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Chanteur
Rock 'n' Roll US
né Harold Rustigian, le 15 Octobre 1926 à Sanger (Californie). Russ Regan a debuté comme compositeur et producteur. Il a
aussi enregistré sous le nom de
Davey Summers. Il
a été président du 20th Century Records. Russ Regan est mort le 27 Mai
2018 à Palm Springs (Californie)
US Rock
'n' Roll singer born Harold Rustigan. He started his career in the 1950s as a composer and
record producer. His first notable hit was a 1959 Christmas novelty song
inspired by "The Chipmunk Song" titled "The Happy Reindeer" by Dancer, Prancer
and Nervous (#34, pop) issued by Capitol Records.In the early 1960s, Regan
recorded "Joan of Love", backed with "Adults Only", which was released under the
name Russ Regan. He also recorded "Calling All Cars" under the name Davey
Summers for Warner Brothers with producer Sonny Bono. In the mid-1960s, he was
drafted in to help form a musical direction for Warner Brothers' fledgling
pop/soul music subsidiary, Loma Records.
Regan started in record promotion with Motown in the early years of the
company. His first project there was the company's first Billboard Hot
100 number one record, "Please Mr. Postman" by The
Marvelettes in 1961. He would go on to promote songs by the likes of The
Supremes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations and
Marvin Gaye. He suggested the name of The Beach Boys when a Los Angeles group
called The Pendletones had just recorded a song called "Surfin'". He also helped
Frank Sinatra record his #4 hit, "That's Life" in 1966. He struck a deal with Jimmy
Miller Productions when Miller left The Rolling Stones which resulted in albums
from B.B.King, Henry Gross, Bobby Whitlock, and others.Regan also signed Ambrosia and Harriet
Schock to 20th Century Records.
Russ Regan played a major role in the careers of a number of recording artists
as he headed up labels such as Uni, 20th Century & Polygram Records. Dozens of
recording artists, including Elton John, Neil
Diamond, Barry White, Olivia Newton-John and The Beach Boys had Regan to
thank for opening the doors for their success.
One of his most surprising successes while at university was South
African trumpeter Hugh Masakela's "Grazing In The Grass" in 1968, which sold
over a million and reached the top spot in the Billboard pop chart.
While President of 20th Century Records, Regan was inspired from a dream to
create the movie All This and World War II which saw Fox News Footage from WWII
backed with various artists singing Beatles songs.[citation
needed] The movie was never released on video, and remains in the vaults of
20th Century Fox.[citation needed] Regan also supervised the soundtracks for the
movies Endless Love, Breakin', The Karate Kid, All The Right Moves, Love At
First Bite, This Is Spinal Tap and A Chorus Line. Regan was also the Music
Supervisor for four Academy Award winning songs from the films: The Poseidon
Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Flashdance and Chariots of Fire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Regan
Talents : Vocals, Composer, Record Producer
Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll
I Never Knew
(1958)
 (Russ Regan)
Joan Of Love
(1959)
That's When I Ran
(1959)
Just The Two Of Us
(1959)
Calling
All Cars (1963)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 06/1958 | SP CORVETTE C-1002 (US) |
Russ REGAN - Where's My Little People Eater (with
Laura Lane) /
I Never Knew
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| 08/1958 | SP ABC-PARAMOUNT 45-9949 (US) |
Russ REGAN - Junior, Junior, Junior (with Laura
Lane) /
I Never Knew
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| 03/1959 | SP CAPITOL F4169 (US) |
Russ REGAN -
Joan Of Love
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| 09/1959 | SP CAPITOL 4280 (US) |
Russ REGAN - Adults Only /
Just The Two Of Us
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| 1960 | SP CANDIX 303 (US) | Russ REGAN - The Waterboy / Night Search |
| 02/1963 | SP VIM V-101 (US) |
Davey SUMMERS -
Calling All Cars
/ Good Ship Love |
| 03/1963 | SP ZEN 107 (US) |
Davey SUMMERS -
Calling All Cars
/ Good Ship Love |
| 05/1963 | SP WARNER BROS. 5363 (US) |
Davey SUMMERS -
Calling All Cars
/ Good Ship Love |
| 08/1963 | SP DORE 684 (US) |
Gonna Climb That Big Ole Hill (Davey Summers & The Singing Ants) / El Drag (The Davey Summer All Star Band) |
| 1964 | SP DORE 701 (US) |
Davey SUMMERS - Teenage Cinderella / Don't Cry Baby |
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