Billy Falcon (born July 13, 1956) is an American musician, composer and music producer. He released rock albums throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, as well as appearing on
The Way International
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's "High Country Caravan". He is currently active in the
Nashville, Tennessee
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area with the band The Sowing Circle.
Career
He signed his first record contract with a major label at age 18.
Falcon, a prolific writer, considers himself a "reporter" of his life experiences in lyrics and melodies.
''Pretty Blue World'', released in 1991, produced Falcon's highest-charting single, "
Power Windows
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History
Packard had introduced hydraulic window lifts (power windows) in fall of ...
", which broke into the
Top 40
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. The same album contains "Heaven’s Highest Hill", which articulates the pain of having to tell his three-year-old daughter that her mother had died, echoing the true-life event of the loss of his wife Myla to breast cancer.
He signed a deal with
Mercury Records
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after
Jon Bon Jovi
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contacted him about working together in the early 1990s. Falcon has co-written over thirty songs on several Bon Jovi albums. "Give in to Me", co-written with Falcon's daughter Rose and Elisha Hoffman, is featured in the Sony Pictures film ''
Country Strong
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'' and performed by
Faith Hill
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on the film's soundtrack. Other songs he has written have been covered by Stevie Nicks, Cher, Manfred Mann, Sherrie Austin,
Meat Loaf
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and Trace Adkins.
Over his career, Falcon has released more than a dozen albums.
Falcon has lived in Nashville for the past 19 years. Over the past four years, he has performed with the band The Sowing Circle and continues to write, perform, record and produce albums for artists, including his daughter.
Discography
;Albums
*1977 ''Billy Falcon's Burning Rose''
*1979 ''Billy Falcon'' (aka ''Improper Attire'')
*1979 ''Priceless EP'' (as Billy Falcon Group)
*1980 ''Falcon Around''
*1983 ''School of Hard Knocks EP'' (as Billy & Myla)
*1986 ''Spark in the Dark''
*1988 ''Haunted Guitar''
*1991 ''Pretty Blue World''
*1994 ''Letters From A Paper Ship''
*2003 ''Songs About Girls''
*2004 ''Released'' (recorded in 1995)
*2006 ''Made Man''
*2011 ''WHEN''
*2018 ''Holy Fire''
;Singles
Songwriting credits
;
Stevie Nicks
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After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasi ...
*''
Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks'' (1991)
**"Sometimes It's a Bitch"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon
;
Bon Jovi
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*''
Crush'' (2000)
**"Just Older"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon**"Mystery Train"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon**"Say It Isn't So"
on Jovi, Billy Falcon**"I Could Make a Living Out of Lovin' You"
on Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Billy Falcon*''
Bounce
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Books
* Mr. Bounce, a character from the Mr. Men series of children's books
Broadcasting, film and ...
'' (2002)
**"Bounce"
on Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Billy Falcon**"Undivided
on Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Billy Falcon*''
100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong'' (2004)
**"These Arms Are Open All Night"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon**"Kidnap an Angel"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon**"Another Reason to Believe"
on Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Billy Falcon, J. Steele**"Last Man Standing"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon*''
Have a Nice Day
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'' (2005)
**"Last Man Standing"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon**"Story of My Life"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon**"Complicated"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon, Max Martin*''
Lost Highway'' (2007)
**"Everybody's Broken
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon**"I Love This Town"
on Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora; Billy Falcon*''
The Circle'' (2009)
**"When We Were Beautiful"
illy Falcon Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora**"Superman Tonight"
illy Falcon, Jon Bon Jovi**"Love's the Only Rule"
illy Falcon, Jon Bon Jovi*''
What About Now'' (2013)
**"Because We Can"
illy Falcon, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora**"Amen"
illy Falcon, Jon Bon Jovi**"That's What the Water Made Me"
illy Falcon, Jon Bon Jovi**"What's Left of Me"
illy Falcon, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora**"Beautiful World"
illy Falcon, Jon Bon Jovi**"With These Two Hands"
illy Falcon, Jon Bon Jovi**"Into the Echo"
illy Falcon, Jon Bon Jovi*''
Burning Bridges'' (2015)
**"A Teardrop to the Sea"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon**"Who Would You Die For"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon**"Fingerprints"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon**"Life Is Beautiful"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon*''
This House Is Not for Sale'' (2016)
**"This House Is Not for Sale"
on Bon Jovi, John Shanks, Billy Falcon**"Labor of Love"
on Bon Jovi, John Shanks, Billy Falcon**"Born Again Tomorrow"
on Bon Jovi, John Shanks, Billy Falcon**"New Year's Day"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon**"The Devil's in the Temple"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon**"Scars on This Guitar"
on Bon Jovi, Brett James, Billy Falcon**"Real Love"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon**"I Will Drive You Home"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon, Luke Laird**"Touch of Grey"
on Bon Jovi, Brett James, Billy Falcon**"Color Me In"
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon
Bon Jovi 2020
* Shine
on Bon Jovi, John Shanks, Billy Falcon* Limitless
on Bon Jovi, John Shanks, Billy Falcon* Luv Can
on Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon* Beautiful Drug
on Bon Jovi, John Shanks, Billy Falcon
;
Faith Hill
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Hill' ...
*''
Country Strong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2010)
**"Give in to Me"
illy & Rose Falcon, Elisha Hoffman
;
Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American rock singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. He is on t ...
*''
Hang Cool Teddy Bear
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The a ...
'' (2010)
**"Elvis in Vegas"
illy Falcon, Desmond Child, Jon Bon Jovi
See also
*
Rose Falcon
References
External links
Official Site
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1956 births
Living people
American rock singers
American rock songwriters
American male singer-songwriters
Mercury Records artists
Singer-songwriters from New York (state)