Artist:Jackson Browne
Song:Somebody's Baby
Album:The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne
Of course Jackson Browne started out as a songwriter in the 60s. He became a very popular solo artist in the 70s with albums like Running on Empty. The 1982 single Somebody's Baby would turn out to be his biggest chart hit. It's from the soundtrack of the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It was never on a Browne album. So that makes it a discography orphan. At the time Browne was involved in protests at nuclear plants. He was arrested at one protest. He was working on the 1983 album Lawyers in Love. Some of the songs on that album were protest songs. Browne's manager Irving Azoff owned his own label. He was also one of the producers of the popular 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Director Amy Heckerling said on the DVD commentary that Azoff was responsible for compiling the soundtrack. It was also going to be on his label. As manager of Eagles and related acts, Azoff got songs from Joe Walsh, Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit, Quarterflash, Don Felder, Sammy Hagar, Graham Nash, Poco and Stevie Nicks. Browne contributed Somebody's Baby which he wrote with guitarist Danny Korchmar. It reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has turned out to be Browne's biggest chart hit. Doctor My Eyes reached #8. The song was only released on the Fast Times at Ridgemont High soujndtrack. But it is on this Jackson Browne budget comp. Another discography orphan solved. Here's the video for Somebody's Baby by Jackson Browne. He does not appear in the video.
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