Desmond Child was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008.
13 Facts About Desmond Child
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Artists Desmond Child has worked with include Kiss, Cher, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Bonnie Tyler, Dream Theater, Roxette, Ricky Martin, Selena Gomez, and Kelly Clarkson.
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Desmond Child is credited with discovering Troy Curtis Tuminelli and recommending him to Edgardo Diaz before Tuminelli landed in Menudo, and, eventually, on Guiding Light.
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Desmond Child was the key partner in Alice Cooper's album Trash.
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Desmond Child was responsible for co-writing the Ratt album Detonator.
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Desmond Child scored a Billboard Top 40 hit in 1991 as a solo artist with "Love on a Rooftop", a song he had co-written with Diane Warren, originally recorded by Ronnie Spector, and later by Cher.
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Desmond Child produced Meat Loaf's album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, and co-wrote six of its songs.
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Desmond Child wrote the song "Believe in Me" for Bonnie Tyler in 2012 and one year later it was selected as the Eurovision Song Contest entry for the United Kingdom, where it finished in 19th place in the final.
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Desmond Child was to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest again as a songwriter in 2022, co-writing and producing the Finnish entry, Jezebel, performed by the Rasmus.
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Desmond Child was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Desmond Child is the biological son of Hungarian baron Joseph S Marfy and Cuban songwriter Elena Casals.
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Desmond Child did not discover that Marfy was his biological father until he was 18 years old.
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Desmond Child subsequently released "The Steps of Champions", a song he wrote for the Hungarian government as the official anthem of the sixtieth anniversary commemorations of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.