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"Native New Yorker" is a disco song written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell. It was first recorded in 1977 by Frankie Valli and released on his album Lady Put the Light Out . Later in 1977, the song became a hit single for the soul dance band Odyssey , reaching No. 3 on the U.S. disco chart. [ 1 ]
Odyssey is a vocal trio originally from New York City, who are best known for their disco hits including "Native New Yorker" (1977), "Use It Up and Wear It Out" (1980), and "Going Back to My Roots" (1981). Now based in the United Kingdom, the band is led and fronted by Steven Collazo and continues to perform and record.
Linzer also wrote the lyrics for the song "Spanish Eyes", recorded by the Backstreet Boys on their 1999 album Millennium. In 2001 he produced and co-wrote the songs on Billy Gilman's self-titled album. [5] By 2007, he was working on joint projects with Charlie Calello on TV show proposals, and creating musical greetings cards. [3]
Odyssey ("Native New Yorker") One Fine Day (Music from the Motion Picture) Only Human (Jeffrey Osborne) Back to Basics (The Reddings) Restless ; One Moment in Time (Summer Olympics Album 1988) Titus (Music from the Motion Picture) You've Got Mail (Music from the Motion Picture)
It was the New York-based disco group's only UK No. 1 single, spending two weeks at the top of the charts from July 26 to August 8, 1980, [1] and was their most successful single on the UK Singles Chart. In their native United States, it failed to get into the Hot 100. [3]
The song "Native New Yorker", which was later covered in a hit version by the band Odyssey, was written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, who had been writing songs for the Four Seasons since the 1960s. [5] "I Need You" was also a hit for the band 3T.
Dennis Joel Rafkin (born 1941), known professionally as Denny Randell, [2] is an American songwriter and record producer, who is best known for his songwriting collaborations with Sandy Linzer and Bob Crewe in the 1960s and 1970s.
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