Kenny Nolan is a
Los Angeles,
California based
singer-songwriter.
He is best remembered for his 1977 self-penned
song "I Like Dreamin'", which achieved the #3 chart position on the
Billboard Hot 100 early that year.
He also
co-wrote several
hits with
Bob Crewe, including
Frankie Valli's "
My Eyes Adored You" and
Labelle's "
Lady Marmalade" (both 1975).
Life and career
At the age of 13 he won a
scholarship to
USC for
composition, but dropped out after six months, bored with the conventional regime. Four years later, a scholarship to Chouinard went the same way, and Nolan decided to send songs in to any
artist he thought might be suitable. It brought him to the attention of both veteran
songwriter Crewe and
entrepreneur Wes Farrell, both of whom harnessed the then youngster's talent.
As house
producer at Farrell's
Chelsea label, Nolan wrote and/or produced a string of successful
singles for the label, including
Jim Gilstrap's "Swing Your Daddy" and "Take Your Daddy for a Ride,"
Dee Clark's "Ride a Wild Horse," and Linda Carr's "High Wire." With Crewe, meanwhile, he co-penned some of the era's biggest successes. These included Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lette's "Get Dancing," LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade," and Frankie Valli's "My Eyes Adored You."
Nolan also had ambition to perform - it was he who supplied the
falsetto that dominated "Get Dancing" - and, after a short tenure...
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