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Kevin Raleigh is an American singer and keyboardist best known for his tenure with the Michael Stanley Band. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on February 27, 1952,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Famous Birthdays for Year 1952 )〕 Raleigh came to local prominence in 1969 with the band Paper Sun, later known as Freeport Express and Freeport. As Freeport, the band cut an album in Miami for Mainstream Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Buckeye Beat - Freeport )〕 In 1973, Raleigh was recruited by former Raspberries members Jim Bonfanti and Dave Smalley to join them in the band Dynamite, who cut an album of Smalley-Raleigh originals which was never released. Raleigh would also be a member of Bonfanti's subsequent band, Pictures, formed in 1977. That same year he was in a band with Paper Sun/Freeport bandmate Roger Lewis and guitarist Neil Giraldo. Raleigh first performed with the Michael Stanley Band when they toured behind their 1978 album ''Cabin Fever''. His first recording with the band was ''Greatest Hints'' in 1978, on which he emerged—in tandem with Stanley—as their principal singer and songwriter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=THE 70S )〕 Remaining with MSB until its 1987 dissolution, Raleigh was responsible for several of MSB's most high-profile cuts, including "Someone Like You", "When I'm Holding You Tight" and the band's most successful single, "He Can't Love You" (featuring Raleigh on lead vocals), which peaked on the Hot 100 at #33 in 1980.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=THE 80S )〕 Raleigh went on to record a solo album, ''Delusions of Grandeur'', released on Atlantic Records in the spring of 1989. The album included two tracks, "I Should've Known Better" and "The Art of War", produced by Neil Giraldo, who had gone on to become Pat Benatar's guitarist, songwriter and husband. The track "Moonlight on Water"—one of only two of the album's ten tracks not written by Raleigh—was produced by Peter Coleman, who had also worked extensively with Benatar.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NEIL!!! Discography! )〕 Issued as a single, "Moonlight on Water" reached #60 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but otherwise Raleigh's bid for a solo career was largely overlooked. (A 1990 version by Laura Branigan had a single release whose chart performance echoed that of Raleigh's original; Branigan took the song to #59.) Raleigh subsequently moved into the field of artist management and in 2008 he was listed as an owner of the L.A.-based Associated Talent Management (ATM).〔http://www.atmlosangeles.com/t-raleigh.html〕 ==References== *Adams, Deanna R. (2002). Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press). ISBN 978-0-87338-691-3. pp. 314, 415 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kevin Raleigh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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