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Dan Hartman (born Dan Earl Hartman, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, December 8, 1950 - March 22, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Best known for the hits Relight My Fire, Instant Replay, We Are The Young and I Can Dream About You.

He joined his first band, The Legends, at the age of 13, with his brother Dave. Hartman played keyboards and wrote much of the band’s music. The band released several records but none were hits. He joined The Edgar Winter Group and played on three of their albums; Dan wrote the band’s second biggest pop hit Free Ride in 1972. He launched a solo career in 1976.

In 1978 Hartman reached number-one with the single “Instant Replay”; musicians Hartman worked with on the associated album include Vinnie Vincent and G.E. Smith. This was followed by his second chart topper “Relight My Fire” (1979). Both tracks are considered by many to be anthems of the disco era. There was also a cover version of Instant Replay which was a one-hit wonder for a boy duo called Yell! (Paul Varney and Daniel James) in January 1990.

He was back in the charts yet again with the top-10 single “I Can Dream About You” from the Streets of Fire soundtrack in 1984. Hartman was not featured in the video for the track, which received heavy rotation on MTV; instead, his vocals were convincingly lip-synched by Stoney Jackson,an African-American actor. Hartman then scored a third number 1 single, “We Are The Young.” During the next decade he worked as a songwriter and producer, and collaborated with such artists as Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Tyler, Paul Young, James Brown, Nona Hendryx and Steve Winwood.
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  • johnkline76

    I did write and sing disco songs, morons.

    December 2011

  • blaircramer

    He wrote "Free Ride"? Awesome. But so sad that he died so young though.

    August 2011

  • LyricsRme1

    I love this song; why anyone would tag Dan Hartman as disco is beyond me....

    June 2011

  • MXB2001

    Funny. People have been tagging him as 'disco'. Stupid joke, get a life.

    March 2011

  • quierosersanta

    My fave is his duet "The Love You Take" with Denise Lopez from the Scrooged soundtrack.

    November 2009

  • nzaomm

    My favorite by Dan was "Instant Replay"

    May 2009

  • ted1986

    i love "I Can Dream About You"! Such a classic track!

    May 2009

  • ThaatsDerringer

    *-'

    March 2009
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