Austin ; musician) Rocky IV (1985; original soundtrack; producer) Ruthless People (1985; original soundtrack; producer) Back in the High Life (1986 with Steve Winwood ; musician) Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986; original soundtrack; producer) Gravity (1986 with James Brown; musician + producer) Female Trouble (1987 with Nona Hendryx ; musician + producer) Joy (1987 with Paul King ; musician + producer) Unchain My Heart (1987 with Joe Cocker ; musician) Scrooged (1988; original soundtrack; producer) Foreign Affair (1989 with Tina Turner ; musician + producer) One Night of Sin (1989 with Joe Cocker; producer) Reputation (1990 with Dusty Springfield ; musician + producer) Walk on Water (1990 with Jerry Harrison ; musician) Bitterblue (1991 with Bonnie Tyler ; musician) When the Night Is Over (1991 with Little Louie and Marc Anthony ; musician) One World Nation (1992 with Ya Kid K ; producer)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles UK US1 US2
2. ↑ ^{a b} Gold / Platinum databases: UK US
3. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0898201864 .
6. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

• Dan Hartman at Allmusic (English)
• Dan Hartman at Discogs (English)