Bryan Guy Adams is a Canadian singer-songwriter,musician,record producer,and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million records and singles worldwide,placing him on the list of best-selling music artists. Adams was the most played artist on Canadian radio in the 2010s and has had 25 top-15 singles in Canada and a dozen or more in the US,UK,and Australia.
"What's Love Got to Do with It" is a song written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten,and recorded by Tina Turner for her fifth studio album,Private Dancer (1984). Capitol Records released it as a single from Private Dancer in May 1984 and it eventually became Turner's biggest-selling single.
"Summer of '69" is a song recorded by the Canadian singer Bryan Adams from his fourth album,Reckless. It is an up-tempo rock song about a dilemma between settling down or trying to become a rock star. The track was written by Adams and his longtime songwriting collaborator Jim Vallance. "Summer of '69" was produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain. "Summer of '69" was released in June 1985 under A&M Records as the fourth single from Reckless. According to later claims by Adams,the title is a reference to the sex position,not the year,but Vallance disputes this.
Reckless is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams,released by A&M Records on 5 November 1984 to coincide with Adams' 25th birthday. Like its predecessor Cuts Like a Knife,the album was entirely produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain.
"River Deep –Mountain High" is a song by Ike &Tina Turner released on Philles Records as the title track to their 1966 studio album. Produced by Phil Spector and written by Spector,Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. Rolling Stone ranked "River Deep –Mountain High" No. 33 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. NME ranked it No. 37 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame added it to the list of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
"Heaven" is a song by the Canadian singer and songwriter Bryan Adams recorded in 1983,written by Adams and Jim Vallance. It first appeared on the A Night in Heaven soundtrack album the same year and was later included on Adams' album Reckless in 1984. It was released as the third single from Reckless and reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in June 1985,over a year and a half after the song first appeared on record. The single was certified Gold in Canada in 1985.
"Proud Mary" is a song by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival,written by vocalist and lead guitarist John Fogerty. It was released as a single in January 1969 by Fantasy Records and on the band's second studio album,Bayou Country. The song became a major hit in the United States,peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1969,the first of five singles to peak at No. 2 for the group.
"Nutbush City Limits" is a semi-autobiographical song written by Tina Turner which commemorates her rural hometown of Nutbush in Haywood County,Tennessee,United States. Originally released as a single on United Artists Records in August 1973,it is one of the last hits that husband-wife R&B duo Ike &Tina Turner released together.
Break Every Rule is the sixth solo studio album by Tina Turner. It was released on September 8,1986,through Capitol Records. It was the follow-up to Turner's globally successful comeback album,Private Dancer,released two years earlier. Turner nearly scored her second Billboard Hot 100 number one with the lead single "Typical Male",peaking at number two for three consecutive weeks in October 1986,while "Two People" and "What You Get Is What You See" reached the top 20. "Back Where You Started" earned Turner her third consecutive Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance,Female in 1987. It is her first solo album of original songs.
"Private Dancer" is a song first released and made famous by Tina Turner in 1984. The song was written by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits,but never fully recorded or released by his band. Turner's recording was produced by John Carter for her fifth solo album of the same name and released as the album's fifth single. The track reached number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the US R&B chart. The song had moderate international success,reaching number 26 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Addicted to Love" is a song by English rock singer Robert Palmer released in 1986. It is the third song on Palmer's eighth studio album Riptide (1985) and was released as its second single. The single version is a shorter edit of the full-length album version.
"Typical Male" is a song recorded by American singer Tina Turner. It was written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle and produced by the former for Turner's studio album Break Every Rule (1986).
"Broken Wings" is a 1985 song recorded by American pop rock band Mr. Mister. It was released in June 1985 as the lead single from their second album Welcome to the Real World. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1985,where it remained for two weeks. It was released as the band was just about to embark on a US tour opening for Tina Turner. "Broken Wings" became the first of two consecutive number ones of the band on the American charts,the other chart-topper being "Kyrie". Outside of the United States,"Broken Wings" topped the charts in Canada,peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia,Belgium (Flanders),the Netherlands,Norway,the Republic of Ireland,Switzerland,the United Kingdom and West Germany,and the top twenty of the charts in Austria,New Zealand,Spain and Sweden.
"Better Be Good to Me" is a song written by Mike Chapman,Holly Knight,and Nicky Chinn,recorded by Tina Turner for her solo studio album Private Dancer (1984) and released as a single in early September 1984. The song was originally recorded and released in 1981 by Spider,a band from New York City that featured co-writer Knight as a member. Turner's version was successful in the United States and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 6 on the then-Hot Black Singles charts. At the 27th Annual Grammy Awards in 1985,it won Best Rock Vocal Performance,Female,one of four Grammys awarded to Turner's Private Dancer album at that ceremony. The song was also included on the Miami Vice soundtrack,and the 2024 film IF,during which the main characters sing and dance to the track inside the official music video.
"Please Forgive Me" is a song by Canadian rock musician Bryan Adams. It was released in October 1993 by A&M Records as the only single and bonus track from his first greatest hits compilation album,So Far So Good (1993). The single reached numbers seven and three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100,and number two on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. In the United Kingdom,"Please Forgive Me" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It is his only Australian number-one single not written for a motion picture,and it also topped the charts of Belgium,Canada,France,Ireland,Norway,and Portugal. The accompanying music video was directed by Andrew Catlin and filmed in a recording studio,featuring a dog.
"The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. Adams co-wrote and co-produced the track with Robert John "Mutt" Lange. It was released in May 1996 as the lead single from Adams' seventh studio album,18 til I Die (1996). The song peaked at number one in Canada,number six in the United Kingdom,and number 52 in the United States.
"Back Where You Started" is a popular album track and the second single released in the United States by rock/soul singer Tina Turner,from her Platinum-certified Break Every Rule album.
"Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" is a song performed by American recording artist and actress Tina Turner for her 1993 What's Love Got to Do with It soundtrack album. The track was written and produced by Bryan Adams and Robert John "Mutt" Lange. It was released in September 1993 by Virgin and Parlophone,peaking at number 16 in the United Kingdom and number 25 in Ireland. In the US,the song reached numbers 97 and 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100.
"Tearing Us Apart" is a song recorded by English blues rock guitarist and singer Eric Clapton on his 1986 album August,produced by Phil Collins. The song was about "the committee",the group of Pattie Boyd's friends whom Clapton blamed for coming between Pattie and him. "Tearing Us Apart" was a duet with Tina Turner and was released as the second single from the album in mid-1987,following "Behind the Mask". The song did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100,but was a minor hit in the UK. The song has been included on several setlists of Clapton's live performances in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s;performed by other female vocalists such as Katie Kissoon,Tessa Niles,Shaun Murphy,Tracy Ackerman,Sheryl Crow,Sharon White and Michelle John. Clapton resurrected the song for his 11-night residency at the Royal Albert Hall in May/June 2011 and his European/South American tours from February 14 to October 16. Most recently,Clapton has performed the song in concert in 2022.
"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" is a song written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten. It was recorded by American singer Tina Turner for the soundtrack album to the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,which starred Mel Gibson and Turner. On the heels of Turner's multiplatinum album Private Dancer (1984),the song was released as a 7-inch single,an extended version was released as a 12-inch single and on the film's soundtrack album. In the United Kingdom,a shaped picture disc was also issued. The power ballad received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. As songwriters,Lyle and Britten received the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.
