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Adrian Curtis Gurvitz (; born 26 June 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. His prolific songwriting ability has gained him hits with
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's No. 1 ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock hit " The Love in Your Eyes" and with his own song " Classic", a No. 8 UK hit single, as well as the top 10 UK Rock Chart single "Race with the Devil", with his band the Gun. He also co-wrote the track "Even If My Heart Would Break" from the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack '' The Bodyguard''. His early bands the Gun,
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and the
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were major influences to the first wave of the British hard rock circuit. Gurvitz also gained notability as a lead guitarist, known for his intricate, hard-driving solos. Gurvitz was placed at No. 9 by
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''’s "Best Guitarists in the World" list.


Early life

Gurvitz's father was the tour manager for
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. Adrian started playing guitar at the age of eight and by age 15, he was touring in early bands like
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, Billie Davis, and Crispian St. Peters. In 1967, he and his band Rupert's People, released the single "Reflections of Charles Brown" on
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. The song charted on the Australian pop charts at No. 13 in August 1967. It only just failed to reach the main chart in the UK, being listed as a "breaker" underneath the chart for three weeks in August 1967. (He was known by the surname Curtis until the early 1970s after which he returned to his original name Gurvitz).


Career

As the lead guitarist and singer of the band the Gun, Gurvitz had his first major hit with "Race with the Devil" at age 18. Issued as a single in October 1968, it reached the top 10 on the
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and, in March 1969, it also became a big hit in many European countries.
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quoted the song's riff during his song "Machine Gun" at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. "Race with the Devil" has been
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(on the remastered CD version of '' Sin After Sin''),
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(on the album ''Race with the Devil''),
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(on the album ''
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''), and
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(on their 1996 demo, released as a split album with Acrimony, and on their full-length LP ''Vol. 1''). Their debut album artwork cover is noteworthy as it was Roger Dean's first. After their second album, 'Gunsight'', the band disbanded. Not long after the Gun disbanded, Gurvitz began work on his first solo album, which turned into
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's debut album, ''A Third of a Lifetime''. Three Man Army were signed to
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and Warner Bros. Records. The debut album featured several drummers, including Band of Gypsys drummer Buddy Miles. Shortly after
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's death,
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invited Gurvitz to join his band, the Buddy Miles Express, on its US tour. The tour lasted for two solid years and they played in front of 50,000 people a night. On tour, Gurvitz contributed to Miles' 1973 album ''Chapter VII''. It was during this tour that Gurvitz met
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, drummer for
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. Gurvitz returned to the UK from his tour with Buddy Miles and met back up with his brother and Three Man Army bandmate Paul Gurvitz. Tony Newman, who had previously played with
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and
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, joined for the group's next two albums, ''Mahesha'' and ''Three Man Army Three''. At the end of the third album, he teamed up to form
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with
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. The Baker Gurvitz Army signed to
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in the UK and signed with
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in the United States. Their album, ''Baker Gurvitz Army'' went gold, peaked at No. 22 on the
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and also entered the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart. They went on to produce two more gold albums together, ''
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'' (1975) and '' Hearts on Fire'' (1976). Gurvitz was asked by drummer
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to join his band, the Graeme Edge Band. He wanted Gurvitz to help write, sing and produce his next two albums, ''Kick Off Your Muddy Boots'' and ''Paradise Ballroom'', which both charted in the US. The albums were released by Threshold and the cover illustrations were by
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. In 1979, Gurvitz went solo and recorded two albums with
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. He recorded ''Sweet Vendetta'' with US studio musicians
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who started the band Toto two years earlier. He later issued ''Il Assassino'' in 1980. After his deal with Jet Records ended, he signed with EMI/ Rak in Europe and
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in the US. There he released his third album, ''Classic''. Gurvitz reached success with the song " Classic", reaching No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. "Classic" was one of the most played
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in England in 1982. The follow-up single was "Your Dream". During this time, Gurvitz wrote for
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's publishing company Rak Music Publishing. There, Gurvitz wrote songs for
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, and in 1982 he wrote the England World Cup Squad song "England, We'll Fly the Flag" which was on the AA-side of "This Time (We'll Get It Right)", which hit No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. Gurvitz moved to the States and wrote
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's hit, " The Love in Your Eyes". It reached number 24 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number one on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Gurvitz signed to Warner Chappell Music, where he wrote tracks for artists like
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and
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. In 1992, he wrote "Even If My Heart Would Break", recorded by
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. The song appeared in the film '' The Bodyguard'' and on its
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. ''The Bodyguards soundtrack is recognized as being one of the top 5 best-selling albums of all time. It won a Grammy for Best Album of the Year in 1994 and has sold over 45 million copies worldwide. Also, Kenny G included the song on his platinum album '' Breathless''. In 2000, Gurvitz formed an American-British pop girl group, No Secrets. One of the members of the group was his daughter, Carly Lewis. They signed to
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and their song, "
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" peaked at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers chart. It was also featured on the '' Jimmy Neutron'' movie soundtrack. No Secrets joined
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in Toronto for the shooting of his video for " Oh Aaron", and they also collaborated in the taping of the song, providing background vocals. Gurvitz was hired by
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to produce and write songs for many of their in-house pop stars such as
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, Cheetah Girls and
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'' soundtracks, which landed him three gold albums. In 2011, Gurvitz produced the song "Stevie on the Radio" for
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on the album '' Young Foolish Happy''. The album went gold in the UK. Most recently, Gurvitz has worked with
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, among others. He is currently working as an executive at Buskin Records which he founded alongside Jeffrey Evans, and with Warner Bros. Records in which Buskin has a partnership deal.


Discography


Albums

;Solo *''Sweet Vendetta'' (1979, Jet) *''The Way I Feel'' (1979, Jet) *''Il Assassino'' (1980, Jet) *''Classic'' (1982, RAK/ Geffen) *''Acoustic Heart'' (1996, Playfull) *''No Compromise'' (2000, Playfull) *''Classic Songs'' (Compilation) (2000, Playfull) ;Bands The Gun *''Gun'' ( CBS, 1968) *''Gun Sight'' ( CBS, 1969)
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*''A Third of a Lifetime'' (
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, 1971) *''Mahesha'' (issued in the US as ''Three Man Army'') (
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, 1973) *''Three Man Army Two'' (
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, 1974) *''Three Man Army 3'' (Revisited Records, SPV 304222CD – Recorded 1973-4 released 2005)
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, 1975) *''Hearts of Fire'' (
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, 1976) The Graeme Edge Band, featuring Adrian Gurvtiz *''Kick Off Your Muddy Boots'' ( Threshold, 1975) *''Paradise Ballroom'' (
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Singles

*"Untouchable and Free" (1979) *"The Way I Feel" (1979) *"She's in Command" (1979) *" Classic" (1982) UK No. 8, AUS No. 12 *"Your Dream" (1982) UK No. 61 *"Clown" (1982) *"Corner of Love" (1983) *"Hello Mum" (1983)


Songwriting credits/album appearances

*The England World Cup Squad - "England, We'll Fly The Flag" (1982) *
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– ''Love Shot'' ("I'm Sorry", "Friend of Mine") (1983) *
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– " The Love in Your Eyes" (1989) No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart *
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– ''The Second Decade of Rock and Roll 1981 to 1991'' ("All Heaven Broke Loose") (1991) * Henry Lee Summer – ''Way Past Midnight'' ("So Desperately") (1991) *''The Bodyguard Soundtrack'' –
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– " Even if My Heart Would Break" (1992) *
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– '' Breathless'' ("Even if My Heart Would Break") (1992) *
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– "It Won't Be You" (B-side to " Missing You" single) (1994) *Various Artists – ''Überdosis G'fühl 2'' ("Classic") (1997) *
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– self-titled album ("More Than What I Wanted", "Looking Back at You") (2001) US Top Gospel Album No. 2 * Bent – "Magic Love" (2002) * No Secrets – '' No Secrets'' ("Hot", "I Know What I Want", "No Secrets") (2002) *
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– '' Born in 69'' ("The Way I Feel") (2009) *
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Albums/singles and songwriting achievements

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appearances and sales certifications of Gurvitz' work with bands he's been a member of, his solo work and albums/singles by other artists in which he has contributed as songwriter.


See also

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Hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest ha ...
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Blues rock Blues rock is a fusion music genre that combines elements of blues and rock music. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock (electric guitar, electric bass guitar, and drums, sometimes w ...
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Adult contemporary music Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, qu ...


References


External links


Adrian Gurvitz's homepage
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gurvitz, Adrian 1949 births Living people English rock guitarists English male guitarists English male singer-songwriters English record producers English songwriters British soft rock musicians People from Stoke Newington Jet Records artists Rak Records artists Geffen Records artists Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages members British male songwriters Musicians from London