O ’Hara explained: “On it his voice is high-pitched and the songs predictable. Adams and Vallance also won first a publishing contract and then a recording contract with A & M Records.īut Adams ’s first solo album, Bryan Adams, was unsuccessful. Adams had a mild hit in 1979 with one of their products, the disco-styled “Let Me Take You Dancing, ” and they managed to sell some of their other creations to recording artists such as Joe Cocker, Juice Newton, and Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
” The pair began writing songs together and recording demonstration tapes. O ’Hara phrased it, “Vallance was looking for a singer, Adams was looking for a route to musical respectability, and the two hit it off immediately. Has performed in various charity concerts for organizations including Live Aid, Amnesty International, and the Prince ’s Trust.Īddresses: Office-c/o 406-68 Water St., #406, Vancouver, British Columbia, R2H 2M2, Canada. Songwriter, with Jim Vallance, 1977 - recording artist, 1979. As For the Record …įull name, Bryan Guy Adams born November 5, 1959, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada son of Conrad (a diplomat) and Jane Adams. ” Not long after that, Adams met up with Jim Vallance, who had formerly written songs for the Canadian rock group Prism. “One summer night in 1976, ” Jennings related, “after hearing a local rock band perform in Surrey, B C, …Adams …strode boldly up to the group ’s producer and announced that he could sing better than its vocalist. He joined bands and played in nightclubs, supplementing his income by washing dishes, selling pet food, and working in record stores. ”Īt the age of sixteen Adams quit school and used the money his parents had saved for his higher education to buy a grand piano. He explained to Pond: “In high school, I was too far into my music to even pay attention to girls. As an adolescent, he pursued his rock goals with single-minded fervor. Though Adams was only ten at the time the song mentions, a year or two later, according to Pond, he did buy his first guitar and start learning to play it. ” When he turned sixteen, however, his parents separated, and he lived with his mother, Jane, in Vancouver, British Columbia.Īdams ’s early musical development is echoed, if not narrated, in the lyrics of his 1985 hit “Summer of ’69 ” : “I got my first real six-string/Bought it at the five-and-dime/Played it till my fingers bled/It was the summer of ’69, ” as Pond quoted it. Adams recalled for Steve Pond in Rolling Stone that “the discipline that they taught me in school was good, because I was able to focus on things -but I didn ’t realize that at the time. He attended strict military schools in several countries, including England, Austria, Portugal, and Israel.
This background, coupled with the fact that Conrad Adams served in the Canadian diplomatic corps, meant a childhood of moving from place to place for Bryan. His parents were former British citizens, and his father, Conrad Adams, came from a military family. They ’re melodies that stick in your head, ” explained Pat Steward, Adams ’s drummer, to Jane O ’Hara in another Maclean ’s article.Īdams was born on November 5, 1959, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
” Though some critics have dismissed Adams as a lesser version of rocker Bruce Springsteen, lacking the substance that the latter infuses into his songs, others have praised Adams ’s simplicity. ” He owes this distinction primarily to straightforward rock anthems like “Kids Wanna Rock ” and ballads like “Heaven. His 1985 album Reckless has sold more than ten million copies -impressive by any standard -but, as Jennings pointed out, Adams has enjoyed wider distribution “than any Canadian in history. Bryan Adams “is arguably Canada ’s brightest male star, ” declared Nicholas Jennings in Maclean ’s.
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