| Stephen Bishop's
light pop style garnered him a small amount of success as a
solo artist in the late '70s and a greater reputation as a quality
songwriter.
After his first group, the
Weeds, disbanded following high school, Bishop spent the next
seven years looking for a recording contract and finally was
discovered by Art Garfunkel in 1976.
Bishop had worked in a publishing
house, where he wrote songs for Chaka Khan, the Four Tops, and
Barbra Streisand.His
debut album, Careless, was nominated for a Grammy and produced
several chart singles, including "On and On." Guest performers
on the album included Garfunkel, Khan, Gary Brooker, Steve Cropper,
and Phil Collins, who later recorded Bishop material on his
Face Value.
Bishop achieved his greatest
visibility as a composer of movie themes, contributing to Animal
House, Roadie, Tootsie, The China Syndrome, Unfaithfully Yours,
and a number one duet for Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin from
White Nights, "Separate Lives." Bishop also appeared in The
Blues Brothers and Kentucky Fried Movie. |
