1. David Eldon Lasley was an American recording artist, singer, musician and songwriter.
21 Facts About David Lasley
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In 1980, David Lasley was signed by David Geffen to Geffen Records.
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David Lasley appears in the cast of 20 Feet from Stardom.
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David Lasley was born in Michigan, the son of Bernice and Roy David Lasley.
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David Lasley is the younger brother of Dean and Judy and had a younger sister, Julie Ann, a singer with his group The Utopias.
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David Lasley participated in the school band playing cornet with Dan Shoup, the band president, including the annual concert crowning the Band Queen in the Mason County Eastern school gymnasium.
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David Lasley went to Detroit with his group to play the records they made themselves for local radio stations and to record labels looking for a deal.
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The Utopias were signed by Fortune Records releasing songs written by David Lasley, including "Good Friends Forever" and "Sally Bad".
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At the Twenty Grand, David Lasley befriended Roger Bass, keyboard player of the house band, who wrote The Utopias third single "Girls Are Against Me".
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David Lasley met their second manager, Johnny Powers around early 1969.
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David Lasley's first recording as a songwriter was "Just Give Me One Good Reason" by Maxine Brown, written with Roger Bass.
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David Lasley's cover recording of "One Fine Day", produced by Johnny Powers and Roger Bass, was released by Philly Groove 178 in 1973 and was a Billboard Top Single Pick.
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David Lasley played a leading singing role in the 1972 Gerome Ragni-Galt MacDermot Broadway show Dude, which opened at the Broadway Theatre in 1972.
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David Lasley began his career as a back-up singer in 1970.
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Kravitz was privy to late-night phone calls between Luther Vandross and David Lasley, made from Vandross's hotel room after shows.
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Performers with whom David Lasley worked include Todd Rundgren, Rita Coolidge, Melissa Manchester and Bonnie Raitt, who recorded a number of David Lasley's compositions.
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In 1977 David Lasley began touring with James Taylor as a background vocalist.
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David Lasley performed as background vocalist with Taylor on The Jay Leno Show, other television and film appearances, and on his recording sessions.
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Raindance is the second solo studio album by David Lasley, released on EMI Records.
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Soldiers On The Moon is the third solo studio album by David Lasley, recorded live to 2-track and produced by Jeff Weber.
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On December 10 at the James Taylor - Jackson Browne concert in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Taylor paid homage to David Lasley saying "we lost a really close friend last night", pointing out that David Lasley had performed with the band since the mid-1970s.