Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band from Newmarket,Ontario that formed in 1983. The band has released five studio albums. Its 1986 debut album,The Thin Red Line,went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. Two singles from that album,"Don't Forget Me " and "Someday",reached the U.S. top 10.
Corey Mitchell Hart is a Canadian singer,musician and songwriter known for his hit singles "Sunglasses at Night","Never Surrender" and "It Ain't Enough". He has sold over 16 million records worldwide and recorded nine US Billboard Top 40 hits. In Canada,30 of Hart's recordings have been Top 40 hits,including 11 in the Top 10,over the course of over 35 years in the music industry. Nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1984,Hart is an inductee of both Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Canada's Walk of Fame,and is also a multiple Juno award nominee and winner,including the Diamond Award for his best-selling album Boy in the Box. He has also been honoured by the American Society of Composers,Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and the Society of Composers,Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN).
"Sunglasses at Night" is a song by Canadian singer Corey Hart. It was released on January 21,1984 as the first single from his debut album,1983's First Offense,and became a hit single in the United States,officially rising to number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week that ended on September 1,1984. The song combines an unflagging synthesizer hook,characteristic arpeggio,rock guitar and cryptic lyrics. AllMusic has since described it as "an instant classic with its distinctive melody and catchy chorus".
"What You Need" is a song recorded by the Australian band INXS. It is the leadoff track from their 1985 album,Listen Like Thieves. "What You Need" was the lead single off the album in Australia and New Zealand,while it was in USA and Europe the second single after "This Time" and was the band's first American Top Ten hit,peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
First Offense is the debut studio album by Canadian recording artist Corey Hart,released in 1983. It includes the hit single "Sunglasses at Night" and the ballad "It Ain't Enough". Hart was subsequently nominated for four Juno Awards and a Grammy Award for "Best New Artist".
"Sea of Love" is a song written by John Philip Baptiste and George Khoury. It was the only top-40 chart-maker for Phillips,who never recorded another hit.
Boy in the Box is the second album by Canadian singer Corey Hart,released in 1985. It generated four charted singles. The song "Never Surrender" won a Juno Award in 1985 for "Single of the Year" and reached #3 on the U.S. Hot 100.
"Hard Luck Woman" is a song by American hard rock band Kiss and the lead single from their 1976 album,Rock and Roll Over. It was originally written by Paul Stanley as a possible track for Rod Stewart,but after the success of the soft rock ballad "Beth",Kiss decided to keep it for themselves as a follow-up. Stanley has stated his admiration and love of Stewart's music numerous times,and that "Hard Luck Woman" was inspired by Rod Stewart,in particular the songs "Maggie May" and "You Wear It Well". While Stewart's music served as a partial inspiration for the song,the nautical themed song "Brandy" by American pop-rock band Looking Glass served as Stanley's main inspiration.
"The Power of Love" is a pop song co-written and originally recorded by American singer-songwriter Jennifer Rush in 1984. It was released in December 1984 by CBS Records as the fifth single from her debut album,Jennifer Rush (1984),and has since been covered by Air Supply,Laura Branigan,and Celine Dion.
"Always" is a song by American R&B group Atlantic Starr. The track was the second single from the group's seventh studio album All in the Name of Love (1987). The single was the biggest hit for Atlantic Starr;it peaked at number one on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot Black Singles charts in June 1987,being the band's only number one song. The song also spent two weeks atop the U.S. adult contemporary chart. In July,it topped the Canadian RPM 100 national singles chart,where it remained for two weeks. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified it silver.
"Never" is a song by American rock band Heart,released on August 29,1985,as the second single from the band's eponymous eighth studio album (1985). It was written by Holly Knight,Gene Bloch and "Connie".
"Glory of Love" is a 1986 song performed by Peter Cetera,which he wrote and composed with his then-wife Diane Nini and David Foster. The song was recorded by Cetera shortly after he left the band Chicago to pursue a solo career. Featured in the film The Karate Kid Part II (1986),it was Cetera's first hit single after he left the band,reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100,and it was included on his album Solitude/Solitaire (1986),which Michael Omartian produced.
"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" is a power ballad performed by the American musician Meat Loaf. It is a track off his 1977 album Bat Out of Hell,written by Jim Steinman. It spent 23 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100,peaking at No. 11,and earned a million-selling Gold single from the RIAA,eventually being certified platinum. It remains his second-highest-charting hit in the US,behind "I'd Do Anything for Love " (1993),and stands as one of his career signature tunes.
"A Criminal Mind" is a song by Scottish-born Canadian artist Lawrence Gowan. Released in January 1985 as the lead single from second studio album,Strange Animal,it reached number five in Canada. Gowan refers to it as one of his signature songs.
"My Boy" is a popular song from the early 1970s. The music was composed by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and Claude François,and the lyrics were translated from the original version "Parce que je t'aime,mon enfant" into English by Phil Coulter and Bill Martin.
Robert Quartly is a Canadian music video,television and commercial director. During the 1980s,Quartly produced numerous Juno Award-winning music videos for artists,including Corey Hart,Gowan,Platinum Blonde and Rush. As both a director and a producer,he gave birth to Canada's music video production industry. Quartly has been recognized with JUNOs,CFTA personal achievement awards and his induction as the first member of the Much Music Hall of Fame.
"Run to You" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. It was released in 1984 as the lead single from his fourth album,Reckless (1984). The track deals with the subject of infidelity,and is sung from the perspective of a man who declares that he will continue to "run to" his seductive mistress over his faithful partner;critic Ira Robbins for CMJ called it a "cheating classic". In the accompanying music video,however,Adams portrays his guitar as the object of desire.
"Everything in My Heart" is a song by Canadian singer Corey Hart. It was released in November 1985 as the third single from his second album,Boy in the Box. The song was number-one for one week in Canada but only reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" is a song by Canadian rock band Glass Tiger. It was released in 1986 as the lead from their debut album,The Thin Red Line. The song reached number 1 in Canada and number two in the United States. The song features backing vocals by fellow Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams.
This is the discography of Canadian singer-songwriter Corey Hart.
