Tom Cochrane
Tom Cochrane (born May 14, 1953 in Lynn Lake , Manitoba , Canada ) is a Canadian singer and composer . After a less than successful solo album, which Cochrane had released in 1974, he became lead singer of the group Red Rider in 1978 . The group had several hits on the Billboard mainstream rock chart .
Career
After the breakup of Red Rider in 1990, Cochrane released the solo album Mad Mad World in 1991 . The album sold over 2 million copies and had a top 10 hit on the Billboard Singles Chart with Life Is A Highway . The album Ragged Ass Road followed in 1995 . In 1997, Cochrane released Songs Of A Circling Spirit , an album of acoustic versions of his songs. After his father developed Parkinson's disease , Tom Cochrane released Just Like Ali , a benefit single for the Parkinson Society Canada in 2002 . In 2005, Cochrane performed on Live 8 in Canada. On October 31, 2006, the first new album No Stranger was released .
Tom Cochrane has won multiple Juno Awards as a member of Red Rider and as a solo artist . In 2003 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame . In 2006, Life Is A Highway was back in the US Top 10, in the version of the country band Rascal Flatts .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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 UK
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 US
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| 1979 | Don't Fight It | - | - | - | - |
US146 (5 weeks) US |
First published: October 1979
|
| 1981 | As Far as Siam | - | - | - | - |
US65 (24 weeks) US |
First published: June 1981
|
| 1983 | Neruda | - | - | - | - |
US66 (16 weeks) US |
First published: March 1983
|
| 1984 | Breaking curfew | - | - | - | - |
US137 (8 weeks) US |
First published: September 1984
|
| 1986 | Tom Cochrane & Red Rider | - | - | - | - |
US112 (12 weeks) US |
First published: May 1986
|
| 1988 | Victory Day | - | - | - | - |
US144 (13 weeks) US |
First published: September 1988
|
| 1991 | Mad Mad World | - | - | - | - |
US46 (29 weeks) US |
First release: September 1991
solo album |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
more publishments
- 1974: Hang On to Your Resistance
- 1987: Over 60 Minutes with Red Rider
- 1989: The Symphony Sessions
- 1989: Anthology 1980-1987
- 1993: Ashes to Diamonds
- 1995: Ragged Ass Road
- 1997: Songs of a Circling Spirit
- 1999: Xray Sierra
- 2002: Trapeze: The Collection
- 2006: No Stranger
- 2015: Take It Home
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
|
US
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| 1980 | White Hot Don't Fight It |
- | - | - | - |
US48 (7 weeks) US |
First published: March 1980
with Red Rider |
| 1984 | Young Thing, Wild Dreams (Rock Me) Breaking Curfew |
- | - | - | - |
US71 (6 weeks) US |
First published: June 1984
with Red Rider |
| 1991 | Life Is a Highway Mad Mad World |
DE31 (13 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK62 (2 weeks) UK |
US6 (26 weeks) US |
First published: September 1991
|
| 1992 | Washed Away Mad Mad World |
- | - | - | - |
US88 (4 weeks) US |
First published: August 1992
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| 1995 | I Wish You Well Ragged Ass Road |
- | - | - |
UK93 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: October 1995
|
More singles
- 1981: Lunatic Fringe
- 1983: Human Race
- 1986: Boy Inside The Man
- 1988: Big League
- 1991: No Regrets
- 1995: Dreamer's Dream
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Canadian Music Hall of Fame - Inductees. Canadian Music Hall of Fame , accessed August 6, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK US
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cochrane, Tom |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian singer and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lynn Lake , Manitoba , Canada |