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Batdorf & Rodney

Batdorf & Rodney were an early-1970s folk rock duo consisting of John Batdorf and Mark Rodney. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Career The two began performing in the summer of 1970 in Las Vegas. Th...

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Batdorf & Rodney were an early-1970s folk rock duo consisting of John Batdorf and Mark Rodney.[1][2]

Career

The two began performing in the summer of 1970 in Las Vegas. They toured extensively with many of the most famous acts of the 1970s. Their tours included playing at Carnegie Hall. They issued three albums on three different labels between 1971 and 1975, logging two chart hits during their final year after signing with Arista Records. Their self-titled second album featured the track "Home Again," an FM radio staple that at 6:30 was perhaps too long to be a hit single. A track from their third album, "You Are a Song," written by Jim Weatherly, was released as a single and reached number 87 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 during the summer of 1975. It also reached #19 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.[3]

Their other hit, a non-album single, was an early version of "Somewhere in the Night," which reached number 69 in December of that year.[4] Issued concurrently with Helen Reddy's version, the song became a Top 40 hit for her in 1976 and a Top 10 hit for Barry Manilow in 1979. Another song, "All I Need," reached the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart in 1973, peaking at #79.[5]

Dissolution

Their third album, recorded under Arista Records with Clive Davis, faced creative differences. While Davis pushed for more commercially viable songs, Batdorf & Rodney were reluctant, feeling it compromised their artistic integrity. Internal strains and management changes eventually led to the duo's breakup in 1975.

After the break-up and reunion

Remaining with Arista, Batdorf soon formed the group Silver then released "Wham Bam" in 1976, the most successful single of his career, which reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] In 2007, the duo reunited to record an album titled Still Burnin'.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Referencias

  1. ↑ Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 4 de noviembre de 1972. págs.  77–. ISSN 0006-2510 . 
  2. ↑ Rumsey, Spencer (10 de abril de 2014). "La radio clásica reproduce 'El hombre delgado' y 'Casablanca' para el evento benéfico de la estación LIU Post FM" . longislandpress.com . Consultado el 29 de mayo de 2017 .
  3. ↑ "Música: Las 100 mejores canciones - Lista Billboard Hot 100" . Billboard . 18 de octubre de 1975. Consultado el 29 de mayo de 2017 .
  4. ↑ "Música: Las 100 mejores canciones - Lista Billboard Hot 100" . billboard.com . Consultado el 29 de mayo de 2017 .
  5. ↑ "Visualización de artículos - RPM - Biblioteca y Archivos de Canadá" . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 10 de marzo de 1973. Consultado el 23 de junio de 2018 .
  6. ↑ "Música: Las 100 mejores canciones - Lista Billboard Hot 100" . Billboard . Consultado el 29 de mayo de 2017 .
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2018). Top Pop Albums 1955-2016 . Prometheus Global Media. ISBN 978-0-89820-226-7.
  • Batdorf y Rodney en el sitio web oficial de John Batdorf
  • Discografía de Batdorf & Rodney en Discogs