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"Hello It's Me" was the first song written by Todd Rundgren. [1] Written in 1967 as a slow ballad about the breakup of a relationship, [2] it was released in October 1968 as the B-side of his band Nazz's debut single "Open My Eyes", and included on the debut album Nazz (1968).
Todd Rundgren's best-known songs – the Carole King pastiche "I Saw the Light", the ballads "Hello, It's Me" and "Can We Still Be Friends", and the goofy novelty "Bang on the Drum All Day" – suggest that he is a talented pop craftsman ... but at his core, Rundgren is a rock & roll maverick.
Nazz is the debut album by American rock group Nazz.It was released in 1968. The album spawned two singles, "Open My Eyes" and "Hello It's Me", with the latter reaching number 66 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. [3] "
A single taken from the album, "Hello It's Me", was a top-five hit in the US in late 1973, and it contained a further hit, "I Saw the Light". In 2003, the album was ranked number 173 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time , [ 1 ] maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list, and later ranked at number 396 in ...
The group was founded by guitarist and main songwriter Todd Rundgren and bassist Carson Van Osten. [3] Drummer Thom Mooney and vocalist/keyboardist Robert "Stewkey" Antoni joined soon after. The group is best known for their debut single "Open My Eyes”, and "Hello It's Me". During 1968 and 1969, the Nazz released two albums (Nazz and Nazz Nazz).
"We Got to Get You a Woman" was inspired by Rundgren's friend, music executive Paul Fishkin, who later promoted the song and Rundgren. It refers to the two's "post-hanging days" in Greenwich Village. [2] In the song, Rundgren tells his friend Leroy, “We gotta get you a woman / It’s like nothin’ else to make you feel sure you’re alive.”
Hello It's Me; I. I Saw the Light (Todd Rundgren song) K. Kissing with Confidence; L. Love Is the Answer (Utopia song) P. Postcards from Paradise (song) S. Set Me ...
Runt is the self-titled debut album of the band Runt, commercially released September 1970. [1] Runt was a trio consisting of Todd Rundgren (guitars, keyboards, vocals), Hunt Sales (drums), and Tony Fox Sales (bass).