6-426: Richard Kerr may refer to: Richard Kerr (songwriter) (1944–2023), English composer Richard James Kerr (born 1935), deputy director of the C.I.A., 1989–1992 Dickey Kerr (Richard Henry Kerr, 1893–1963), American baseball pitcher Richard Kerr (artist) (born 1952), Canadian filmmaker Richard A. Kerr , science journalist [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
12-518: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Richard Kerr (songwriter) Richard Buchanan Kerr (14 December 1944 – 8 December 2023) was an English singer-songwriter and composer, who co-wrote " Mandy ", " Looks Like We Made It ", and " Somewhere in the Night " (all of which became hit singles for Barry Manilow ) and " I'll Never Love This Way Again ", for Dionne Warwick . Richard Buchanan Kerr
18-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Kerr&oldid=1189464174 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
24-653: The title " Mandy " for Barry Manilow in 1974, although Don Partridge's "Blue Eyes" was Kerr's first hit as a songwriter. In 1976, Kerr's solo album, Richard Kerr (re-titled Somewhere in the Night in some territories) was released by Epic Records , and in 2014 it was released digitally on iTunes. Kerr's album Welcome to the Club (1978, A&M Records ) featured songs co-written with John Bettis , Gary Osborne , and Will Jennings . Kerr's other albums include From Now Until Then , No Looking Back , Songwriter , and Reflections of Richard Kerr . His most important collaboration
30-460: Was born on 14 December 1944. Kerr began his education at Bedford School . After gaining an interest in music at school he went into songwriting. In the UK, he collaborated with musicians in the late 1960s and early 1970s such as Peter Green , Don Partridge and Scott English . The last pairing resulted in the song " Brandy ", which English released in 1971. This song later become a worldwide hit under
36-471: Was with the American lyricist Will Jennings. They wrote such popular songs as " Looks Like We Made It ", a No. 1 hit for Barry Manilow , " Somewhere in the Night ", which was a hit for Helen Reddy and later for Barry Manilow (1978), and " I'll Never Love This Way Again " for Dionne Warwick . In 1997, along with lyricist Don Black , Kerr wrote "You Stayed Away Too Long", sung by 18-year-old Joanne May, one of
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