Artist:Jude Cole
Song:Believe in You
Album:I Don't Know Why I Act This Way
After having modest success as a singer in the early 90s, Jude Cole has had success as a songwriter, producer and manager. I always say about artist that have that one big hit that songwriting is a great skill to fall back on. And Cole is a good example of a guy who has done that. And he never had a really big hit. He was born June 18, 1960 in Carbon Cliff, IL. I first heard of him when he was a guitarist and songwriter on Moon Martin's 1978 album Shots from a Cold Nightmare. He left to join the British band The Records as a singer and guitarist for their 1980 album Crashes. They were living in the US at the time. When they returned to England, Cole remained in the US to try and get a record deal. He signed with Reprise in 1987. But while he was waiting, he wrote songs for the films Where the Boys Are '84 (1984), Back to School (1986) and Karate Kid III (1988). Cole recorded three albums for Reprise. His best success was when the 1990 single Baby It's Tonight reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. That was from the 1990 album A View from 3rd Street produced by David Tyson. He was pretty hot at the time for producing Alannah Myles. When Cole's 1992 album Start the Car flopped, he left Reprise and signed with Island for the 1995 album I Don't Know Why I Act This Way. When that went nowhere, Cole turned to managing the band Lifehouse. He wasn't in the band but he wrote songs for them. He co-wrote their 2005 top five hit You and Me. Cole worked for Irving Azoff for several years. He recorded an album for his own label in 2000 and started Ironworks Studio in 2003 with partner Kiefer Sutherland. He manages singer songwriter Ron Sexsmith among others. Cole returned to recording a couple of years ago. But for the most part, he has been successful as a songwriter, producer and manager. Here's the video for Believe in You by Jude Cole.
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