Mike Reno

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Mike Reno in Omaha 2013

Mike Reno (born Joseph Michael Rynoski on January 8, 1955 in New Westminster , British Columbia ) is a Canadian musician , singer and lead singer of the rock band Loverboy .

Career

Mike Reno began playing drums at the age of 12 and also taught himself to play guitar. According to his own statement, he learned “ a lot about structuring harmonies and things ” in the choir while he was at school and at the age of 13 he played drums in his brother's band called The Blue Web . Until the early 1970s, he was also active in school bands and cover bands such as Morning Glory and Synergy , later also with guitarist Jack Stoltz at Spunk .

After graduating from Penticton Secondary School , he moved to Calgary and tried to improve his singing and songwriting while he worked in other bands - in 1976, for example, as a singer with the Canadian band Hammersmith .

In 1978, he replaced the lead singer of the band Moxy from Toronto and sang on their fourth album Under the Lights . The album did not sell well, which was attributed to changes within the band, but also to Reno's vocal style and so this collaboration was short-lived.

Reno then returned to Vancouver and played there as a drummer for a new band, under the direction of former Street Art guitarist Paul Dean . Dean made him the lead singer and formed the band Loverboy. There were also keyboardist Doug Johnson , bassist Scott Smith and drummer Matthew Frenette , who had also played with Paul Dean at Streetheart. Loverboy released their debut album of the same name in 1980 and were one of the best-selling rock bands of the time until the mid-1980s. Reno has been actively involved in the band's songwriting from the start and is also featured as a lyricist on the band's most famous songs such as Turn Me Loose , Working for the Weekend , When It's Over, or This Could Be the Night . At the 2009 Juno Awards, Reno was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a member of Loverboy . Reno is still active at Loverboy today.

From the mid-1980s, Reno also worked on various film scores. In 2004 Reno released his first solo album titled Renovation .

Mike Reno's son Alex was born in 1988 and is from his first marriage.

Discography (selection)

Albums (Solo)

  • Renovation (2002)

Albums with Moxy

  • Under the Lights (1978)

Albums with Loverboy

  • 03.1980: Loverboy (US # 13)
  • 10.1981: Get Lucky (US # 7)
  • 06.1983: Keep it Up (US # 7)
  • 08.1985: Lovin 'Every Minute of it (US # 13)
  • 09.1987: Wildside (US # 42)
  • 12.1997: Six
  • 11.2007: Just Getting Started
  • 08.2012: Rock 'n' Roll Revival (three new songs and nine newly recorded loverboy classics)
  • 06.2014: Unfinished Business

Albums with Just-If-I

  • All One People (1993)

Songs

year song Text / music Soundtrack / album annotation
1984 Almost Paradise Dean Pitchford ; Eric Carmen Footloose Duet with Ann Wilson
1986 Heaven in your eyes John Dexter; Paul Dean; Mike Reno; Mae Moore Top gun with loverboy
1988 Chasing the Angels John Lewis Parker; Bruce Fairbairn The steel eagle I I solo
1989 Whenever there's a night John William Dexter; Tom Whitlock Dream a Little Dream solo
1990 All I Ever Needed David Foster ; Mike Reno River of Love (David Foster Album) only as a copywriter

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mike Reno | Biography & History. Retrieved August 20, 2019 (American English).
  2. ↑ a b c Mike Reno of Loverboy. Accessed August 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Canadian Bands.com - Hammersmith. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Canadian Bands.com - Moxy. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c Mike Reno - Renovation. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Loverboy - Turn Me Loose - hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  7. ^ Loverboy - Working For The Weekend - hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Loverboy - When It's Over - hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Loverboy - This Could Be The Night - hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  10. ^ Loverboy - Canadian Music Hall Of Fame. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  11. ↑ a b c Loverboy | Mike Reno. Retrieved August 21, 2019 (American English).
  12. ↑ Moxy (2) - Under The Lights. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  13. ^ Just-If-I. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Mike Reno & Ann Wilson - Almost Paradise - hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Loverboy - Heaven In Your Eyes - hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  16. ^ Mike Reno - Chasing The Angels - hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Mike Reno - Whenever There's A Night. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  18. ^ All I Ever Needed. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Reno, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rynoski, Joseph Michael (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian rock musician, singer and lead singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH New Westminster , British Columbia , Canada