Barry De Vorzon (born July 31, 1934 in New York City) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and composer. His first composing big hit was the rock song, "Dreamin'", sung by Johnny Burnette in 1960, although he had a no. 1 hit previously called "Just Married", which he wrote for Marty Robbins in 1958. Dorsey Burnette (who he was managing) and Barry co-wrote several of Dorsey's hits ("Hey Little One", "Big Rock Candy Mountain", "Red Roses", "Noah's Ark").
De Vorzon founded Valiant Records later in the 1960s, during which time he signed The Association and produced its first single, a cover of the Bob Dylan tune "One Too Many Mornings".
De Vorzon wrote "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" for the Cascades, but they didn't record it. Barry ended up recording the song himself, with his group, Barry and the Tamerlanes in 1963.
De Vorzon composed the soundtracks to many 1970s and 1980s films, and one of the tunes, "Cotton's Dream" (from Bless the Beasts and Children) was retitled "Nadia's Theme" and rereleased by A&M 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. The main title song, "Bless The Beasts And Children" was recorded by the Carpenters and received an Academy Award nomination.
De Vorzon also composed the tune "It's Christmas Once Again in Santa Barbara", which was rerecorded with various other city names, such as San Francisco and San Diego. He also wrote the Theme from S.W.A.T., and co-wrote The Eagles' hit In the City with Joe Walsh.
Soundtracks
Note:this list is incomplete.
- Bless the Beasts and Children (1971)
- Dillinger (1973)
- Hard Times (1975)
- S.W.A.T. (1975)
- Rolling Thunder (1977)
- The Ninth Configuration (1978)
- The Warriors (1979)
- Private Benjamin (1980)
- Xanadu (1980)
- Simon & Simon (1981)
- Looker (1981)
- Mr. Mom (1983)
- V (The Final Battle) (1984)
- Mischief (1985)
- Stick (1985)
- Night of the Creeps (1986)
External links
- Barry De Vorzon at Allmusic.com
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