Today’s quote is from Bradley Edward Delp, born today in 1951 in Peabody, Massachusetts. Delp was an American musician, best known as the original lead vocalist for the rock band Boston. He joined Boston in 1970 and provided rhythm guitar and lead vocals. Boston’s debut album has sold more than 17 million copies, and produced rock standards such as “More Than a Feeling”, “Foreplay/Long Time” and “Peace of Mind”. Delp co-wrote “Smokin’” along with Scholz, and wrote the album’s closing track, “Let Me Take You Home Tonight”.
Their next album, Don’t Look Back, was released two years later in August 1978. Its release spawned new hits such as the title track, “Party”, and the ballad “A Man I’ll Never Be”. As they did with “Smokin’”, Delp and Scholz collaborated on “Party”, and Delp penned “Used to Bad News”. After the first two Boston albums, Delp sang vocals on Barry Goudreau’s self-titled solo album, released in 1980. Scholz’s perfectionism and a legal battle with their record company stalled any further Boston albums until 1986 when the band released Third Stage. Delp co-wrote the songs “Cool the Engines” and “Can’tcha Say (You Believe in Me)/Still in Love” for the album, and both songs got significant airplay.
Though probably best known for the soaring vocals and range of his “golden” voice and for singing all harmony parts on every song, Delp was also a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, harmonica and keyboards. He wrote or co-wrote songs for Boston, RTZ, Orion the Hunter, Lisa Guyer, and other artists.
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1929 Anne Frank, Dutch Diarist and Jewish victim of the Nazi Holocaust (Diary of Anne Frank), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1945)
1930 Jim Nabors, American actor and singer (Gomer Pyle, Back Home Again in Indiana), born in Sylacauga, Alabama (d. 2017)
1941 Armando “Chick” Corea, American jazz-fusion pianist and composer; 23 time Grammy winner (Return To Forever, Delhpi I, Toy Dance), born in Chelsea, Massachusetts (d. 2021)
1941 Marv Albert, American “Yes!” sportscaster (NBC-TV)/back biter, born in NYC, New York
1951 Brad Delp, American rock musician (lead singer of Boston and RTZ), born in Peabody, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
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