V Mkha^Lkamen, Who Wrote the Tune for Bryan Adams' Record- Breaking Single, Is One of Music's Unsung Heroes. by Phil Mcneill
V Mkha^lKamen, who wrote the tune for Bryan Adams' record- breaking single, is one of music's unsung heroes. By Phil McNeill j Georgesays he's Harrison "a Atlanticshoulders" Records. with Otis Redding at ofSong music, is so it's transparent: a promotional it isn't device." a piece |I Claptoncharmer", "loves Eric him to observed:Lillian Roxon's "It lakes Rock guts Encyclopedia to open a KamenThe irony had ahere, hand of in course, the most is that | death"," rin reckons producer he's Bob withGreenwich an oboe Village duet... discotheque Michael Kamen set successful(Everything cross-promotion I Do) I Do It For of You all time. ;ened-toteofthe composersmost singslike a likedecadent Wilson Roman Pickett emperor." and looks spentnumber a record-busting one and has sold 16 6m weeks copies at Kamenof our age". and Hisif your name's response Michael is "who?", When the group wound up after five worldwide. then join the club. Yet when the phone Sanbornalbums, Kamenand guitarist made aEarl solo Slick, LP with then entirelyThe Robin orchestral Hood soundtrack,apart from Adams' Hillrings mansion, in Kamen's chances five-storey are it's Hotting David Misscored En the Vie. first David of nine Bowie ballets, came Rodin to the ahit further and one 2m. other Kamen pop song,is about has to sold sign enlistGilmour his or services. Annie Lennox calling to premiere and Kamen was promptly a new publishing contract, his Kamen is the man Kate Bush enlistedDiamond as Dogs musical tour, director taking Slickfor the and lapsed,previous and deal accepts with MCA that thehaving Adams orchestraturned to whento beef she up wantedRunning an Up That SanbornWith such with a him.varied background, morerecord songs gives (it's him virtually "a platform" the first to write conductHill, the Theman Wall Roger in WatersBerlin to asked to Kamen is ideally suited to film single he has written), but you get the celebrate German unity, the man whizz-bangwriting, where thriller he may like be Die scoring Hard onea aggravationmessage that involved.
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