Morley Bartnoff (born 1959, in

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), is an American keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter, and composer who has been performing and recording for the past 30 years. Formerly with the Los Angeles rock band

Burning Sensations Burning Sensations was a short-lived Los Angeles area rock band. The group is best known for its MTV hit "Belly of the Whale", the music for which blends a rather unusual fusion of rock and calypso styles, and for covering the Jonathan Richman s ...

, Morley now leads alternative rock band Cosmo Topper, and whenever possible serves as the "secret weapon" on keyboards for

Dramarama Dramarama is an American, New Jersey–based alternative rock/power pop band, who later moved to Los Angeles. The band was formed in New Jersey in 1982 and disbanded in 1994. The band formally reunited in 2003 following an appearance on VH1's ...

, an enduring power pop band best known for its hits "

Anything, Anything (I'll Give You) "Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)" is a 1985 song by the alternative rock band Dramarama released as the first single from their debut album ''Cinéma Vérité''. Written by John Easdale in the mid-1980s, "Anything, Anything" features a steady b ...

" and " Last Cigarette". For the last few years Morley has been playing keys for the reunited group Dramarama and will be featured on the New Dramarama recording, playing Baby Grand Piano and a Hammond B 3, with a Leslie to be released in 2011. His talents have also appeared on their previous 2005 CD, ''Everybody Dies''. In addition, Morley's songs have been appearing in motion pictures. His original track "For... The Time Being," from the Cosmo Topper CD ''Pure Fast Vibration'', is heard during the end credits of ''

Mayor of the Sunset Strip ''Mayor of the Sunset Strip'' is a 2003 documentary film on the life of Rodney Bingenheimer directed by George Hickenlooper, and produced by Chris Carter. Background In 2011, Craig Hlavaty of the ''Houston Press'' named ''Mayor of the Sunset ...

'', a rock documentary examining the life and career of legendary

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DJ Rodney "On the 'ROQ" Bingenheimer, produced by Dramarama's Chris Carter. A few additional bands Bartnoff's talents have been a part of are Pasteurized Ashtray, Waterfall, Who's The Father?, Joe Thomas, The Sluff Bros., Cantaloupe Without a Ladder, Franny and Zowie, Playing Cards, Bugs Tomorrow, Andy and the Rattlesnakes, Burning Sensations, The Rugz With Ike Willis, Nick Varoom's Tomb, Mesuganah Soul Review, Talkback, Push-Start Jungle, Daisychain, The Negro Problem, The Stew Ensemble, and of course his own band Cosmo Topper, whose song "For The Time Being" closes the Rock Documentary "Mayor of the Sunset Strip" Bartnoff is currently appearing as the keyboardist in "Just Imagine", a tribute to rock legend John Lennon at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, after successful runs in North Hollywood at the No Ho Valley Arts District and Platinum Live in Studio City, California. www.justimaginetheshow.com

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