Robert Hart (musician)

Robert Hart, 2016

Robert Hart (born November 1, 1958 in Bournemouth ) is a British rock musician and songwriter . He is currently the lead singer of Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Diesel . He has also worked as a soloist in The Distance, Company of Snakes and Bad Company , and was a member of the Jones Gang, a rock group founded by Hart, Rick Wills and Kenney Jones .

Now he appears both as a solo artist and with his own band, the XBad Company, with Dave Colwell and Garry James. He was the first English songwriter to get a contract with Hollywood Records. He wrote several number one hits and a number of songs for movie soundtracks while signed to Roy Orbison's Still Working Music, Disney's Hollywood Records, and Island Records.

Discography

Solo albums

• Cries And Whispers (1989)
• Robert Hart (1992)
• Boys on the Corner (1992)
• Fooled Around And Fell in Love (1993)
• Heart and Soul (1994)
• A Little Love Is Overdue (1999)
• Angel (2005)
• We Will Remember Them (2009)
• We Aint Going Home Empty Handed (World Cup Song) (2009)
• Pure (2020)

Contributions to albums

• Under The One Sky (1989) (The Distance)
• Company of Strangers (1995) (Bad Company)
• Stories Told & Untold (1996) (Bad Company)
• Live at Hampshire Beach Ballroom (1999) (Bad Company)
• All About the Children (All Star Charity Band 2002)
• Any Day Now (2005) (The Jones Gang)
• Endangered Species - Tony Ashton and Friends live at the Abbey Road (2009) (Company of Snakes)
• Into the Fire (2014) (Diesel)
• Lone Arranger (2014) (Manfred Mann)

Movie soundtracks

• The Burglar (1987)
• Ritchie Rich (1998) He also performed in this film as a mad drummer.
• My Sister's Keeper (2009)

Web links

• Robert Hart at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Announcement of the album 'Pure' on the label website. Escape Music Ltd., archived from the original on February 22, 2020 ; accessed on February 22, 2020 (English).