Died On This Date (March 22, 1994) Dan Hartman / ’80s Singer, Songwriter & Producer
themusicsover Dan Hartman
December 8, 1950 – March 22, 1994
Although he had been playing and recording music since his teens, it wasn’t until 1984 that Dan Hartman had a major hit with “I Can Dream About You” from the Streets Of Fire soundtrack. It didn’t hurt that a little channel called MTV featured the video several times throughout the day. What few know is that it wasn’t Hartman’s voice that was heard on that video. The actual singer was Winston Ford, but it was actor Stoney Jackson that you actually saw “singing” it in the video. As a songwriter, Hartman was responsible for such hits as the Edgar Winter Group’s “Free Ride,” and James Brown’s “Living In America.” Hartman spent the better part of the 90s writing and producing hits for the likes of Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Tyler and Paul Young. Hartman passed away from a brain tumor reportedly caused by AIDS at the age of 43.