Bryan Loren Hudson (born May 5, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist and record producer. Hudson is professionally known as Bryan Loren, although he started his music career using his given name, and has significant accomplishments credited as Bryan Hudson, and as well. When Hudson was offered a solo recording contract, he began professionally using Bryan Loren for his attributions. This became the moniker Loren used throughout his music career into the present day. Loren's credits include the number one single "

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" (1990), and the number 23 R&B single "Lollipop Luv" (1984) and the smash hit single "Do You Really Love Me?" peaking at number 16 on the R&B charts. The latter stayed on the R&B chart for 17 weeks. In addition to Loren's success as a solo artist, he has also collaborated with superstar-performers such as

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Early years

Bryan Loren was born on Long Island, New York in 1966. He moved to

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albums as drummer and percussionist. Loren expanded his musical prowess becoming a multi-instrumentalist. He was able to play all of the instruments used for recording a complete album. Loren said that he remembers being influenced by the

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Music career

Loren began pursuing music professionally from a young age. He was able to compose music by age 12, was a professional session artist from age 15, and even signed his first recording contract at age 17.

As Bryan Hudson

From 1981, Loren was a session musician at Alpha International Studios. While there, Loren recorded professionally under the tutelage of

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. He recorded with ensembles like Nona Hendryx,

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. His credits are as Bryan Hudson for all of his early musical contributions.

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was the first band that Loren joined as a member. He played synthesizers, and recorded on their 1982 album ''Breakin’ Out'' and 1983's ''Straight From the Heart''. This is where Loren coined the nickname for his keyboard wizardry. The success of these recordings warranted a national album tour, but Loren was too young to join them on the road. He was replaced in the band, though he would record with Fat Larry's Band again; in 1986 for their album, ''Nice''.

Cashmere

Loren was also a member of Cashmere where he composed music for the 1983 album, ''Let the Music Turn You On''. Loren provided backing vocals as well, showing himself as a talented vocalist. The owner of Alpha International Studios took notice of Loren's potential, offering him a solo recording contract with Philly World Records. Loren signed the contract, and began performing as Bryan Loren. This would endure as his professional name throughout the rest of his career.

As Bryan Loren

In 1984, Loren released his self-titled debut on Philly World Records. The album featured two hit singles "Lollipop Luv", which peaked at number 23 on '' Billboard''

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, and "Do You Really Love Me", peaking at number 68.Halstead, Craig, Cadman, Chris
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GoogleBooks, Retrieved January 20, 2013 Loren performed and recorded all of the music and vocal tracks on the debut album; handling all executive production, mixing, and engineering for the initial release. The album, ''Bryan Loren'', was re-released in 2012 by BBR Records. In 1992, Loren released a follow-up solo album on Arista Records called ''Music from the New World''. One song, "To Satisfy You", featured

on background vocals. According to an excerpt from Kit O'Toole's book, "Michael Jackson FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King of Pop", Jackson passed on this song when presented by Loren during the " Dangerous" sessions, but agreed to sing backup when Loren kept the song for himself. This song was later renamed "Satisfy You" and covered by Damion Hall, a former member of the New Jack Swing group Guy, for his solo album " Straight to the Point" in 1994. His version also featured Chantè Moore. "Doesn't Mean That I Don't Love You" had a brief stint on Billboard as this album's only known single. It is also known, according to an upload on Loren's MySpace page, that "For You" was initially given to Janet Jackson during his Rhythm Nation 1814 sessions in 1989. Under the title "Work", the demo was eventually not used, despite its industrial-mechanical feel. "Music for the New World" was released commercially only in Japan.

Collaborations

Loren collaborated with other top recording artists including in 1990, when he produced, sung background vocals on, and co-wrote (along with an uncredited

) the song "

" from ''

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''. Jackson was a fan of The Simpsons, and had agreed to write a song for the planned release of ''The Simpsons Sing the Blues'', but because he had recently signed a lucrative deal with Sony Records, giving them exclusivity in exchange for what

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recognized as the largest contract ever, reportedly worth $890 million, and the Simpsons album was being released on

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, Jackson chose to not be credited in any manner on the album. "Do the Bartman" became a number one hit in both the UK and New Zealand, reached number 2 in the

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. Though it was never released as a single in the US, it did spend nine weeks on '' Billboard'' airplay chart, peaking at number 11. Loren worked with Michael Jackson again, in 1991, on Jackson's album '' Dangerous''. He played drums, and other percussion instruments, on that album. He continued writing songs for other performers, including

's "Feels so Good", and producing music with other well known artists,

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, and Sting.

Awards

In 1990 Bryan Loren won the Sony Innovator's award in Sound as reported in July's issue of ''

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Ebony, GoogleBooks, Retrieved January 20, 2013 In giving the award, George Benson said of Loren: "Bryan's got the power of talent, his imagination will take him far." concluding with "We're betting on it."

Discography

Studio albums * ''Bryan Loren'' (1984) * ''Music from the New World'' (1992)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loren, Bryan 1966 births Living people Record producers from New York (state) Songwriters from New York (state) American male songwriters