1. In 1997, Andrew Gold released a tribute to 1960s psychedelic music, Greetings from Planet Love, issued under the pseudonym "the Fraternal Order of the All".
20 Facts About Andrew Gold
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Andrew Gold died in 2011 aged 59 from heart failure.
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Andrew Gold was born on August 2,1951, in Burbank, California, and eventually followed his parents into show business.
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Andrew Gold's mother was singer Marni Nixon, who provided the singing voice for numerous actresses, notably Natalie Wood in West Side Story, Deborah Kerr in The King and I, and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady; his father was Ernest Gold, an Austrian-born composer who won an Academy Award for his score for the movie Exodus.
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Andrew Gold was a member of the Los Angeles band Bryndle, alongside Kenny Edwards, Wendy Waldman, and Karla Bonoff, releasing the single "Woke Up This Morning" in 1970.
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Andrew Gold played a major role as multi-instrumentalist and arranger for Linda Ronstadt's breakthrough album, 1974's Heart Like a Wheel, and her next two albums.
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Andrew Gold was in her band from 1973 until 1977, and then sporadically throughout the 1980s and 1990s, performing at some of her concerts.
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In 1975, Gold debuted as a solo artist, with the album Andrew Gold, and played most of the instruments on Art Garfunkel's solo hit "I Only Have Eyes For You", as well as several other cuts on Garfunkel's album Breakaway.
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In 1977, Andrew Gold played guitar on two cuts of Eric Carmen's album Boats Against the Current, including "She Did It", a No 23 hit that year.
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Andrew Gold's biggest hit in the United Kingdom was "Never Let Her Slip Away", which peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart on two occasions, firstly by Andrew Gold himself in 1978 and again by dance-pop group Undercover in 1992.
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Freddie Mercury, a friend of Andrew Gold's, was an uncredited background singer.
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Andrew Gold toured with the Eagles, worked in the studio and toured with Ronstadt and Jackson Browne, recorded and toured with James Taylor, and was second engineer on part of Joni Mitchell's album Blue.
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Andrew Gold played on Cher's hit 1989 album Heart of Stone and, during the early '90s, wrote and composed hits for Trisha Yearwood as well as Wynonna Judd, for whom he co-wrote the No 1 single "I Saw The Light" with Lisa Angelle.
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In 1981, Andrew Gold produced, co-wrote, sang and played on three 10cc tracks that appeared on the hit-making pop-rock band's 1981 album Ten Out of 10.
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Subsequently, Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman of 10cc invited Andrew Gold to become a member of the group.
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In 1996, Andrew Gold left Bryndle and released the children's Halloween-oriented novelty album Halloween Howls.
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In 2000, Andrew Gold compiled a Wax rarities album, Bikini Wax, as well as recording and releasing a new solo album The Spence Manor Suite; this last was followed in 2002 by another solo collection, Intermission.
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Andrew Gold appeared in a 2006 concert with the classic rock group America and singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop.
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Andrew Gold later married Leslie Kogan, who continues to manage his musical legacy.
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Andrew Gold was diagnosed with kidney cancer and responded well to treatment.