John Parr

	John Parr, 2011
	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Albums
	John Parr
	Man with a vision
	Singles
	Naughty Naughty
	Magical
	St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
	Love Grammar
	Rock'n'Roll Mercenaries ( Meat Loaf with John Parr)
	Blame it on the radio
	New Horizon (John Parr vs. Tommyknockers )

John Parr (born November 18, 1952 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire ) is a British rock musician and songwriter . His biggest success is St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) from 1985.

Career

John Parr comes from Newcastle , where he formed a band called The Silence at the age of twelve years with two school friends, with whom he also Europe toured. Parr later moved to a band called Ponders End, which had a good reputation as a live act in Newcastle (then alongside Dire Straits ), but never made it to a record deal .

In 1983 Parr got his own recording deal and worked with John Wolfe (the manager of The Who ) and in the USA with Meat Loaf , for whose album Bad Attitude Parr wrote a song.

Naughty Naughty was the name of John Parr's first success, which hit especially the radio stations specializing in rock in the USA. In 1985 he went on a tour with his band The Business as opening act for Toto . At the end of the tour, the producer David Foster offered him the theme song for the film St. Elmo's Fire - The passion burns deeply . The catchy rock song became a worldwide hit and brought Parr several awards, including a Grammy nomination. For the film American Anthem he contributed the song Two Hearts , which is also included on Parr's 1986 album Running the Endless Mile .

St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) was to be John Parr's only big success. He wrote Under a Raging Moon for Roger Daltrey and worked as a writer and producer with Marilyn Martin and again with Meat Loaf ( Rock & Roll Mercenaries ) as well as for various films; He contributed Westward Ho to the German film Go Trabi Go .

He sang for the Pepsi Company and the Jack Calmes Satellite TV Corporation in an elaborately staged show that was broadcast worldwide, for which the Olympic flame was lit once again in Los Angeles to the sound of St. Elmo's Fire .

The song The River Runs Deep , which was previously released as a single from the 1996 album Under Parr , achieved a certain popularity through its use as the title song of the television series Use for Lohbeck in the First , but it was also unable to place itself in the national or international charts.

Discography

Albums

1984: John Parr
1986: Running the Endless Mile
1992: Man with a Vision
1996: Under Parr
2011: Letter to America (29 mp3 files)

Compilations

1991: St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) / Night Games (John Parr / Graham Bonnet ) (7inch compilation)
2006: Man in Motion (double CD, contains the albums Man with a Vision and Under Parr )

Singles

1984: Naughty Naughty
1984: Magical
1984: Love Grammar
1984: Two Hearts
1985: St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
1986: Don't Leave Your Mark on Me
1986: Rock'n'Roll Mercenaries (with Meat Loaf )
1986: Blame It on the Radio
1986: Running the Endless Mile
1986: Don't Worry 'Bout Me
1988: Restless Heart
1990: Westward Ho
1990: Always on My Mind
1992: Man with a Vision
1992: It's Startin 'All Over Again
1996: The River Runs Deep (Koch Media, 341 16-2 P02)
1996: Size of the Boat
2006: New Horizon (John Parr vs. Tommyknockers )

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Canada Canada
- 1986: for the single St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	50,000	musiccanada.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	0! G-	0! P-	250,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	gold1	-

swell

↑ ^a ^b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US
^ John Parr - Westward Ho - hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
^ John Parr - The River Runs Deep - hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Parr, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British rock musician and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Worksop , Nottinghamshire

[charts-1] Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US

[2] John Parr - Westward Ho - hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .

[3] John Parr - The River Runs Deep - hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .