Biography
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Born
14 December 1944 (age 79)
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Born In
Bedford, England, United Kingdom
Richard Kerr (born Richard Buchanan Kerr on 14 December 1944; died 12 December 2023) was an English singer-songwriter and composer who co-wrote "Mandy", "Looks Like We Made It", and "Somewhere in the Night" (all of which were hit singles for Barry Manilow) and "I'll Never Love This Way Again" for Dionne Warwick.
After gaining an interest in music at school he went into songwriting, Kerr collaborated with musicians in the late 1960s and early 1970s such as Peter Green, Don Partridge and Scott English. The last pairing resulted in the song "Brandy", which English released in 1971. This song later became a worldwide hit under the title "Mandy" for Barry Manilow in 1974, although Don Partridge's "Blue Eyes" was Kerr's first hit as a songwriter.
In 1976, Kerr's solo album, Richard Kerr (re-titled Somewhere in the Night in some territories) was released by Epic Records.
His most significant collaboration was with the American lyricist Will Jennings. They wrote such popular songs as "Looks Like We Made It", a No. 1 hit for Barry Manilow, "Somewhere in the Night", which was a hit for Helen Reddy and later for Barry Manilow (1978), and "I'll Never Love This Way Again" for Dionne Warwick.
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