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 Canada's 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).
"Cat's in the Cradle" is a 1974 folk rock song by Harry Chapin from the album Verities &Balderdash. The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only number-one song,it became the best known of his work and a staple for folk rock music. Chapin's recording of the song was nominated for the 1975 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds,released as a single in 1985. It was written and composed by producer Keith Forsey and guitarist Steve Schiff. Forsey and Schiff wrote the song for Simple Minds and offered it to several other acts before Simple Minds agreed to record it. The song was inspired by and used in the 1985 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" reached No. 1 in the United States and Canada and became Simple Minds' biggest American hit.
"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 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.
"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.
Boy in the Box is the second album by 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.
"Never" is a song by American rock band Heart,released 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 #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 "Rob" 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 one 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.
