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18 Facts About Charlie Midnight

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Charlie Midnight was born on Charles Kaufman, January 9,1954 and is an American songwriter and record producer and the founder of Midnight Production House.

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Charlie Midnight is a writer on the Barbra Streisand Grammy-nominated, Platinum-selling Partners album having co-written the Barbra Streisand and Andrea Bocelli duet "I Still Can See Your Face".

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Charlie Midnight was raised in Bensonhurst, a working-class neighborhood, and attended Lafayette High School.

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Charlie Midnight aspired to enter acting or pursue poetry.

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Charlie Midnight worked various jobs to support his music career, such as being employed as a legal proofreader and paralegal.

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Charlie Midnight performed in several groups throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, which culminated in the release of his solo album Innocent Bystander in 1982.

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Shortly after his first and last solo album, Charlie Midnight came to the attention of famed singer-songwriter, musician and producer Dan Hartman.

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Charlie Midnight's first producing job was the Time Bandits' 1987 album Can't Wait for Another World with Hartman as the executive producer.

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Charlie Midnight went on to produce and write songs for more than 30 films including Rocky IV, The Bodyguard, Bull Durham, Lizzie McGuire and Ruthless People, as well as for such varied artists as Cher, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Seal, Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, James Brown, Chaka Khan, Joe Cocker, The Doobie Brothers, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Jamey Johnson, George Thorogood, John Waite, Hilary Duff, Dan Hartman, Sheena Easton, Paul Stanley and Paul Young.

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In 2004, it was announced that Charlie Midnight signed a publishing deal with Famous Music Publishing.

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In 2010, Charlie Midnight co-wrote with Jamey Johnson the song "My Way To You", which appeared on the latter's album The Guitar Song.

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In 2012, Charlie Midnight co-wrote two specialty lyrics for Barbra Streisand for her Back To Brooklyn tour on "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard and "You're the Top" from Anything Goes.

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In 2014, Charlie Midnight co-wrote the duet "I Still Can See Your Face" for Streisand's Partners album.

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In 2018, Charlie Midnight co-wrote the song "The Rain Will Fall" with Streisand, Jay Landers, and Jonas Myrin.

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Charlie Midnight co-wrote the song "Big Time Rush", which served as the theme song for the hit Nickelodeon series of the same name.

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Charlie Midnight won a BMI Cable Award at the 2006 BMI Awards for the theme song to the comedy series Daisy Does America.

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Charlie Midnight worked with Jordyn Jones on her song, I'm Dappin.

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Charlie Midnight has worked extensively as a writer and a producer for artists from all around the world.