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Barry Blue
Barry Blue (born Barry Ian Green, 4 December 1950) is an English singer, producer, and songwriter. As an artist, he is best known for his hit songs " Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" and "Do You Wanna Dance" (both 1973). Blue has also been a prolific songwriter and producer for many artists, and has had over forty worldwide hits, including Andrea Bocelli, Diana Ross, Celine Dion, The Saturdays, The Wanted, and Pixie Lott. In film and television, Blue has provided soundtracks and/or themes for productions including ''Eyes of Laura Mars'', '' Long Good Friday'', and '' Escape to Athena''. Early days At the age of 13, Barry Blue made his first television appearance with his school band The Dark Knights, performing on Stubby Kaye's ''Silver Star Show'', a weekly children's talent show hosted by Kaye via Granada TV. By the age of 14, Blue had signed with record producer Norrie Paramor, whose assistant was Tim Rice; the producer of Blue's first song ''Rainmaker Girl'', which becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancin' (on A Saturday Night)
"Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue, that was recorded by Blue and released as a single in 1973 on Bell Records. Blue's backing band of session musicians were well known in the industry and one year later the drummer, John Richardson, joined the Rubettes. Barry Blue's song reached the number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, (and number 1 on the ''Melody Maker'' top 30), number 2 on the Australian Kent Music chart, number 3 on the Austrian singles chart, number 4 on the Irish Singles Chart, number 9 on the German singles chart, and number 11 on the Dutch singles chart. The song ranked the 18th best selling single in Australia in 1973, and 23rd best selling single in the UK in 1973. Barry Blue's version of the song has also appeared on the soundtrack to the films ''Anita and Me (film), Anita and Me'', and ''American Swing''. A remixed version of the original Barry Blue song was released in 1989, reaching number 86 on the UK Singles Chart. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |