Billie Keith Hughes (April 4, 1948 – July 3, 1998) was an American recording artist, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known for his successful artist career in Japan, lead vocalist of his band Lazarus and his collaboration with Roxanne Seeman writing songs for

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, and for his songs in film and television. He has two Emmy nominations. Hughes song "Welcome To The Edge", with the Japanese title "Todokanu Omoi"とどかぬ想い (One-Sided Love)" was the theme of the Japanese television drama ''I'll Never Love Anyone Anymore'' (''Mou Daremo Aisanai'') (''もう誰も愛さない''). It became the top-selling international single in Japan in 1991 after selling over 500,000 copies. Hughes was awarded with the No. 1 International Single of the Year in 1992 at the NHK Grand Prix Japanese Gold Disk Awards. ''I'll Never Love Anyone Anymore (Mou Daremo Aisanai) (もう誰も愛さない)'' featuring Billie Hughes "

Welcome to the Edge "Welcome to the Edge" is a song by American singer-songwriter Billie Hughes, from his 1991 album of the same name. Written by Hughes, Roxanne Seeman, and Dominic Messinger, the single was released in Japan by Pony Canyon on May 15, 1991, under th ...

" ("Todokanu Omoi") began rebroadcasting on TVK (Television Kanagawa) in the Greater Tokyo Area, on October 8, 2019.

Early life and education

Billie Keith Hughes was born on April 4, 1948 in

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, the son of Betty (née Capps) and Billie Wayne Hughes (Aug. 5, 1924 - November 14, 2011), a travelling minister of the

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, math teacher, and general contractor. He had an older brother named Jim, (April 10, 1945 - May 3, 2019). Billie Keith was raised in a religious family moving from city to city. His father, Billie Wayne, was a minister, elder and education director of the

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, South Dakota,

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, and

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. Billie Wayne Hughes wrote "Studying Angels" and taught three classes on angels at the

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. Hughes attended

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in Abilene, Texas. Hughes was offered a scholarship to Boston University as a violinist, but turned it down. He was the first chair violinist in the Abilene Christian College Orchestra and a member of the Abilene Christian College Acapella Choir. In September 1967, he became a member of the ACCents, an on-campus group that was formed two years earlier. All four singers in the new lineup played instruments. The ACCents performed for civic clubs, events including the Purple and White alumni parties over the state, the ACC chapel, and toured youth fellowships sponsored by Churches of Christ in

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; Macon, Georgia; and

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, Gainesville,

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and

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, Florida. Hughes was quoted as saying "A lot of our job is recruiting." In contemporizing their repertoire, he remarked "It's music that belongs to the set of today instead of the set of 10 to 20 years ago" He played violin in the ACC Orchestra tour of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, December 8–14, 1968 and in the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra accompaniment for the homecoming musical "Oklahoma!". Hughes co-founded another popular campus singing group called the Blue Sky Investment. The group consisted of Hughes, arranger, tenor vocalist and classical guitarist, Mike Haynes and Kay Ross on vocals, Carl Keesee on bass, and Marshal Locke on drums. The Blue Sky Investment held performances at Abilene Christian College, the University of Oklahoma, and for private engagements. Hughes composed original arrangements of songs from the Beatles repertoire for Blue Sky Investment performances opening a series of shows by ACC talent on April 4, 1968. While at ACC, Hughes formed his own band, Shiloh, with Carl Keesee and Gary Dye. They met Peter Yarrow after a

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concert at a local venue, and played their tape for him. They were signed by Yarrow and Phil Ramone to Bearsville Records, after which he dropped out of college and moved into Peter Yarrow's cabin in Woodstock to pursue his career with his band, renamed Lazarus.

Career

Lazarus

Hughes began his recording career as leader of the group Lazarus. In association with

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, Lazarus moved to

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, signing with the newly formed

Bearsville Records Bearsville Records was founded in 1970 by Albert Grossman. Artists included Todd Rundgren, Elizabeth Barraclough, Foghat, Halfnelson/ Sparks, Bobby Charles, Randy VanWarmer, Paul Butterfield's Better Days, Lazarus, Jesse Winchester, and NRBQ. ...

label, under the direction of

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. Two Lazarus albums produced by Yarrow and

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were recorded and released on Bearsville. In the next four years, Lazarus performed extensively throughout the United States and Canada. They opened for

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at his USD concert, a city known in pop culture as the Vermillion Rundgren name-drops on his

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live album. Lazarus released two albums, the first eponymous '' Lazarus'' in 1971, and the second, ''

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'' in 1973. In 1974,

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covered the Hughes song " Eastward", from the first Lazarus album. It was released as a single, reaching No. 16 on the Billboard US Adult Contemporary chart, and included on The Lettermen's ''Now And Forever'' album. In 1976 Lazarus won the Clio Award for "

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" Best Commercial of the Year which ran nine years nationwide.

Solo career

In the mid '80s Hughes lived in

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Canada where he regularly performed at Smale's Pace, a well-known coffeehouse on the Canadian folk circuit, at Groaning Board, and at folk festivals across Canada. During the Canadian years he was sometimes accompanied by

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and Lazarus bassist Carl Keesee, and occasionally Lazarus performed as a full band including Randy Kumano, Allan Soberman and Wayne Smith.

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, the first independent producer to produce a broadcast recording for the CBC, produced Bill Hughes at the CBC studios. In January 1978, CBS Records Canada announced the signing of Bill Hughes, former member of the band Lazarus, to a long-term recording contract. Hughes was the first recording artist signed by the Canadian affiliate of CBS to receive a guaranteed American release and full tour support. A reception for the signing of Hughes was held at the Prince Hotel in Toronto. Hughes shared his intention of setting up his residence in Canada and applying for Canadian citizenship and spoke of his plans to record in Los Angeles in the following months. In 1982, Hughes released an album entitled "Last Catch" credited to "Horton, Bates & Best", a solo album by Bill Hughes that was re-released digitally in 2006 with the title "A Tribute to Canadian Songwriter by Billie Hughes". The album comprised nine cover versions of songs by Canadian songwriters including:

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, David Bradstreet,

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and

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and was well received by the Canadian press.

Work with Anne Murray

In Toronto, Hughes met and recorded background vocals for

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on the title track of her "

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" album in 1978. In the mid-1980s, he toured with Murray singing the duet part of "

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" and " Now And Forever".

Dream Master

Hughes' '' Dream Master'' album was produced by

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and recorded at A&M Recording Studios in Los Angeles.

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appears on the track "Only Your Heart Can Say" as a guest artist on guitar and background vocals.

Working with Roxanne Seeman

In 1983 Hughes formed a partnership with

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recordingwhich set in motion a career of recording, producing, and writing songs for film, television, and records including songs produced by

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and

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, and the No. 1 charting Japanese duo Wink, among others. In 1990, Hughes wrote "

" with Roxanne Seeman and

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, for the daytime TV drama ''Santa Barbara''. It appeared for the first time in January 1991 performed by Billie Hughes and continued as a recurring love theme for a love triangle over the next two years. A female vocal version also appeared in the show. "Welcome to the Edge" was recorded in Japanese by the female

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duo

(ウィンク, ''Uinku''). In 1991, a new arrangement of Hughes' "Welcome to the Edge", produced with Roxanne Seeman, appeared as a theme song in the hit Japanese TV drama ''I'll Never Love Anyone Anymore'' (''Mou Daremo Aisanai'') ('' もう誰も愛さない'') "Welcome To The Edge" (with the Japanese title "Todokanu Omoi"とどかぬ想い (One-Sided Love)) was the single and title track from the

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released by

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Japan. "Welcome to the Edge" remained in the Top 10 of the ''Billboard'' Japan chart for four months, selling 520,000 singles. The album sold 120,000 copies. In March 1992, Hughes performed "

" (with the Japanese title "Todokanu Omoi"とどかぬ想い (One-Sided Love)) at the NHK nationally televised Japanese Grand Prix Awards and received the award for "#1 International Single of the Year". MC Hammer performed "U Can't Touch This" at this show. "Welcome to the Edge" received an

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nomination for Best Original Song in the television show ''Santa Barbara''. Hughes and Seeman wrote "Dreamlove" (Dream Love), a love theme appearing in the daytime television show ''Another World'', for which they received a second Emmy nomination for Best Original Song. In September 2004, the first pop concert in history was staged on the

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outside of Beijing with

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headlining. Hughes and Seeman's song "

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" by

produced by

was the finale of the event.

Film soundtracks

Martin Eden

During the next four years, Hughes toured the United States, Canada and Japan performing as an artist and travelled to Japan, Canada and Italy to record and produce various projects including his own hit single "

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" (CBS motion picture theme song) which charted top 5 all over Europe. Hughes wrote the song "Martin Eden" with Italian composers Ruggero Cini and Dario Farina. It was written from the composer's theme from the ''Martin Eden'' 1979 TV mini-series based on the Jack London novel, directed by

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. Hughes recorded his vocals for "Martin Eden" in Rome. It was released as a single in Europe where it topped the Billboard charts in several territories, such as Sweden where it reached No. 2.

The Outsiders

Hughes performed the songs "Stay Gold" written by

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with

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and "The Outside In" written by Carmine Coppola, Italia Pennino and Roxanne Seeman on The Outsiders (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

Little Monsters

Hughes performed the song "I Wanna Yell" written and produced by Hughes and Seeman for the montage scene of Little Monsters. The song played as Maurice, (Howie Mandel), and Brian Stevenson, (

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), played pranks. He also performed the song "Magic Of The Night", written and produced by Mike Piccarillo, for the movie.

Television performances

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s with

, "Now And Forever", 1986 * NHK Grand Prix Gold Disk Awards, Japan

Death

Hughes died on July 3, 1998, of a heart attack in Los Angeles. He was survived by his parents and two daughters.

Discography

Albums

With Lazarus

*1971: '' Lazarus'' *1973: ''

Solo

*1976: ''Street Life'' *1979: '' Dream Master'' *1981: '' Horton, Bates & Best: The Last Catch'' *1991:''

'' *2006: A Tribute to Canadian Songwriters (re-issue)

Singles

*1972: ''"

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"'', Lazarus *1973: ''" Ladyfriends I (Sing a Song to Your Lady),''" Lazarus *1979: ''"

",'' theme from Martin Eden (miniseries) *1979: ''"Stealin' My Heart Away"'' (7", Promo) *1991: ''"

"'' (CD, Mini, Single)

Notable album appearances

* 1972: ''Peter -

;'' on "River of Jordan"'','' "Take off Your Mask" (background vocals) *1976: ''Street Life,'' CBC Radio Canada Broadcast Recording series, songs: "Quiet Moment", "Gypsy Lady", and "Dreams Come True" * 1978: ''

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-''

; on "Let's Keep it That Way" (background vocals)

Selected songwriting credits

*1971: "Blessed" by Lazarus on Lazarus *1971: "Meanings Will Change" by

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on Paul and *1972: "Warmth of Your Eyes" by Lazarus on Lazarus *1973: "Ladyfriends I (Sing a Song to Your Lady)" by Lazarus on

*1973: "Blessed" by Noel Paul Stookey on One Night Stand *1974: " Eastward" by

on Now And Forever *1974: "Blessed" by

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on In the Gray of the Morning *1976: "Quiet Moment" by Bill Hughes on Street Life CBC series *1979: "

" theme from Martin Eden (miniseries) by Bill Hughes *1979: "Stealin' My Heart Away" by Bill Hughes on Dream Master *1979: "Only Your Heart Can Say" by Bill Hughes on Dream Master *1984: "

" by

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*1985: "

Heart of Love "Heart of Love", also known by the title "Climbing to the Heart of Love", is a song written by Roxanne Seeman and Billie Hughes. It was recorded by Joni Paladin, under the pseudonym Jamie Bond, and produced by George Duke for the soundtrack to th ...

" from

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by Jamie Bond *1987: "Love Is An Art" by

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on Pure Dynamite *1988: "One Way" by

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*1989: "The Blue Line" by

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on Tsuki-yo ni Good Luck *1989: "I Wanna Yell" from Little Monsters by Billie Hughes *1989: "

If You'd Only Believe "If You'd Only Believe" is an inspirational pop song written by Roxanne Seeman, Billie Hughes, and Jermaine Jackson. It was produced by Michael Omartian, with The Jacksons as co-producer, on their 2300 Jackson Street album. "If You'd Only Believe ...

" by

on 2300 Jackson Street *1991: "

Welcome To The Edge "Welcome to the Edge" is a song by American singer-songwriter Billie Hughes, from his 1991 album of the same name. Written by Hughes, Roxanne Seeman, and Dominic Messinger, the single was released in Japan by Pony Canyon on May 15, 1991, under th ...

" love theme from Santa Barbara by Billie Hughes *1991: "Todokanu Omoi"とどかぬ想い (One-Sided Love) by Billie Hughes *1991: "Welcome To The Edge" by Bon Chic *1991: " Night and Day" by Bette Midler on Some People's Lives *1991: "Welcome To The Edge" by Billie Hughes on Welcome To The Edge *1991: "Yoru no Tsuki, Hiru no Tsuki" (夜の月、昼の月, "Night Moon, Day Moon") by

on Queen of Love1991: "Jūnigatsu no Orihime" (12月の織姫, "Orihime in December") by Wink on Back to Front *1991: "Omoide made Soba ni Ite (Welcome to the Edge) lbum Version ((想い出までそばにいて (Welcome To The Edge), "I'll Stay by Your Side Until You Remember (Welcome to the Edge)" by Wink on Back to Front *1991: "Like a Bird" by Wink on Each Side of Screen *1992: "If You'd Only Believe" by Randy Crawford on Through the Eyes of Love *1993: " Under The Gun" by

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