Barry De Vorzon
Barry De Vorzon
Barry De Vorzon (born July 31, 1934 in New York City) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and composer. His first big hit was with The Tamerlanes, with whom he sang lead on their hit "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" in 1963. De Vorzon worked as an A&R rep for Valiant Records later in the 1960s, during which time he signed The Association and produced their first single, a cover of the Bob Dylan tune "One Too Many Mornings".
Barry De Vorzon (born July 31, 1934 in New York City) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and composer. His first big hit was with The Tamerlanes, with whom he sang lead on their hit "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" in 1963. De Vorzon worked as an A&R rep for Valiant Records later in the 1960s, during which time he signed The Association and produced their first single, a cover of the Bob Dylan tune "One Too Many Mornings".
De Vorzon composed the soundtracks to many 1970s and 1980s films, and one of the tunes, "Cotton's Theme" (from Bless the Beasts and Children) was rescored by Perry Botkin Jr. and retitled "Nadia's Theme" for the television soap opera, The Young and the Restless.
"Nadia's Theme" hit #8 on the US Top 40 in 1976 and the album from which it was taken shot to #42 on the Billboard 200; in 1977, it won a Grammy award for Best Instrumental Arrangement. De Vorzon also composed the tune "It's Christmas Time in San Francisco". He also participated in creating music for one of the most amazing soundtracks in second-half of XX century movie, "The Warriors", filmed 1979. and directed by the famous Walter Hill. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warriors_%28film%29 User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..
"Nadia's Theme" hit #8 on the US Top 40 in 1976 and the album from which it was taken shot to #42 on the Billboard 200; in 1977, it won a Grammy award for Best Instrumental Arrangement. De Vorzon also composed the tune "It's Christmas Time in San Francisco". He also participated in creating music for one of the most amazing soundtracks in second-half of XX century movie, "The Warriors", filmed 1979. and directed by the famous Walter Hill. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warriors_%28film%29 User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..
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