Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter)

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Andy Pratt
Born (1947-01-25) January 25, 1947 (age 76)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • composer
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitars
  • bass guitar
  • piano
  • accordion
  • sitar
  • tabla
  • clavinet
Years active1969–present
Labels

Andy Pratt (born January 25, 1947) is an American rock singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In the 1970s, he made a number of experimental records, of which "Avenging Annie" was a commercial hit. [1]

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Career

Pratt's demo recording of Avenging Annie was given to the Brown University radio station WBRU in 1972. [2] In early 1973, Pratt signed to Columbia Records by Clive Davis. [3] He went into Aengus Studios, of Fayville, Massachusetts and released Andy Pratt in 1973, which had modest commercial success. [4] The single, Avenging Annie, peaked at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending ten weeks on the chart. [5] The song was re-recorded by The Who singer Roger Daltrey for his album One of the Boys in 1977. [6] Pratt's original version of the single became the B side of Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light" on a CBS promotional disc, and was used on the soundtrack to the film Velvet Goldmine in 1998. [7]

Rolling Stone magazine said of his 1976 album, Resolution, "The songs carry rock harmony one step beyond the Beach Boys and the Stones." [8] In 1982 Pratt released the mini album Fun in the First World produced by Leroy Radcliffe and released on Boston's Enzone Records. [1] The mini album was later included on The Age of Goodbye. [1]

Discography

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