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| From | Rick McCall <rickmccall77@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Cretones / Billy Thermal / Jim Lea |
| Date | Sat, 31 Dec 2016 16:38:24 -0600 |
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I loved The Cretones and sprang for some of Steinberg¹s solo albums via
expensive Japanese imports in the late 80¹s. What else do know of that he
has been involved in, particularly in writing/singing?
Happy New Year!
Best,
Rick
On 12/28/16, 5:38 PM, "Michael Coxe" <audities-owner@smoe.org on behalf of
popville@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 12/27/2016 2:55 PM, robert.pally wrote:
>
>> Billy Thermal - Same (1980)
>>
>> This little Power Pop gem was released in 2014 on CD:
>> http://omnivorerecordings.com/artist/billy-thermal2/
>>
>> Their singer Billy Steinberg wrote Madonna¹s first #1 single ³Like A
>> Virgin.² and songs for bands like The Bangles, Cyndi Lauper, Divinyls,
>> Whitney Houston, & more.
>
>Thanks for this tip Robert; never knew it was reissued.
>
>Steinberg's writing partner for 16 years (³Like A Virgin² their 1st hit)
>was Tom Kelly, whose 2 lps with Denny Henson as the group Fools Gold are
>2 of my all-time faves.
>
>Steinberg & Kelly also had a 1983 group called i-Ten, which tho more hard
>AOR, has some power-pop moments. Heart had a #1 with "Alone", originally
>from this lp.
>
>Merry holidays,
>
> - Michael
>
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