''America's Greatest Hero'' is the only studio album by

Joey Scarbury Joey Scarbury (born June 7, 1955) is an American singer and songwriter best known for his hit song, " Theme from ''The Greatest American Hero'' (Believe It or Not)", in 1981. Childhood and early music career Scarbury was born in Ontario, Calif ...

, released by

Elektra Records Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the 1 ...

in 1981 on vinyl LP and cassette. This album features the hit theme from the TV series ''

The Greatest American Hero ''The Greatest American Hero'' is an American comedy-drama Superhero fiction, superhero television series that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. Created by producer Stephen J. Cannell, it premiered as a two-hour pilot movie on March 1 ...

'', from which the album takes its name. The album was reissued on CD by

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in 2005.

Track listing

Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not) "Theme from ''The Greatest American Hero'' (Believe It or Not)" is a song composed by Mike Post with lyrics by Stephen Geyer, and sung by American singer Joey Scarbury. It serves as the theme song for the 1980s television series ''The Greatest A ...

" (

Mike Post Mike Post (born Leland Michael Postil, September 29, 1944) is an American composer, best known for his TV theme music for various shows, including ''Law & Order''; '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''; ''The A-Team''; ''NYPD Blue''; ''Renegad ...

Stephen Geyer Stephen George Geyer (born November 21, 1950) is an American songwriter best known for his work in television. He is also a studio and performance guitarist and has written scripts for TV. Biography Geyer was born in Lima, Peru, the son of a CIA ...

) - 3:13 #"Love Me Like the Last Time" (

Dan Seals Danny Wayland Seals (February 8, 1948 – March 25, 2009) was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals and Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as one half of the soft rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley, who charted ...

, Rafe Van Hoy) - 3:31 #"Stolen Night" (Randy Handley) - 4:18 #"There Is a River" (Stephen Geyer) - 3:31 #"Everything But Love" (Stephen Geyer, Joey Scarbury) - 3:24 #"Take This Heart of Mine" (

Bruce Hornsby Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock, heartland rock, and blues rock musical traditions ...

) - 2:59 #"When She Dances" (Brian Blugerman) - 3:22 #"That Little Bit of Us" (Stephen Geyer) - 3:41 #"Some of My Old Friends" (Stephen Geyer) - 3:01 #" Down the Backstairs (Of My Life)" - ( William Smith,

Eric Mercury Eric Alexander Mercury (28 June 1944 – 14 March 2022) was a Canadian singer who was a member of soul group The Soul Searchers during the 1960s. He later made waves in 1969 with his ''Electric Black Man'' album. He had two hits, the first on ...

) 3:26

Personnel

Mike Baird Michael Bruce Baird (born 1 April 1968) is an Australian investment banker and former politician who was the 44th Premier of New South Wales, the Minister for Infrastructure, the Minister for Western Sydney, and the Leader of the New South W ...

- drums *

Neil Stubenhaus Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist. Career He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975. After graduation, he was rec ...

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequ ...

- bass *John Goux,

Larry Carlton Larry Eugene Carlton (born March 2, 1948) is an American guitarist who built his career as a studio musician in the 1970s and 1980s for acts such as Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. He has participated in thousands of recording sessions, recorde ...

, Stephen Geyer - guitar *

Larry Muhoberac Lawrence Gordon "Larry" Muhoberac, Jr.; (February 12, 1937 - December 4, 2016, in Erina, New South Wales, Australia) was an American musician, record producer, and composer who was also known under pseudonyms "Larry Owens" and "Larry Gordon". C ...

- keyboards *Ian Underwood,

Todd Cochran Todd Cochran (born September 3, 1951) is an American pianist, composer, keyboardist, essayist and conceptual artist. Early in his career he was also professionally known as Bayeté. Cochran started his career as a teenager with saxophonist John H ...

, Larry Muhoberac - synthesizer *Jeff Gerson - percussion *Linda Dillard,

Herb Pedersen Herbert Joseph Pedersen (born April 27, 1944 in Berkeley, California) is an American musician, guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter who has played a variety of musical styles over the past fifty years including Country music, country, ...

, Laura Mumford, Joey Scarbury - backing vocals *Sid Sharp - concertmaster

Production

*Producer - Mike Post *Arranger - Mike Post, Stephen Geyer *Recording/Mixing - Doug Parry at Smoketree Ranch, Chatsworth, CA *Second Engineer - Rick Romano *Strings Recording - Paul Dobbe at Western I *Photography - Jim Shea *Original Art Direction - Ron Coro

References

1981 debut albums Joey Scarbury albums Albums produced by Mike Post Elektra Records albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub