Desmond Child — He Gives Music And Lyrics A Good

Desmond Child - He Gives Music And Lyrics A Good Name

Songwriter Desmond Child is a lot like the Champion of Oz behind the curtainhe`s created miracles by composition or cowriting an astonishing list of rock hard rock pop and country melodies and lyrics for numerous superstars but to many music fans his individuality is nonetheless a mystery.

For 30 years Child`s pen has been a magical wand that has conjured up hit after hit of medicine and lyrics that have scored 70 Top 40 singles sold more than 300 million albums globally and earned truckloads of Grammy Awards. The vast number of artists he`s collaborated with or written music and lyrics for includes Bon Jovi Aerosmith KISS Alice Cooper Joan Jett Cher Trisha Yearwood Joss Stone Kelly Clarkson and Garth Brooks.

Music seemed to be written in Child`s DNA. He grew up in a singleparent home where his father taught him how to bring the soft and was constantly writing her own songs and lyrics. Then at age 14 Child heard a Laura Nyro album and that was it: he knew he cherished to compose music and lyrics that emotionally impacted people the way hers did.

Child formed several groups and one called Desmond Child amp; Rouge was signed to Capitol Records. The set released two albums filled with Child`s innovative Ramp;Binfluenced poprock music and lyrics. Unfortunately the music and lyrics were so ahead of their sentence that they were misunderstood by listeners and the albums were snubbed by wireless and record buyers. The set broke up.

After the breakup Child sank into a deep depression until a fan of his old band approached him and asked him to help cowrite a call and its lyrics. That fan was Paul Stanley of KISS. This was during the disco era and the two agreed they wanted to compose a call that combined rock with disco. The effect of their collaboration was the music and lyrics of the charttopping "I Was Made for Loving You" which became KISS` bestselling single. Since then he`s cowritten numerous KISS songs and lyrics including "Heaven`s on Fire" and "Let`s Put the X in Sex.

Stanley connected Child with Bon Jovi KISS` opening act at the clock and Child Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora began composition in Sambora`s parents` basement. They collaborated on the music and lyrics of "You Give Love a Bad Name" which charted as Bon Jovi`s first 1 single. They also cowrote the music and lyrics of two other Bon Jovi smash hits "You Make Love a Bad Name" and "Livin` on a Prayer." Thanks to Childand his continuing contributions to the bandBon Jovi emerged from the cellar and never went back.

After the winner of the medicine and lyrics he cowrote for Bon Jovi Child became a highly indemand songwriter. He wrote numerous hit songs for Aerosmith including "Angel" whose music and lyrics singer Steve Tyler raved about with the compliment that Child had written them in a mere hour and 45 minutes. Among his vast songwriting credits Child has collaborated on medicine and lyrics for Joan Jett`s "I Hate Myself for Loving You" Ricky Martin`s "Livin` La Vida Loca" Cher`s "We All Sleep Alone" and Alice Cooper`s entire "Trash" album including its hit single "Poison.

Asked why he prefers to cooperate when writing music and lyrics Child has said it`s because he had a very lonely childhood and he is not inspired to write alone. Now acclaimed worldwide and adored by countless musicians who deeply admire and honour him and his songwriting abilities loneliness is one worry Child can definitely cross off his list.

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