Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter)

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Andy Pratt
Born (1947-01-25) January 25, 1947 (age 78)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • composer
Instruments
  • 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 #78 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at #69 on the Cash Box Top 100. [5] [6] The song was re-recorded by the Who's lead vocalist Roger Daltrey for his third solo studio album One of the Boys (1977). [7] 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 musical drama film Velvet Goldmine (1998). [8]

Rolling Stone magazine said of Pratt's third studio album, Resolution (1976), "The songs carry rock harmony one step beyond the Beach Boys and the [Rolling] Stones." [9] In 1982 Pratt released the mini-LP Fun in the First World produced by Leroy Radcliffe and released on Boston's Enzone Records. [1] The mini-LP was later included on The Age of Goodbye (2004). [1]

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ofjord, Michael. "Andy Pratt | Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Book of Lists 2018". Business Jet Traveler. June 19, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ofjord, Michael. "Andy Pratt | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Foo Fighters, The Killers, St Vincent – 30 Huge Artists On Their Favourite 'Lost' Albums". NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. September 19, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955-2010. Record Research.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits: 1952-1996. Record Research.
  7. ↑ Hoffmann, Frank W. (1983). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950–1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 87–98. ISBN   978-0-8108-1595-7.
  8. ↑ New Times. New Times Communications Corporation. 1976.
  9. ↑ Edwards, Gavin (August 30, 2019). "10 Weird Albums We Loved in the 1970s You've Never Heard". Rolling Stone . Retrieved November 30, 2019.
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