Charlie Midnight

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Charlie Midnight
Born Brooklyn, New York, United States
GenresPop, pop rock, rock music
Occupation(s)Songwriter, record producer

Charlie Midnight (born Charles Kaufman, [1] January 9, 1954) is an American songwriter and record producer and the founder of Midnight Production House. [2] He has been nominated for the 1987 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (Writer, "Living in America" by James Brown), two Golden Globes, and has been a producer and/or writer on several Grammy-winning albums, including The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album , Joni Mitchell's Turbulent Indigo , and Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long . He also is a writer on the Barbra Streisand Grammy-nominated, Platinum-selling Partners album having co-written the Barbra Streisand and Andrea Bocelli duet "I Still Can See Your Face".

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Early life

Midnight was born in Brooklyn, New York to Louis Leo Kaufman (1916–1993), a factory worker and World War II veteran, and Bella Hanft (1918–2012). He was raised in Bensonhurst, a working-class neighborhood, and attended Lafayette High School. He aspired to enter acting (according to his high school yearbook) or pursue poetry. [1] Before deciding to become a musician, Midnight briefly attended Brooklyn College. [1] His first musical foray was in London, England with a band before he returned a few months later to the United States. Midnight worked various jobs to support his music career, such as being employed as a legal proofreader and paralegal. [3] [4]

Career

Initial solo career

Although primarily known as a producer and songwriter for other artists, Midnight actually began his career as a singer and musician himself. [5] He performed in several groups throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, which culminated in the release of his solo album Innocent Bystander in 1982. [4] [6] [7] Shortly after his first and last solo album (which he deemed a commercial failure based on its reception), [3] Midnight came to the attention of famed singer-songwriter, musician and producer Dan Hartman. The two began collaborating on songwriting, forming a musical partnership that would last until Hartman's death in 1994. [8] [9]

Songwriting and producing

Midnight's first producing job was the Time Bandits' 1987 album Can't Wait for Another World with Hartman as the executive producer. [3] [10] He went on to produce and write songs for more than 30 films including Rocky IV , [11] The Bodyguard , [11] Bull Durham , Lizzie McGuire and Ruthless People , as well as for such varied artists as Cher, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Seal, Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, James Brown, Chaka Khan, Joe Cocker, The Doobie Brothers, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Jamey Johnson, George Thorogood, John Waite, Hilary Duff, Dan Hartman, Sheena Easton, Paul Stanley and Paul Young. [12] [13]

In 1987, Midnight was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for co-writing "Living in America", a song for which James Brown won the Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male. [14] During the same year, Midnight co-wrote two Joe Cocker songs ("Trust in Me" and "A Woman Loves a Man") for Cocker's Unchain My Heart album which was produced by Charlie Midninght and Dan Hartman. In 1992, an updated version of "Trust in Me" (this time with Sass Jordan on backing vocals) was released on The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album , which won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. [15] In 1988, he was twice nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Firstly, for the aforementioned "A Woman Loves a Man" which was re-released in the 1988 movie Bull Durham. Secondly, for the song "Why Should I Worry?" from the 1988 Disney animated film Oliver & Company . [16] In 1994, the song "How Do You Stop"—which he co-wrote with Dan Hartman for James Brown's 1986 album Gravity— was covered by Joni Mitchell on her album Turbulent Indigo in a version that featured vocals by Seal. The album later won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Pop Album.

In 2004, it was announced that Midnight signed a publishing deal with Famous Music Publishing. [17] That same year, he wrote and produced "I'll Give Anything But Up" (sung by Hilary Duff) for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children-winning children's album Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long . In 2010, Midnight co-wrote with Jamey Johnson the song "My Way To You", which appeared on the latter's album The Guitar Song (nominated in 2011 for the Grammy Award for Best Country Album). The same year, Midnight co-wrote "Welcome To Burlesque"—Cher's first song in the feature film Burlesque . Its soundtrack album won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. [18] In 2012, Midnight co-wrote two specialty lyrics for Barbra Streisand for her Back To Brooklyn tour on "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard and "You're the Top" from Anything Goes . [19] During the same year, "Welcome To Burlesque" (sung by Cher and co-written by Charlie Midnight) appeared on the Grammy-Nominated Soundtrack Album "Burlesque" (Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Visual Media). In 2014, Midnight co-wrote the duet "I Still Can See Your Face" (performed by Streisand and Andrea Bocelli) for Streisand's Partners album. Partners reached No. 1, which made Streisand the only artist to have a Number One album in each of the past six different decades. Furthermore, the album was Grammy nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. In 2018, Midnight co-wrote the song "The Rain Will Fall" with Streisand, Jay Landers, and Jonas Myrin.

Continuing his success in having his songs featured in films, Midnight co-wrote the song "Keep On Movin'" (sung by Thomas Hien) for the Disney feature film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and co-wrote "The Healing" (performed by Gedeon Luke and the People) featured in the 2015 film Get Hard . Collaborating with Idina Menzel and Walter Afanasieff, Midnight wrote "December Prayer," for Menzel's "Holiday Wishes": Number One Billboard Holiday Album

He co-wrote the song "Big Time Rush", which served as the theme song for the hit Nickelodeon series of the same name. He also won a BMI Cable Award at the 2006 BMI Awards for the theme song to the comedy series Daisy Does America . Midnight worked with Jordyn Jones on her song, I'm Dappin'. [20] He has worked extensively as a writer and a producer for artists from all around the world. These include such notable international artists as Lin Yu-chun (Taiwan), Tata Young (Thailand), Chage and Aska (Japan), Peter Maffay and Yvonne Catterfeld (Germany), Gölä (Switzerland) Saint Lu (Austria) Time Bandits (Netherlands), El Último de la Fila (Spain), Rhydian (UK), Dodo and the Dodos (Denmark), Sahlene and Don Patrol (Sweden), Rodsogarden (Finland), Rouge (Brazil).

Artists

Listed alphabetically

  • 2 Live Crew: "Living In America" - Co-Writer
  • Anastacia: "Stay" – Writer on her album Resurrection
  • Christina Aguilera: "This Year" (Christmas album My Kind of Christmas) – Writer
  • Big Time Rush: Big Time Rush theme song – Writer
  • Andrea Bocelli and Barbra Streisand duet: Writer "I Still Can See Your Face" on Ms. Streisand's number one Partners album
  • Zach Brandon: Cowriter on the song “Live and Let Live (feat. Jallal)" [21] [22]
  • James Brown: "Living In America" (Gravity album)
  • Kristin Chenoweth: Happiness Is...Christmas! album – Cowrote the song "The Stories That You Told” with Jay Landers [23]
  • Cher: "Welcome To Burlesque" (Film: Burlesque) Thanksgiving 2010 release
  • Lauren Christy: "My Spot in the World" (102 Dalmatians soundtrack album) – Writer
  • Joe Cocker: Unchain My Heart album; One Night Of Sin album – Producer and writer; "Love Lives On" (Harry & The Hendersons feature film) – Producer
  • Miranda Cosgrove: "Raining Sunshine" End Title song and soundtrack album from Sony animated feature Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs - Writer
  • The Doobie Brothers: "Cycles" Album – Writer and producer of various tracks including "The Doctor" (Top Five Single); Take Me To The Highway live album – Producer of album, writer of various tracks
  • Hilary Duff: Lizzie McGuire soundtrack, Writer and producer; Hilary Duff Christmas Album ("Santa Claus Lane"), Writer and producer; Metamorphosis album, Writer and producer on various songs including the hit song, "So Yesterday" [24]
  • Sheena Easton: "When The Lightning Strikes Again" – Writer
  • Kendra Erika: Cowriter on the song "Song Of Hope” [25]
  • Natalie Gelman: Streetlamp Musician – Writer and producer
  • Dan Hartman: I Can Dream About You album (except the title song and "Electricity") – Writer
  • Hotel Blue: Cowriter on the song "The Blue Hotel" on the Big Night in Byzantium album [26]
  • Natalie Imbruglia: "Outside Looking In" – Writer
  • Billy Joel: "Why Should I Worry" (Oliver & Company, Disney animated feature) – Writer
  • Jamey Johnson: "My Way To You" – Writer
  • Chaka Khan: "Can't Stop The Street" (Top Ten Dance Single – Krush Groove soundtrack) – Writer
  • Lil' Romeo: Hilary Duff Christmas Album, duet on "Tell Me A Story" – Writer and producer
  • Idina Menzel: Co-writing songs with Ms. Menzel and Walter Afanasieff for original musical; performs "God Save My Soul" from musical in concert; "December Prayer" – Writer on Ms. Menzel's Christmas album
  • Joni Mitchell: "How Do You Stop" (Turbulent Indigo album) – Writer
  • Barb Morrison: Producer during Morrison's time as the member of a band during the 1990s [27]
  • Rvkah: Cowriter on song "Christmas Love" on her Love EP
  • Seal: "How Do You Stop" (duet w/ Mitchell, "Turbulent Indigo") – Writer
  • Britney Spears: "Shadow" (In The Zone album) – Writer
  • Paul Stanley: "It's Not Me" – Writer – Live to Win album
  • Emma Stevens: To My Roots album (Cowriter on various songs); Atoms EP (Cowriter) [28]
  • Barbra Streisand: "Love Will Survive" Lyricist. Music by Hans Zimmer, Walter Afanasieff, Kara Talve for film, "The Tattooist of Auschwitz." "The Rain Will Fall" from the "Walls" Album Cowriter with Jay Landers Jonas Myrin & Barbra Streisand. 2012 "Back To Brooklyn" tour – Writer of specialty lyrics
  • George Thorogood: "American Made" – Writer
  • John Waite: "Sometimes" ("Rover" Album) – Writer
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic: "Living With A Hernia (parody of "Living In America")
  • Paul Young: "I'm Only Fooling Myself" (Time to Time album) – Writer

Films and soundtrack albums

Listed alphabetically

Other writer credits

YearArtistSongAlbumNotes
1984 Dan Hartman "We Are the Young"
"Shy Hearts"
"I'm Not a Rolling Stone"
"Rage to Live"
"Name of the Game"
"Power of a Good Love"
"Second Nature"
"I Can't Get Enough"		 I Can Dream About You
3V"Heart of the Beat" Breakin' soundtrack
1985 Chaka Khan "(Krush Groove) Can't Stop The Street" Krush Groove soundtrack
Dan Hartman "Get Outta Town" Fletch soundtrack
"Talking to the Wall" Perfect soundtrack
Sheena Easton "When the Lightning Strikes Again" Do You
1986 Dan Hartman "Waiting to See You" Ruthless People soundtrack
James Brown "Living in America" Gravity
1987 John Waite "Sometimes" Rover's Return
Joe Cocker "A Woman Loves a Man"
"Trust in Me"
"Satisfied"		 Unchain My Heart Writer and album co-producer.
1988 Dan Hartman "Behind Your Eyes" Casual Sex? soundtrack
The Insiders"Gimme Some Lovin'" Iron Eagle II soundtrack
Billy Joel "Why Should I Worry?" Oliver & Company soundtrack
1989 The Doobie Brothers "The Doctor"
"Take Me to the Highway"		 Cycles Co-writer and album co-producer.
Joe Cocker "Letting Go"
"Bad Bad Sign"		 One Night of Sin Writer and album producer.
"Love Lives On" Harry and the Hendersons soundtrackCo-producer.
1990 Spunkadelic "9.95" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1991 Dan Hartman "(That's Your) Consciousness" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Paul Young "I'm Only Fooling Myself" From Time to Time – The Singles Collection
Corey Feldman & The Eradicators"Riot in the Playground" Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever
Quarterflash "Diamonds in the Rough" Girl in the Wind Writer and producer.
1992 Joe Cocker featuring Sass Jordan "Trust in Me" The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album Writer and producer.
1994 Cruzados "This House" Gunmen soundtrackWriter and producer.
Chage and Aska "Something There" Street Fighter soundtrackEnglish lyrics.
Joni Mitchell "How Do You Stop" Turbulent Indigo Cover of the 1986 song by James Brown.
1995Tito & Tarantula"Back to the House That Love Built" Desperado: The Soundtrack Co-writer and co-producer.
1995The Bonnevilles"Dream Time" Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge soundtrack
1997 Dollshead "It's Over, It's Under" The Jackal soundtrackWriter and producer.
1998 Lauren Christy "I Want What I Want" Wild Things soundtrack
"Walk This Earth Alone" Great Expectations soundtrack
1999 2 Live Crew "Living in America" Ringmaster soundtrackCover version of the James Brown hit song.
2000 Joey Gian "Here I Am" Return To Me soundtrack
Lauren Christy "My Spot in the World"102 Dalmatians soundtrack
Christina Aguilera "This Year" My Kind of Christmas
2002 Hilary Duff "Santa Claus Lane"
"I Heard Santa on the Radio" (with Christina Milian)
"When the Snow Comes Down in Tinseltown"
"Tell Me a Story (About the Night Before)" (with Lil' Romeo)
"Same Old Christmas" (featuring Haylie Duff)		 Santa Claus Lane Co-writer and co-producer.
2003 George Thorogood & The Destroyers "American Made" Ride 'Til I Die
Britney Spears "Shadow" In The Zone
LMNT "It's Just You" Kim Possible soundtrack
Haylie Duff "Girl in the Band" The Lizzie McGuire Movie soundtrackCo-writer and co-producer.
Hilary Duff "Why Not"
"So Yesterday"
"Workin' It Out"
"Where Did I Go Right?"
"The Math"
"Love Just Is"
"Metamorphosis"
"Why Not"		 Metamorphosis Co-writer and co-producer.
"What Christmas Should Be" Cheaper by the Dozen soundtrack
2004 Hilary Duff "Weird"
"Hide Away"
"Dangerous to Know"
"Who's That Girl?"
"Cry""Haters"
"Rock This World"
"Jericho"		 Hilary Duff Co-writer and co-producer.
2005Various—Come Away Home soundtrackMusic supervisor.
Terence Jay "One Blood" Green Street soundtrackWriter and producer.
2009 Miranda Cosgrove "Raining Sunshine" Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs soundtrack
2010 Big Time Rush "Big Time Rush" BTR
Jamey Johnson "My Way To You" [29] The Guitar Song
Cher "Welcome To Burlesque" Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2013 Barbra Streisand "As If We Never Said Goodbye"
"You're the Top"		 Back to Brooklyn Co-wrote specialty lyrics.
2016 Miggs "Be Good to Yourself" and other songsMiggs: The EPWriter and producer. [30]

Television credits

YearNameSongArtistNotes
1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (Ep. "Hansel and Gretel") (HBO)"Los Ninos Deliciosos" Rosie Perez
1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (Ep. "Rapunzel") (HBO)"Hoodoo Diva" Whoopi Goldberg
1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (Ep. "Sleeping Rosita") (HBO)"Que Es Esto"
"Good Fairies Song"		 Carmen Zapata
Vanessa Marquez
2005 Daisy Does America (TBS)"Daisy Does America"—Main theme.
2009–2013 Big Time Rush (Nickelodeon)"Big Time Rush" Big Time Rush Main theme.

Nominations

Writings

Personal life

Midnight and his wife Susanna have a daughter, Shantie. Midnight has a daughter, Hannah, from a previous marriage. [3]

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