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Seth Swirsky (born August 5, 1960, New Haven, Connecticut) is a self-described "manic expressive,"〔 an American pop music songwriter (including the Grammy-nominated "Tell It To My Heart"), an author, a recording artist, a filmmaker, a political writer and a noted baseball memorabilia collector.〔 == Songwriter == In 1980, at the age of 20, Seth Swirsky wrote the national jingle for Thomas' English Muffins.〔 After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1982,〔 Swirsky wrote the Grammy-nominated hit "Tell It To My Heart" with Ernie Gold for Taylor Dayne.〔 The song was on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart for six months in 1988, reaching No. 7 (gold single pictured left).〔 The song was also a No. 1 hit in Germany, The Netherlands and Sweden and No. 3 in England.〔 In 2002, Kelly Llorenna’s version of the song went to No. 9 on the British charts.〔 The song won Swirsky an ASCAP songwriter’s award for being one of the most performed songs of the year. In 2006, the song was recorded by the Royal Gigolos and spent two weeks on the Swiss charts at No. 2.〔 It was featured as a clue in ''The New York Times'' crossword〔 in 1998. Swirsky wrote Dayne's follow-up top ten hit, "Prove Your Love," with Arnie Roman. That song was a No. 7 Billboard pop hit as well as a No. 1 Billboard dance hit.〔 It reached No. 1 in Switzerland, No. 4 in Germany and No. 8 in England. Swirsky wrote "Love is a Beautiful Thing," which was recorded by Al Green for his 1995 album ''Your Heart's in Good Hands''. The song also appears on his 2002 ''Love, The Essential Al Green Greatest Hits Collection''. It was Green's last charted single (No. 56 in the UK). The song was originally written for and recorded by Charles and Eddie on their 1991 debut album, ''Duophonic''. Green's version was featured in the movies ''The Pallbearer'' (1996), ''Sorority Boys'' (2002), ''Two Weeks Notice'' (2002) and ''The Cookout'' (2004). Krystal Harris sang it for the movie ''Legally Blonde'' in 2001. Al Green's version was also used as Revlon's theme song in their international ad campaign in 2004. Tina Turner's version of "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" was on the Princess Diana Tribute Album in 1997. Swirsky composed "Instant Pleasure" for Rufus Wainwright, which was featured in Adam Sandler's ''Big Daddy'' (1999). The song also charted with Rockell in 2000. Swirsky's song "You Got The Power," written with Albert Hammond, was featured in the Bronson Pinchot movie ''Second Sight'' (1989). He wrote "Did You Give Enough Love" with Arnie Roman for Celine Dion (a top 20 song in Canada),〔 "Tear it Up" with Gardner Cole for Michael McDonald (a Billboard top 20 Adult Contemporary hit〔 and top 40 British charting single), "After All"〔〔 for Air Supply, "Not Gonna Be the One" for Olivia Newton-John's ''Greatest Hits'' album, ''Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992'' (which reached No. 2 in Australia and No. 12 in the UK) and "Christmas Lullaby" for Faith Evans.〔 He also wrote (with Jack Ponti) "Hard On Me" for the 1980s German heavy metal band Bonfire.〔 Others he has written songs for include Jane Weidlin of The Go-Go's, Peter Allen, Lara Fabian, The Four Tops, The Spinners, The Delfonics, Deniece Williams, Brenda K. Starr,〔 Trey Lorenz, Melissa Manchester, Rita Coolidge, Exposé and Wild Orchid. During his career he has collaborated with Eric Carmen〔 of Raspberries, David Pack of Ambrosia, Marshall Crenshaw, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, Cy Curnin of The Fixx, Eric Schenkman of Spin Doctors, Michael Bolton, Natalie Merchant, Jim Ellison of Material Issue, Gerry Goffin, Chynna Phillips and Steve Kipner,〔 among others. Swirsky was featured as the "Writer of the Week" in the 2011 Nov./Dec.issue of American Songwriter Magazine. 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「Seth Swirsky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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