Bruce Roberts (singer)
- This article is about American singer Bruce Roberts. For other people, see Bruce Roberts (disambiguation).
Bruce Roberts is a singer and songwriter. His songs have been recorded by such artists as Donna Summer, Barbra Streisand, Jeffrey Osborne and Laura Branigan. He has released three albums as a solo artist including Intimacy (1995), which featured musical and vocal contributions by many notable artists;[1] Elton John and Kristine W contributed to the single "When the Money's Gone".
Bruce Roberts' song catalog is published by Reservoir Media Management[2]
Roberts, according to Danny Bonaduce, provided most of the vocals accredited to Bonaduce on his self-titled album Danny Bonaduce in 1973.[3]
Collaborations
In 1979 Roberts co-wrote Donna Summer's number one disco duet with Barbra Streisand, "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", with Paul Jabara, and the same year he also wrote the ballad "All Through The Night" with Summer for her multiplatinum selling album Bad Girls, a song which he in turn covered on his 1995 album Intimacy.
Discography
Albums
- Bruce Roberts (1978)
- Cool Fool (1980)
- Intimacy (1995)
Singles
- "When the Money's Gone" (1995)
- "Whenever There Is Love" (with Donna Summer) (1996)
Notable songwriting credits
- "Don't You Love Me Anymore?" by Engelbert Humperdinck
- "Flames of Paradise" by Jennifer Rush & Elton John
- "Fool That I Am" by Rita Coolidge
- "I Could Have Loved You" by The Moments
- "I Got Your Love" by Donna Summer
- "The Lucky One" by Laura Branigan
- "The Main Event/Fight" by Barbra Streisand
- "Me-U=Blue" by Glenn Medeiros & The Stylistics
- "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" duet with Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
- "Oh, People" by Patti LaBelle
- "Only My Heart Talkin'" by Alice Cooper
- "Our Night", co-written with Carole Bayer Sager and released on Shaun Cassidy's 1978 album Under Wraps
- "Skybird" by Tony Orlando and Dawn
- "Stronger Than Before" by Carole Bayer Sager, also recorded by Chaka Khan (co-written with Bayer Sager and Burt Bacharach)
- "Twist My Arm" by The Pointer Sisters
- "Unison (song)" by Junior
- "We Should Be Together" by Cliff Richard
- "Whisper in the Dark" by Dionne Warwick
- "You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)" by Jeffrey Osborne
- "You're Moving Out Today" by Carole Bayer Sager
- "You're the Only One" by Dolly Parton
- "To Paris with Love"by Donna Summer
- "All Through The Night" (co-written with Donna Summer), by Donna Summer, and K.C. & The Sunshine Band
- "Sometimes Like Butterflies" (co-written with Donna Summer), by Donna Summer, and Dusty Springfield
References
- ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Biography: Bruce Roberts". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ↑ http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=141320
- ↑ An interview with Danny Bonaduce. cmongethappy.com. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
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