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Russell Glyn "Russ" Ballard (born October 31, 1945 in Waltham Cross , Hertfordshire , England ) is a British rock musician , composer , record producer , singer and guitarist .
Career
Russ Ballard began his career in 1963 with the roulette and continued it in Unit 4 + 2 . From 1970 he joined the band Argent . The band had their greatest successes with his compositions. Ballard left Argent in 1974 to pursue a solo career. From then on he released his own albums, worked as a studio musician and wrote songs for many other artists, some of whom were commercially successful with them. He wrote the number one hit (United Kingdom) So You Win Again by Hot Chocolate (1977) and the glam rock classic New York Groove by Hello (1975). He also has the hits Since You Been Gone by Rainbow (1979) and I Know There's Something Going On by ABBA's Frida on her first solo album (1982). Russ Ballard also works as a music producer. His better-known songs, released under his own name, include his 1984 album Voices , Two Silhouettes and I Can't Hear You No More , as well as the title of the same name and Hey Bernadette from his 1985 album The Fire Still Burns . His album Book of Love was released on October 20, 2006 . After a nine-year break, he published his new work It's Good to Be Here in 2015 , which is only available by subscription from UMU Music.
In the United States he reached his only hit parade position under his own name with the single On the Rebound in 1980 (number 58).
composer
- Breaking Down Paradise ( Roger Daltrey )
- Can't Shake Loose ( Agnetha Fältskog )
- Free Me (Roger Daltrey, from McVicar )
- Get Your Love (Roger Daltrey)
- God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You ( Argent / Kiss / Petra)
- Hearts of Fire (Roger Daltrey)
- I Don't Believe in Miracles ( Colin Blunstone )
- I Know There's Something Going On ( Frida )
- I Surrender ( Rainbow / Head East )
- I'm the One Who Loves You ( A II Z )
- Into the Night ( Frehley's Comet ; known from Miami Vice )
- Jody ( America )
- Just a Dream Away (Roger Daltrey, from McVicar )
- Juvenile Offender ( Little Angels )
- Let It Rock ( Hello )
- Liar ( Three Dog Night / Graham Bonnet )
- Love Is a Gun ( Little Angels )
- My Time Is Gonna Come (Roger Daltrey, from McVicar )
- Near to Surrender (Roger Daltrey)
- New York Groove (Hello, Ace Frehley )
- No Dream Impossible ( Lindsay Dracass ; Great Britain's contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 )
- No More the Fool ( Elkie Brooks )
- Nowhere to Run ( Carlos Santana )
- No Way Out ( Magnum )
- One Fatal Kiss ( Thunder )
- On the Rebound (himself / Uriah Heep)
- Proud (Roger Daltrey)
- Rockin 'Chair (Magnum)
- Since You've Been Gone (self / Rainbow / Head East / Brian May )
- So You Win Again ( Hot Chocolate )
- SOS ( Graham Bonnet )
- Star Studded Sham ( Hello )
- The Border ( America )
- Voices (himself; known from Miami Vice )
- Winning ( Santana )
- Would (Casanova)
- You Can Do Magic (America)
producer
- Another Year ( Leo Sayer )
- Ride a Rock Horse ( Roger Daltrey )
- Your Move ( America )
Discography
Argent
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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| 1980 | Barnet Dogs | - | - | - | - |
US187 (2 weeks) US |
First published: 1980
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| 1984 | Russ Ballard |
DE55 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US147 (13 weeks) US |
First published: 1984
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| 1985 | The Fire Still Burns |
DE29 (15 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US166 (4 weeks) US |
First published: 1985
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
more publishments
- 1966: stakes and chips (with roulettes)
- 1968: Concrete and Clay (with Unit 4 + 2)
- 1984: Russ Ballard
- 1976: Winning
- 1978: At the Third Stroke
- 1981: Into the Fire
- 1994: The Seer
- 2006: Book of Love
- 2015: It's Good to Be Here (UMU Music Group)
- 2020: It's Good To Be Here (BMG)
- 2020: Book Of Love Tour - Live 2007
Singles (chart successes)
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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| 1980 | On the Rebound Barnet Dogs |
- | - | - | - |
US58 (8 weeks) US |
First published: June 1980
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| 1986 | Voices Russ Ballard |
- | - | - |
UK95 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: February 1986
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Web links
- Russ Ballard at Discogs (English)
- Former website ( memento from June 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Website russballardmusic.com
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ballard, Russ |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ballard, Russell Glyn (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British rock musician, composer, record producer, singer and guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waltham Cross , Hertfordshire , England , United Kingdom |