Artist:Kenny NolanSong:I Like Dreamin'
Album:Hard To Find 45s on CD, Vol. 12: 60s & 70s Pop Classics
Though most music fans will only know Kenny Nolan from the 1977 top five hit I Like Dreamin', he has had a long career as a songwriter. Nolan could have been a big star as a performer but didn't want to tour. He's a Los Angeles native and could have gone to USC on a composition scholarship. But instead he went to work as a house songwriter for Mike Curb at MGM Records. After a couple of his songs were recorded, he got together with producers Bob Crewe and Wes Farrell and worked with them through the 70s. He was house producer at Farrell's Chelsea label and wrote and produced songs like Jim Gilstrap's Swing Your Daddy and Get Dancing by Disco Tex & The Sex-o-Lettes. With Crewe, he wrote Frankie Valli's My Eyes Adored You and LaBelle's Lady Marmalade. When Nolan sang the falsetto on Get Dancing, it gave him the itch to record. He was working with the group Eleventh Hour. They had a contract with 20th Century Records. Nolan signed a solo deal with 20th Century. Nolan and Crewe wrote I Like Dreamin' for someone else. When it was rejected, Nolan recorded it himself and it reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. His second single Love's Grown Deep was a top twenty hit. But Nolan didn't like flying and wouldn't tour. That limited his future as a performer. He recorded two albums for 20th Century and two more for MCA. He last recorded in 1982. You can get I Like Dreamin' on this various artists comp from Eric Records. Kenny Nolan continues to write hits for others including Masterpiece for Atlantic Starr. And of course he got a big boost when Lady Marmalade was remade for the film Moulin Rouge. Here's a video for I Like Dreamin' by Kenny Nolan.
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