who wrote i write the songs david cassidy
Bruce Johnston
title: I Write the Songs text: The Beach Boys. It appears on their 1975 album, "Love Will Keep Us Together". The first release of "I Write the Songs" as a single was by then teen-idol David Cassidy from his 1975 solo album "The Higher They Climb", which was also produced by Bruce Johnston. Cassidy's version reached #11 on the UK Singles Chart in August of that year. Johnston has stated that, for him, the "I" in the song is God, and that songs come from the spirit of creativity in all of us. He has said that the song is not about his Beach Boys bandmate title: David Cassidy text: "I Write the Songs", peaking at #11 in the Top 40 in Great Britain before the song became Barry Manilow's signature tune. Cassidy's recording was produced by the song's author-composer, Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys. In 1978, Cassidy starred in an episode of "Police Story" titled "A Chance to Live", for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. NBC created a series based on it, called "", but it was cancelled after one season. A decade later, the successful Fox series "21 Jump Street" used the same plot, with different youthful-looking police officers infiltrating a high school. Cassidy title: I Write the Songs text: I Write the Songs "I Write the Songs" is a popular song written by Bruce Johnston in 1975 and made famous by Barry Manilow. Manilow's version reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in January 1976 after spending two weeks atop the "Billboard" adult contemporary chart in December 1975. It won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year and was nominated for Record of the Year in 1977. "Billboard" ranked it as the No. 13 song of 1976. The original version was recorded by The Captain & Tennille, who worked with Johnston in the early 1970s with title: David Cassidy text: appeared in London's West End production of "Time" and returned to Broadway in "Blood Brothers" alongside Petula Clark and his half-brother, Shaun Cassidy. In 1989, he co-wrote the song "Prayin' 4 a Miracle" with John Wetton and Sue Shifrin. Wetton released the song on his band Asia's album "Then & Now" the year after. Cassidy returned to the American top 40 with his 1990 single "Lyin' to Myself", released on Enigma Records, from his 1990 album David Cassidy, followed by 1992's Didn't You Used to Be... on Scotti Brothers Records. In 1998, he had an adult contemporary music hit with title: Cassidy (song) text: Cassidy (song) "Cassidy" is a song written by John Barlow and Bob Weir and performed by the Grateful Dead, Ratdog, and Phil Lesh & Friends. The song appeared on Bob Weir's "Ace", and the Grateful Dead's "Reckoning" and "Without a Net" albums. The song was named after Cassidy Law, who was born in 1970 and was the daughter of Grateful Dead crew member Rex Jackson and Weir's former housemate Eileen Law. The lyrics also allude to Neal Cassady, who was associated with the Beats in the 1950s and the Acid Test scene that spawned the Grateful Dead in the 1960s.