Bertie Higgins
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Elbert Joseph "Bertie" Higgins (born December 8, 1944, Tarpon Springs, Florida) is an adult-contemporary singer and songwriter. In 1982, he had his only Top 40 album with Just Another Day in Paradise. It spawned the Top 10 romantic ballad "Key Largo", which referenced the Humphrey Bogart movie of the same name and reached #8 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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[edit] Career
Higgins is of Irish, German, and Portuguese descent;[1] his great-great-great-grandfather is German poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe, the author of Faust. His eldest son, Damian Higgins, is better known as renowned drum and bass DJ Dieselboy.
Higgins' musical career began with a teenage band, 'The Romans' (later changed to 'The Roemans'), which signed to ABC-Paramount Records in the early 1960s, and was temporarily backing singer Tommy Roe, hence the change of spelling from Romans. The band released three singles between 1964 and 1966. These achieved some radio airplay but did not reach any national charts.
Higgins' "Key Largo" composition was composed from recollections of watching old movies with a former girlfriend. After the song was released, the couple were re-united.
The sequel to Just Another Day in Paradise was Pirates & Poets, which did not match the success of its precedessor.
In recent years, Higgins has moved into film production with his son, Julian Higgins, producing The Wrath (being distributed by Lions Gate) and a biker film, Poker Run, which was in post-production in June 2007.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Just Another Day in Paradise (1982)
- Pirates & Poets (1983)
- Gone with the Wind (1986)
- Back to the Island (1994)
- Island Bound (2003)
