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Desmond Child (born John Charles Barrett; October 28, 1953) is an American songwriter and producer. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008. He is the son of Hungarian father Joseph Marfy and a Cuban songwriter Elena Casals.

His hits as a songwriter include Kiss's "I Was Made for Lovin' You"; Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' "I Hate Myself for Loving You"; Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer",^[1] "Bad Medicine" and "Born to Be My Baby"; Aerosmith's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady), "Angel", "What It Takes" and "Crazy"; Cher's "We All Sleep Alone" and "Just Like Jesse James"; Alice Cooper's "Poison"; and Ricky Martin's "The Cup of Life" and "Livin' la Vida Loca".^[2]

Career

Child's career started when he formed an R&B-influenced pop rock band, Desmond Child & Rouge in 1975 with singers Myriam Valle, Maria Vidal, and Diana Grasselli, backed by hired musicians. The band was known for their inclusion on the soundtrack to The Warriors in 1979, with the song "Last of an Ancient Breed", and for the Billboard #51 hit "Our Love is Insane". Their two albums received positive reviews^[3] but sold poorly and the group disbanded in 1980. One member, Maria Vidal, had a hit in 1985 with "Body Rock".^[4]

Artists Child has worked with include Kiss, Cher, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Bonnie Tyler, Dream Theater, Per Gessle, Ricky Martin, Selena Gomez, and Kelly Clarkson. Desmond is credited with discovering Troy Tuminelli and recommending him to Edgardo Diaz before Tuminelli landed in Menudo, and, eventually, on Guiding Light.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} He was the key partner in Alice Cooper's album Trash (1989). He was also responsible for the majority of song writing on Ratt's comeback album Detonator (1990).

Desmond scored a Billboard Top 40 hit in 1991 as a solo artist with "Love on a Rooftop," a song he had co-written with Diane Warren, originally recorded by Cher.

He produced Meat Loaf's album The Monster Is Loose, and co-wrote six of its songs.^[5]

Desmond wrote the song "Believe in Me" to Bonnie Tyler in 2012 and one year later was selected as the Eurovision Song Contest entry for the United Kingdom. Following the contest, Tyler received two Eurovision Song Contest Radio Awards for Best Song and Best Singer, making her the first UK representative to win the award.

Child was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008.^[6] In 2013, he co-founded the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame along with fellow Cuban-American composer Rudy Pérez.^[7] Desmond's autobiography, Livin’ on a Prayer: Big Songs Big Life with David Ritz, is being released in early 2020.

Discography

Desmond Child & Rouge

Solo

For and with other artists

Personal life

Desmond lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his husband, Curtis Shaw, and their twin sons, Roman and Nyro.^[9]^[10] Child and Shaw's struggle to have a baby via surrogacy is recounted in the documentary Two: The Story of Roman & Nyro.

The track "The Truth Comes Out" from Desmond Child & Rouge's second album Runners in the Night (1979) was written about 'coming out' to his girlfriend and Rouge bandmate, Maria Vidal.

The song "A Ray of Hope", written by Don Paul Yowell, was recorded by Desmond as a tribute to his younger brother, Joey, who died in January 1991 of AIDS-related complications.

Hailing from Hungarian ancestry, Desmond received dual American-Hungarian citizenship in 2016.^[11] Child recently released "The Steps of Champions" a song he wrote for the Hungarian government as the official anthem of the sixtieth anniversary commemorations of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

See also

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocksnobs.com/2002_06_07_desmond.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020821234631/http://www.rocksnobs.com/2002_06_07_desmond.html|deadurl=y|title=rocksnobs.com - Diese Website steht zum Verkauf! - Informationen zum Thema rocksnobs.|archivedate=Aug 21, 2002|website=www.rocksnobs.com|accessdate=Mar 2, 2019}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/child.html|title=Desmond Child Continues Great String Of Hits, From Aerosmith & Bon Jovi To Ricky Martin|date=Jul 24, 2001|accessdate=Mar 2, 2019}}
3. ^Alex Henderson [https://www.allmusic.com/album/desmond-child-rouge-mw0000699115], allmusic.com
4. ^Alex Henderson, Desmond Child & Rouge Biograph, Billboard
5. ^{{cite web |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |title= Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose |work=All Music Guide |url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3v881vynzzva |accessdate=2006-10-17}}
6. ^ , songhall.org
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.latinsonghall.com/access/about-us/founders/#.Uy9FTH-wXYE|title=Founders|publisher=Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame|accessdate=March 23, 2014}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100|title=Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart|website=Billboard|accessdate=Mar 2, 2019}}
9. ^Variety Staff "Births" Variety Los Angeles, 12 August 2002. Retrieved on 2 December 2012.
10. ^Leslie, Joey "Gay rights rally in Nashville draws more than 200 people", Out & About Newspaper, Nashville, 15 November 2008. Retrieved on 2 December 2012.
11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://hungarytoday.hu/celebrity-us-songwriter-desmond-child-takes-hungarian-citizenship-80978/|title=Celebrity US Songwriter Desmond Child Takes Up Hungarian Citizenship|date=Feb 8, 2016|accessdate=Mar 2, 2019}}

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