John David "Moon" Martin (October 31, 1945 – May 11, 2020)
was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Career
Born in
Altus, Oklahoma
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, United States, Martin gained recognition in the 1970s as a
pop artist and
composer
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. Originally a
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artist
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, he wrote the
song
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s "
Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
"Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" is a 1978 song, written and originally recorded by Moon Martin and sung a year later by Robert Palmer. The song became one of Palmer's definitive hits.
Background
Moon Martin originally recorded the song ...
", made famous by the
English
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singer
Robert Palmer, and "Cadillac Walk", made famous by the
American
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singer
Willy DeVille
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.
Martin scored five minor
hits
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of his own with "Rolene" (No. 30 US, No. 77 Australia
[), "No Chance" (No. 50 US), both in 1979, "Signal For Help" (No. 60 Australia) in 1981, "X-ray Vision", (No. 99) and "Aces For You" (No. 95) both in Australia in 1982. His 1982 song, "X-Ray Vision" was an ]MTV
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hit music video
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.[
He allegedly was given the nickname "Moon" because many of his songs had the word moon in the lyrics.][Prato, Greg]
Moon Martin Biography
, AllMusic
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. Retrieved November 23, 2013
Martin died on May 11, 2020 of natural causes in Encino, California
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History
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at the age of 74.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Shots from a Cold Nightmare'' (1978, Capitol Records
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)
* ''Escape from Domination'' (1979, Capitol) - #80, ''Billboard'' 200; #67, RPM Magazine Top 100France
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)
* ''Dreams on File'' (1992, Fnac France)
* ''Cement Monkey'' (1993, CORE)
* ''Lunar Samples'' (1995, CORE)
* ''Louisiana Juke-Box'' (1999, Sonodisc France-Eagle UK)
* ''Midnight Moon'' (2022, Joanne Gough)
Live albums
* ''Bad News Live'' (1993, Fnac France)
Compilation albums
* ''The Very Best Of'' (1999, EMI
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Sweden
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, 1978-1982)
* ''Shots from a Cold Nightmare + Escape from Domination'' (1995, EMI Special Markets, Demon Records)
References
External links
Moon Martin
at VH1
*
1945 births
2020 deaths
American male singer-songwriters
People from Altus, Oklahoma
Singer-songwriters from Oklahoma
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