Gardner Cole

Gardner Cole is an American songwriter, keyboard player and music producer.[1] He is best known as songwriter of 1980s and early 1990s songs for Cher, Michael McDonald, Tina Turner, Jody Watley, and Madonna.[2] He also recorded two solo albums on Warner Bros. Records.

Discography

Songs

As producer

As keyboard player

Record label

Cole founded Desert Sky Records as an independent label.[3]

References

  1. Randolph Michaels Flashbacks to Happiness: Eighties Music Revisited 2005 p.45 "From the Desk of Gardner Cole Charted Hits: "Open Your Heart" (writer)—1986 #1 Performed by Madonna; "Most Of All" (writer)—1988 Performed by Jody Watley ; "Strange But True" (writer)—1988 Performed by Times Two "Live It Up"—1988 "Everything"— 1 ...
  2. Lucy O'Brien Madonna: like an icon 2007 p.110" The first song she and Leonard laid down was the declarative 'Open Your Heart', written by Gardner Cole, songwriter for a host of '80s chart acts including Cher, Michael MacDonald and Tina Turner. 'I composed it with Peter Rafelson [son of ..."
  3. desertskyrecords.com

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, April 26, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.