12/3/2023 0 Comments Undercover angel movie![]() PHOTO L-R- JANIS LIEBART, JIM HENSON,”THE MUPPETS”, AND ALAN O’DAY “KEEP YOUR ANIMAL CLEAN” THE MUPPET BABIES SONG (O’DAY/LIEBHART) (song starts at 7:32) UPDATED “ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN” (O’DAY/ STEVENSON) RONNIE KIMBALL ĪLAN O’DAY WITH HIS LATE MUSICAL DIRECTOR CHIPPER “ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN” (O’DAY/ STEVENSON) THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS ![]() ![]() “FLASHBACK” (O’DAY/ WAYNE) by THE 5th DIMENSION ”ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN”, “FLASHBACK”, AND MORE! JOHNNY STEVENSON WROTE A SONG WITH A CHORUS THAT I LOVED, AND I ASKED HIM TO COLLABORATE WITH ALAN ON THE VERSES AND CREATE THE SONG YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH TODAY.ĮVEN THOUGH WE TOOK DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS, WE’VE REMAINED FRIENDS FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS, WHICH MAKES ME ESPECIALLY HAPPY TO INTRODUCE THE ALAN O’DAY VIDEO JUKEBOX FILLED WITH SOME OF MY FAVORITES, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE BIGGEST HITS OF THE ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s including, “UNDERCOVER ANGEL”, “ANGIE BABY”. WHEN I FINALLY LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE ALAN COULDN’T WRITE FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP WITH THE DEMAND FOR HIS SONGS, THE LAST PROJECT ALAN AND I WORKED ON WAS “ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN”. WHEN I HEARD “HEAVY CHURCH”, A RECORD “SNUFF GARRETT HAD PRODUCED ON HIM, ONCE AGAIN I GOT EXCITED AND HITCHHIKED OUT TO THE VALLEY TO RITCHIE PODOLOR’S AMERICAN RECORDING STUDIO…WHERE I GOT HIM TO CUT IT WITH 3 DOG NIGHT! IN ADDITION TO KNOWING HOW TO PUT A POP SONG TOGETHER ALAN KNEW HOW TO MAKE INCREDIBLE DEMOS THAT SOUNDED GOOD ENOUGH TO BE ON THE RADIO AND WERE COPIED MORE OFTEN THAN NOT BY ARTISTS AND PRODUCERS! EVEN THOUGH I COULDN’T DRIVE AT THE TIME I GOT SO EXCITED WHEN I HEARD “THE DRUM” I HITCHHIKED TO METROMEDIA RECORDS AND GOT BOBBY SHERMAN TO CUT IT! BLUE”), JERRY CAPEHART “SUMMERTIME BLUES”, AND A TALENTED NEWCOMER WHO HADN’T HAD HIS FIRST HIT YET…ALAN O’DAY. I WORKED WITH SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED SONGWRITERS IN THE BUSINESS, KENNY LOGGINS “THIS IS IT”, DEWAYNE BLACKWELL (“MR. ONE OF THE HAPPIEST TIMES OF MY LIFE WAS WHEN I MOVED TO CALIFORNIA AND WORKED AS A SONGPLUGGER FOR VIVA MUSIC (WHICH WAS LATER BOUGHT BY WARNER BROTHERS).
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