Haras Fyre (born January 5, 1953), also known professionally as Patrick Grant, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. After writing songs for Sister Sledge and Ben E. King early in his career in a songwriting duo with his girlfriend Gwen Guthrie, Fyre spent some time in the backing band for The Drifters, before relocating to Switzerland to become a composer of music for corporate events. Background Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, United States, Fyre's early musical influences included Victor Herbert and Frankie Valli. As a teenager, Fyre learned to play his brother's trombone from recordings by Chicago. He subsequently began learning bass while playing with the band Parkway North from East Orange, New Jersey, borrowing a Baldwin Bass from the band's bassist Romeo Williams. In 1971, Fyre joined a local band called the Matchmakers, where he met vocalist and pianist Gwen Guthrie. Fyre and Guthrie became romantically involved, moved in together, and joined the New York City based band East Coast of Larry Blackmon, along with The Matchmakers' saxophonist James Wheeler and trumpeter Jerome McCoggle. Songwriting career The freelance producer of East Coast's second album told Fyre and Guthrie that their songs were of no commercial value and were 'unsellable'. Benny Ashburn, manager of The Commodores, disagreed, and helped them promote their songs elsewhere. Fyre and Guthrie's demos attracted the interest of producer Bert DeCoteaux of the music publisher Penumbra Music, and Fyre began working predominantly as a bassist in New York City's music scene. One month after leaving East Coast, Fyre and Guthrie had their first international hit as songwriters, with Sister Sledge's "Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me", which reached #5 on the Billboard national chart, and the magazine's "Hot 100". Of the nine songs on Sister Sledge's album Circle Of Love, seven were composed by Fyre and Guthrie. Two more of them entered the US Dance Chart's top 10, one of which, "Pain Reliever", took the Silver Award at the 1975 Tokyo Music Festival. Subsequently, Fyre and Guthrie penned Ben E. King's comeback single, "Supernatural Thing", followed by "This Time I'll Be Sweeter" (since covered by more than 100 artists). Fyre was credited as a bassist on the Sister Sledge album as Patrick Grant, alongside his musical role model Bob Babbitt. Haras and Guthrie penned the "It's Happening at the Phone Company" jingle for AT&T, which they also performed live at