Fletch Get Outta Town - Musica

Born Dan Earl Hartman In Harrisburg Pennsylvania Hartman Joined His First Band The Legends At The Age Of 13 With His Brother Dave. Hartman Played Keyboards And Wrote Much Of The Band's Music. The Band Released Several Records But None Were Hits. He Joined The Edgar Winter Group And Played On Three Of Their Albums Dan Wrote The Band's Second Biggest Pop Hit "Free Ride" In 1972. He Launched A Solo Career In 1976. In 1978 Hartman Reached Number-One With The Single "Instant Replay" Musicians Hartman Worked With On The Associated Album Include Vinnie Vincent And G.E. Smith. This Was Followed By His Second Chart Topper "Relight My Fire" 1979 . Both Tracks Are Considered By Many To Be Anthems Of The Disco Era. He Was Back In The Charts Yet Again With The Top-10 Single "I Can Dream About You" From The Streets Of Fire Soundtrack In 1984. Hartman Was Not Featured In The Video For The Track Which Received Heavy Rotation On MTV Instead His Vocals Were Convincingly Lip-Synched By An African-American Actor. Hartman Then Scored A Third Number 1 Single "We Are The Young." During The Next Decade He Worked As A Songwriter And Producer And Collaborated With Such Artists As Tina Turner Dusty Springfield Joe Cocker Bonnie Tyler Paul Young James Brown Nona Hendryx And Steve Winwood. He Died At Age 43 In Westport Connecticut From A Brain Tumor Caused By AIDS. At The Time Of His Death Hartman's Music Was Enjoying A Revival A Cover Version Of His Song "Relight My Fire" Became A British Number-One Hit For Take That And Lulu. Sales Of Hartman's Solo Recordings Group Efforts Production Songwriting And Compilation Inclusions Exceed 50 Million Records Worldwide. Albums
* Images 1976 * Instant Replay 1979 #80 US
* Relight My Fire 1980 #189 US
* It Hurts To Be In Love 1982 * I Can Dream About You 1984 #55 US
* Whiteboy 1986 Never Released
* New Green Clear Blue 1989 * Keep The Fire Burnin 1994 * Superhits 2004 Singles
* "Instant Replay" 1978 #29 US #8 UK #1 US Dance
* "This Is It" 1979 #17 UK
* "Hands Down" 1979 #26 US Dance
* "Relight My Fire" 1980 #1 US Dance
* "I Can Dream About You" 1984 #6 US #78 UK #8 US Dance
* "We Are The Young" 1984 #25 US #1 US Dance
* "Second Nature" 1985 #40 US Dance #66 UK
* "I Can Dream About You 1985 " 1985 #12 UK
* "Get Outta Town" 1985 #99 UK
* "Keep The Fire Burnin'" Featuring Loleatta Holloway 1995 #49 UK read less