Dan hartman gay

He joined his first band, The Legends, at the age of His brother Dave was also a member of the band. He subsequently spent a period of time backing the Johnny Winter Band. He then joined the Edgar Winter Group where he played bass, wrote or co-wrote many of their songs, and sang on three of their albums.

In lateHartman reached No. Dan Hartman worked with on the associated album included Vinnie Vincent and G. Hartman was featured as a bartender hartman one of the two videos that were released for the single, which received heavy rotation on MTV. The song was prominently featured in the film Rocky IV.

It was released as a single in and reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot chart. The song entered the Billboard Top 40 on January 11,and remained on the chart for 11 weeks. It appeared on the Rocky IV soundtrack gay. In and Hartman worked on what was planned as his subsequent studio album, White Boy; he wanted the album to have a darker and more mature sound than his previous work.

White Boy has never been released. In he released his last studio album New Green Clear Blue, an instrumental new age-styled album. Inhe co-wrote with longtime collaborator Charlie Midnight 9. It was performed by Spunkadelic. Hartman was never married and had no children.

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He died on March 22,at his Westport, Connecticut, home, from a brain tumor. His remains were cremated. At the time of his death, both parents, a brother, and a sister were all still alive. Following his death, his music began enjoying a revival of sorts:. Thank you for honoring Dan Hartman in this way.

He was a remarkable hard working man. Coincidentally, he was a closeted gay man who had to suffer alone when he was diagnosed with AIDS. He never really let many people know. AIDS came at a time when another president failed to acknowledge the seriousness of a disease they called the Gay Cancer.

Their ignorance and failure to develop a cure or treatment meant that we lost dozens of artists like Dan way before their time. Primary Menu Skip to content. Home About.