Andy Pratt (born January 25, 1947) is an American rock singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In the 1970s, he made a number of experimental records, of which "Avenging Annie" was a commercial hit.[1]
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| Born | January 25, 1947 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1969–present |
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Career edit
Pratt's demo recording of Avenging Annie was given to the Brown University radio station WBRU in 1972.[2] In early 1973, Pratt signed to Columbia Records by Clive Davis.[3] He went into Aengus Studios, of Fayville, Massachusetts and released Andy Pratt in 1973, which had modest commercial success.[4] The single, Avenging Annie, peaked at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending ten weeks on the chart.[5] The song was re-recorded by The Who singer Roger Daltrey for his album One of the Boys in 1977.[6] Pratt's original version of the single became the B side of Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light" on a CBS promotional disc, and was used on the soundtrack to the film Velvet Goldmine in 1998.[7]
Rolling Stone magazine said of his 1976 album, Resolution, "The songs carry rock harmony one step beyond the Beach Boys and the Stones."[8] In 1982 Pratt released the mini album Fun in the First World produced by Leroy Radcliffe and released on Boston's Enzone Records.[1] The mini album was later included on The Age of Goodbye.[1]
Discography edit
- Records Are Like Life (Polydor Records, 1969, reissued 1971)
- Andy Pratt (Columbia Records, 1973)
- Resolution (Nemperor Records, distributed by Atlantic Records, 1976)
- Shiver in the Night (Nemperor, 1977)
- Motives (Nemperor, distributed by Epic Records, 1979)
- Fun in the First World (Enzone Records, 1982)
- Not Just for Dancing (Lamborghini Records, 1983)
- Perfect Therapy (GMI, 1986)
- Life (GMI, 1988)
- One Body (GMI, 1991)
- Fire of Love (GMI, 1993)
- Resolution: The Andy Pratt Collection (Razor & Tie Records, compilation, 1996)
- Another World (Highway Records, 1998)
- Heaven and Earth (itsaboutmusic.com, 2003)
- I'm All Right (itsaboutmusic.com, 2003)
- Cover Me (itsaboutmusic.com, February 2003)
- New Resolutions (itsaboutmusic.com, August 2003)
- Andy Pratt Is Back (itsaboutmusic.com, 2003)
- Andy Pratt Solo (itsaboutmusic.com, 2003)
- Live : Recorded Live at The Village Underground, NYC 3/11/03 (itsaboutmusic.com, 2003)
- Age of Goodbye (Fun in the First World + Not Just for Dancing +2, CoraZong Records, 2004)
- Runaway Heart (itsaboutmusic.com, 2006)
- Masters of War (itsaboutmusic.com, 2008)
- Andy Pratt Loves You (Forward motion records, 2010)
- Life and Death (Forward motion records, 2011)
- Chasing Shadows (Forward motion records, 2013)
- The Wolf (independent, 2013)
- The New Normal? (Forward motion records, 2014)
- Do You Remember Me? (Continental Record Services, 2015)
References edit
- ^ a b c Ofjord, Michael. "Andy Pratt | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ "Book of Lists 2018". Business Jet Traveler. June 19, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ Ofjord, Michael. "Andy Pratt | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ "Foo Fighters, The Killers, St Vincent – 30 Huge Artists On Their Favourite 'Lost' Albums". NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. September 19, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ "The Hot 100 : Jun 30, 1973 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. June 30, 1973. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ Hoffmann, Frank W. (1983). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950–1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 87–98. ISBN 978-0-8108-1595-7.
- ^ New Times. New Times Communications Corporation. 1976.
- ^ Edwards, Gavin (August 30, 2019). "10 Weird Albums We Loved in the 1970s You've Never Heard". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
External links edit
- Andy Pratt on It's About Music
- Andy Pratt on SoundCloud
- Andy Pratt at AllMusic
- Andy Pratt discography at Discogs
- Andy Pratt at IMDb
