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Christopher Ward Norman (born 25 October 1950) is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the original lead singer of the English rock band Smokie [ 1 ] (1964–1986), which found success in Europe in the 1970s.
The original 1975 version was sung by Chris Norman. Pat Benatar recorded the song in 1979 for her debut album In the Heat of the Night , released as the second single from that album in October 1979.
Composed by Norman and Spencer, the record saw the group actively distance itself from Chinnichap. Chris Norman and Pete Spencer wrote and produced the British football star Kevin Keegan's first single, "Head Over Heels in Love", a No. 31 UK hit. [6] In 1979, the album The Other Side of the Road was released, entirely recorded in Australia.
The writing-producing team of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn were behind many of the 1970s hits for Suzi Quatro and for Chris Norman's band Smokie. In 1978, Chapman, Chinn, Quatro, and the members of Smokie were all at a party in Düsseldorf. As Chapman recounted, "Suzi was playing bass, and Chris was there with his arm round her, and they were ...
"No Arms Can Ever Hold You" is a song by English soft rock musician Chris Norman, released as a single from his 1986 album, Some Hearts Are Diamonds. The song, produced and written by Dieter Bohlen, one half of Modern Talking, peaked at No. 52 in Germany. [1] The song also became very popular in the Philippines.
Chris Norman - lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizer, banjo, percussion Terry Uttley - bass guitar, lead (8) and backing vocals Pete Spencer - drums, percussion, acoustic guitar (11), vocals (11)
The album also yielded Quatro's biggest US single hit, a duet with Chris Norman named "Stumblin' In" (which reached number 4 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. [3] It also had an advertising billboard on Sunset Boulevard.
Chris Norman (born in Halifax, Nova Scotia) [1] is a Canadian flautist. He also plays Scottish smallpipes, piano and bodhran, and composes music. Career.