bryan adams

Bryan Adams, OC, OBC (born 5 November 1959, Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian singer, guitarist and songwriter.

Some of his best-known albums are Reckless, Waking up the Neighbours and 18 'Til I Die.

Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for his contribution to popular music and his philanthropic work. He was also inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998, and more recently inducted into the Music Hall of Fame at Canada's Juno Awards April 2006. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards for songwriting.

Early life

Adams, was born in Kingston, Ontario, and traveled throughout Europe and the Middle East with his diplomat parents, until they settled back in Canada in 1973. Adams started his musical career after dropping out of school at age 15.

Musical career

At the age of seventeen, Adams sent a few demo recordings to A&M Records and was signed to them by age 18 for one dollar. He has written and released fourteen albums since then.

Some of the first demos written in 1978 have surfaced over the years; most notably "I'm Ready" (recorded for both the Cuts Like a Knife LP and later on the MTV Unplugged album) and "Remember", which went on his first album. Both songs were covered by other artists before his first album was even released.

This time was also the start of a long songwriting partnership between Adams and co-writer Jim Vallance, which led to the first solo album, Bryan Adams, released in 1980. His second album, You Want It You Got It (1981), contained the FM radio hit "Lonely Nights", but it wasn't until his third album, Cuts Like a Knife, that he broke through with four hits in 1983, most notably with the title track. He quickly followed up that album with Reckless at the end of 1984, which produced six Top 40 songs and has since been certified five times platinum in the US. Next came Into the Fire in 1987, which was also certified platinum. This was the last album completely written by Adams and Vallance, but many of the fragments of their other songs ended up on the forthcoming block buster Waking up the Neighbours .

Live!Live!Live! is the complete recording of the 3 July 1988 concert in Werchter, Belgium, which was broadcast by the CBC in Canada and on MTV around the world. One of his most successful albums is 1991's Waking up the Neighbours (see 1991 in music), which was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Adams, and featured the single "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)". This album and the song went to number one everywhere in the world in 1991 and 1992, with the song spending a record-breaking sixteen weeks at number one on the charts in the United Kingdom. The next album was the hits collection So Far So Good lead by the single "Please Forgive Me", a slow rock ballad.

The next four years saw Adams releasing an album every year for four years, with 18 til I Die summer 1996, Bryan Adams MTV Unplugged winter 1997, On a Day Like Today autumn 1998, and The Best of Me worldwide in 1999 and in the U.S. in early 2002. In May 2002 he released the Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron DreamWorks soundtrack, which went gold in the U.S.

Room Service was released on 20 September 2004, in Canada and in Europe; "Open Road" was its first single. The album was released in the U.S. on 10 May 2005, on Mercury Nashville. Anthology is a two disc set, released in 2005 as a retrospective collection of hits and some more obscure tracks from the 25 years of recording.

Social activist

In 1985 Adams co-wrote the Canadian benefit record for Ethiopia called Tears Are Not Enough. In that same year, he took part in the U.S. side of the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia. He was a featured member of Amnesty International's 1986 A Conspiracy of Hope Tour and was in London to play at the Nelson Mandela birthday party concert at Wembley Stadium in 1988.

In 1990 he joined many other guests (including Michael Kamen) for Roger Waters' massive performance of The Wall in Berlin, Germany. In 1992 Adams protested against Canadian Content regulations, which were changed as a result. He successfully campaigned for the Southern Antarctic Whale Sanctuary in the mid-1990s with Greenpeace Chairman David McTaggert. (The two distributed over 500,000 postcards at concerts around the world encouraging politicians to vote yes for the creation of the sanctuary.) On his 1998 album On a Day Like Today, he supports the Elephant Sanctuary, Hohenwald in Tennessee and Elefriends in England. Adams also supports breast cancer research through donations from his photography (see below).

On 29 January 2005, Adams joined the CBC benefit concert from Toronto for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

On 2 July 2005, Adams performed at Live 8's Canadian performance in Barrie, Ontario.

On 25 May 2005, Adams and cousin Johnny Armitage raised £1.3M from a concert and auction entitled Rock by the River for the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.

On 15 November 2005, Adams played in Qatar and raised an astonishing £1.5M ($2,617,000) through a performance and the auction of a guitar he had purposely signed by many of the worlds most prominent guitarists. The money went to Qatar's "Reach Out to Asia" campaign to help the underprivileged across the continent, and to his own projects of rebuilding a school in Thailand and building a new sports center in Sri Lanka, both of which had been devastated by the tsunami.

On 29 January 2006, he was the first western artist to perform in Karachi, Pakistan, in conjunction with a benefit concert to raise money for underprivileged children to go to school; some of the proceeds of that concert also went to victims of the 2005 earthquake.

On 15th May he attended the Hope Foundation's London event (hosted by designer Bella Freud) helping to raise a portion of the £250,000 pounds for support of Palestinian Refugee Children.

On 15th May 2006 Adams was made an Ambassador to the Prince's Trust, an honarary appointment made by Prince Charles Charity in London to raise awareness for young people looking for work.

In June 2006 at three different charity auctions in London, England, Adams offered individuals from the public the chance to bid to sing with him live in concert. Over £50,000.00 was raised with money going to the NSPCC (The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), Children in Need (an annual British charity appeal organized by the BBC) and the UCLH.

As a photographer

Adams has had his photographs published in British Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, Jane and Interview, among others. His other photographic efforts are publishing 'Zoo Magazine', the fashion/art magazine based in Berlin, Germany. On 1 June 2005, he published his first book of photos in the United States with Calvin Klein called American Women; proceeds from this book go to breast cancer research for programs at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He released a similar book of photos called Made in Canada in December 1999. Both were a tribute to his friend Donna, who died of breast cancer.

In 2004 Adams was invited, along with other photographers from the Commonwealth, to photograph Queen Elizabeth II during her Golden Jubilee; one of his photographs was used as a Canadian postage stamp in 2004 and again in 2005 (see Queen Elizabeth II definitive stamp (Canada)).

On the 15 March 2006, Adams was presented with the gold award for his photo editorial on actor Mickey Rourke at the German Lead Awards in Hamburg, Germany.

Photographic Exhibitions include:

• Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto 1999
• The McCord Museum, Montreal 2000
• Satachi Gallery, London 2000
• Photokina, Koln, Germany 2001
• ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2004
• Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto 2004
• Calvin Klein, NYC, Dallas, Paris 2005
• Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London 2005/2006
• Il Tempio Di Adriano, Rome, Italy, July, 2006
• Photokina, Koln, Germany, September, 2006

Trivia

• Adams speaks French and has lived in France.
• He currently lives in England and supports Chelsea F.C.
• Adams is a vegan.
• Dated Danish Actress/Model Cecilie Thomsen (who appeared in 007 James Bond - Tomorrow Never Dies)
• By a strange coincidence, a high school in Dallas, Texas, bears his name (Bryan Adams High School, part of the Dallas Independent School District), although the school was formed in 1957.

Soundtrack works

His works for movie soundtracks include:

• "Heaven" from the 1983 film A Night in Heaven.
• "Drive All Night" from the 1989 Clint Eastwood film Pink Cadillac.

Only The Strong Survive from the 1989 Kiefer Sutherland film Renegades by Jack Sholder

• "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)" from the 1991 Kevin Costner film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
• "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" written for Tina Turner in the 1993 film "What's Love Got To Do With It".
• "All for Love" from the 1993 film The Three Musketeers (sung with Rod Stewart and Sting).
• "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" from the 1995 Johnny Depp film Don Juan DeMarco.
• "Star" from the 1996 Robin Williams film Jack.
• "I Finally Found Someone" from the 1996 Barbra Streisand film The Mirror Has Two Faces (the song is a duet).
• "When You Love Someone" from the 1998 Sandra Bullock film Hope Floats

• From the 2002 DreamWorks animated film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
  • "Here I Am"
  • "I Will Always Return"
  • "You Can't Take Me"
  • "Get off My Back"
  • "Brothers Under the Sun"
  • "Don't Let Go" (with Sarah McLachlan)
  • "This Is Where I Belong"
  • "Nothing I've Ever Known"

• "It Ain't Over Yet" from the 2005 animated film Racing Stripes
• "I'm Not The Man You Think I Am" and "It's All About Me" in the 2006 John Malkovich film Colour Me Kubrick
• Mysterious Ways from the 2006 film Cashback .
• "Never Let Go" from the 2006 film The Guardian

Adams has been nominated for three Academy Awards for his film compositions.

Discography

Albums

• Bryan Adams (1980)
• You Want It You Got It (1981) #118 US #78 UK
• Cuts Like a Knife (1983) #8 US, #6 UK #21 UK
• Reckless (1984) #1 US, #7 UK
• Into the Fire (1987) #7 US, #10 UK
• Live! Live! Live! (1988, released in U.S. 1994) #17 UK
• Waking up the Neighbours (1991) #6 US, #1 UK
• So Far So Good (1993) #6 US, #1 UK
• 18 til I Die (1996) #31 US, #1 UK
• Unplugged (1997) #88 US #19 UK
• On a Day Like Today (1998) #103 US, #11 UK
• The Best of Me released worldwide (1999) released in the U.S. in (2002) #12 UK
• Do To You What You Do To Me (2001) (India CD Only)
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (film soundtrack) (2002) #40 US #8 UK
• Room Service (2004) #1 Europe #4 UK
• Anthology (2005) #65 US #30 UK

Singles

From Bryan Adams (1980):

• "Give Me Your Love" (1980) #91 CAN
• "Remember" (1980)
• "Hidin' from Love" (1980) #64 CAN

From You Want It You Got It (1981):

• "Coming Home" (1981)
• "Fits Ya Good" (1981) #35 CAN
• "Lonely Nights" (1982) #84 US

From Cuts Like a Knife (1983):

• "Straight from the Heart" (1983) #20 CAN, #10 US, #51 UK (1986 release)
• "Cuts Like a Knife" (1983) #12 CAN, #15 US
• "This Time" (1983) #32 CAN, #24 US, #41 UK (1986 release)

From Reckless (1984):

• "Run to You" (1984) #6 US, #12 CAN, #11 UK
• "Somebody" (1985) #13 CAN, #11 US, #35 UK
• "Heaven" (1985) #11 CAN, #1 US - 2 weeks, #38 UK
• "Summer of '69" (1985) #11 CAN, #5 US, #42 UK
• "One Night Love Affair" (1985) #19 CAN, #13 US
• "It's Only Love" (with Tina Turner) (1985) #14 CAN, #15 US, #29 UK

Single Release Only

• "Christmas Time" (1985) #39 CAN, #55 UK

From Into the Fire (1987):

• "Heat of the Night" (1987) #7 CAN, #6 US, #50 UK
• "Hearts on Fire" (1987) #25 CAN, #26 US, #57 UK
• "Victim of Love" (1987) #53 CAN, #32 US, #68 UK
• "Only the Strong Survive (1987) #47 CAN

From Waking up the Neighbours (1991):

• "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (1991) #1 US - 7 weeks, # 1 CAN, #1 UK - 16 weeks
• "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" (1991) #2 US, #1 CAN, #12 UK
• "There Will Never Be Another Tonight" (1991) #31 US, #13 CAN, #32 UK
• "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" (1992) #13 US, #8 UK
• "All I Want Is You" (1992) #22 UK
• "Do I Have to Say the Words?" (1992) #11 US, #6 CAN, #30 UK

From So Far So Good (1993):

• "Please Forgive Me" (1993) #7 US, #2 UK, #1 Australia

From The Three Musketeers (soundtrack) (1993):

• "All for Love" (with Rod Stewart and Sting) (1994) #1 US - 3 weeks, #2 UK

From Don Juan DeMarco (soundtrack) (1995):

• "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (1995) #1 US - 5 weeks, #4 UK

From Road Tested (Bonnie Raitt) (1995):

• "Rock Steady" live with Bonnie Raitt (1995) #73 US, #50 UK

From 18 til I Die (1996):

• "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" (1996) #52 US, #6 UK
• "Let's Make a Night to Remember" (1996) #24 US, #10 UK
• "Star" (1996) #13 UK
• "18 til I Die" (1997) #22 UK

From The Mirror Has Two Faces (soundtrack) (1996):

• "I Finally Found Someone" (with Barbra Streisand) (1996) #8 US, #10 UK, #2 Australia

From Unplugged (1997):

• "Back to You" (1997) #18 UK
• "I'm Ready" (1998) #20 UK

From On a Day Like Today (1998):

• "On a Day Like Today" (1998) #13 UK
• "When You're Gone" (with Melanie C) (1998) #3 UK, #2 Australia
• "Cloud Number Nine" (1999) #6 UK

From The Best of Me (1999 & 2002):

• "The Best of Me" (1999) #47 UK
• "Inside Out" (1999)

From Behind the Sun (Chicane album) (2000):

• "Don't Give Up" (Chicane with Bryan Adams) (2000) #1 UK, #8 Australia

From Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (soundtrack) (2002):

• "Here I Am" (2002) #5 UK

From Room Service:

• "Open Road" (2004) #21 UK
• "Flying (2004) #39 UK
• "This Side of Paradise" (US only) (2004)
• "Room Service (Germany only) (2005)
• "Why Do You Have To Be So Hard To Love" (US only) (2005)

From Anthology (2005):

• "When You're Gone" (with Pamela Anderson) (US only) (2005)
• "So Far So Good" (Canada only) (2006)

Songs written for and/or performed by other artists

(click to view artists that have covered "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You")

• "Wonderful" (Adams/Thornalley) performed by Mike Leon Grosch, Hansa/Sony BMG, 2006
• "What Does It Do To Your Heart" (Adams/Kennedy) performed by Shannon Noll, Mushroom Records, 2005.
• "I Finally Found Someone" (Adams/Lange/Streisand/Hamlisch) performed by American Film Orchestra, "Unwind: Sixteen Easy Selections to Help You Relax", Intersound Records, 2005.
• "Brothers Under The Sun" (Adams/Peters/Jablonsky) performed by Michael Martin Murphey, "Live At Billy Bob's Texas", Smith Music Group, 2004
• "Blessing In Disguise" (Adams/Peters) performed by Gretchen Peters, Halcyon, Curb Records, 2004.
• "Inside Out"(Adams/Peters) performed by The Countdown Singers, "20 Country Favorites", Madacy Records 2004.
• "Drive" (Adams/Thornalley) performed by Shannon Noll, That's What I'm Talking About, Mushroom Records, 2004.
• "If You Believe" (Adams/Remanda) performed by Andrea Remanda, "Ella Enchanted" soundtrack, Hollywood Records, 2004.
• "Keep Talkin' I'm Listening" (Adams/Thornalley) performed by Lulu, "Back On Track", Universal/Mercury, 2004.
• "I Will Always Return" (Adams/Lange/Zimmer) performed by Alex Boye "Testimony", Spired Records, 2004.
• "Rock Steady" (Adams/Peters) performed by Nanette Workman "Vanílla Blues Café", Bros Records, 2003.
• "Do To You" (Adams/Lange) performed by Dirty Little Devils "Frenzy", Crazy Love (USA), 2003.
• "Over My Head" (Adams/Pickell) performed by Sherrie Lea "Women & Songs 7", WEA International, 2003.
• "Follow Me" (Adams/Steinberg), performed by Melanie C, "Northern Star", Virgin Records (Japan release only), 1999.
• "Don't Give Up" (Adams/Bracegirdle/Hedges) performed by Chicane, Xtravaganza Records, 2002.
• "Over My Head" (Adams/Pickell) performed by Robert Fleischman "World in Your Eyes", Frontier Records, 2002.
• "Cure for Love" (Adams/Peters) performed by David Charvet "Leap of Faith", Mercury, 2002.
• "I Finally Found Someone"(Adams/Lange/Hamlisch/Streisand) performed by Lorrie Morgan and Sammy Kershaw "I Finally Found Someone" 2001.
• "Another Year Has Gone By" (Adams/Kennedy) performed by Keres Katia "Starry Night: Christmas Songs", Orchard Records, 2001.
• "Inside Out" (Adams/Peters) performed by Trisha Yearwood and Don Henley, Inside Out, MCA Nashville, 2001.
• "When You Love Someone" (Adams/Peters/Kamen) performed by Sweet Surrender "When You Love Someone", St. Clair Records, 2001.
• "It's Only Love" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Starsound Orchestra "Plays the Hits Made Famous by Bryan Adams" Delta Records, 2001
• "Please Forgive Me" (Adams/Lange) performed by Gabriela "Gabriela", Universal, 2001.
• "Somebody" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Starsound Orchestra "Plays the Hits Made Famous by Bryan Adams" Delta Records, 2001
• "When You Love Someone" (Adams/Peters/Kamen) performed by John Rich, 2000.
• "Hey Elvis" (Adams/Peters) performed by Billy Ray Cyrus, "Southern Rain", Sony, 2000.
• "I'll Always Be Right There" (Adams/Lange/Kamen) performed by Blair Joyce "Lucky Man", BJT Productions, 2000.
• "The Way You Make Me Feel" (Adams/Thornalley), performed by Ronan Keating, Polydor, 2000.
• "I'll Always Be Right There" (Adams/Lange/Kamen) performed by Trademark 1999.
• "You're Still Beautiful To Me" (Adams/Lange) performed by Bryan White "How Lucky I Am", 1999.
• "I Finally Found Someone" (Adams/Lange/Streisand/Hamlisch) performed by The Sounds Of Romance, "Intimate Moments", K-Tel Records, 1999.
• "I'll Always Be Right There" (Adams/Lange/Kamen) performed by The Countdown Singers "Sound & Sensation: Angel Voices", Madacy Records, 1999.
• "The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You" (Adams/Lange) performed by Lorrie Morgan, "My Heart", 1999.
• "She Believes In Me" (Adams/Kennedy), performed by Joe Cocker, No Ordinary World, Capitol, 1999.
• "I Finally Found Someone" (Adams/Lange/Streisand/Hamlisch) performed by The Countdown Singers, "Loves Greatest Hits", Madacy Entertainment, 1998.
• "Another Year Has Gone By" (Adams/Kennedy), performed by Celine Dion, These Are Special Times, Columbia Records, 1998.
• "Back To You" Adams/Kennedy performed by Solina, (Canadian Dance Record), 1998.
• "Back To You" Adams/Kennedy performed by The Countdown Singers, "Hot Hits 1998", Power Hits, 1998.
• "I Finally Found Someone" (Adams/Lange/Streisand/Hamlisch) performed by David Osborne, "My Heart Will Go On", North Star Records, 1998.
• "In A Perfect World" (Adams/Peters) performed by Gretchen Peters, Souvenirs, Curb Records, 1998.
• "When You Love Someone" (Adams/Peters/Kamen) performed by The London Westend Singers "Going to the Movies: The Best of '98", Excelsior Records 1998.
• "Don't Count Me Out" (Adams/McColl/Wanstall) performed by Prism, "From The Vaults", Capitol, 1997.
• "You Walked In" (Adams/Lange), performed by Lonestar, Crazy Nights, BNA Records, 1997.
• "Please Forgive Me" (Adams/Lange) performed by Back to Basics ("Almighty Classics: Now & Then, Vol. 1") Almighty Records, 1997.
• "Let's Talk About Love" (Adams/Goldman/Kennedy), performed by Celine Dion, Sony Records, 1997.
• "Glitter" (Adams/Sixx/Humphrey) performed by Mötley Crüe, Generation Swine, Elektra Records, 1997.
• "I Finally Found Someone"(Adams/Lange/Hamlisch/Streisand) performed by Paul De Leeuw and Simone Kleinsma "Brommerpech" 1997.
• "I Finally Found Someone"(Adams/Lange/Hamlisch/Streisand) performed by Barbra Streisand and BA "The Mirror Has Two Faces" (soundtrack) 1996.
• "What Would It Take" (Adams/Peters) performed by Anne Murray, Capitol, 1996.
• "Rock Steady" (Adams/Peters) performed by Bonnie Raitt, Road Tested, Capitol, 1995.
• "Rough Town" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Johnny Hallyday, PolyGram, 1995
• "Prove It" (Adams/Lange) performed by Stevie Vann, Stevie Vann, Silvertone Records, 1995.
• "All For Love" performed by MC Mario, "Back To Basics", Quality Records, 1994.
• "All For Love" performed by The Countdown Singers, "Movie Hits", Madacy Entertainment, 1994.
• "Please Forgive Me" (Adams/Lange) performed by Woodford & Company "Very Best of the Nineties, Vol. 3", Triple D Records, 1994.
• "Over My Head" (Adams/Pickell) performed by Sanne 'Live', 1993.
• "When The Night Comes" (Adams/Vallance/Warren) performed by Sanne 'Live', 1993.
• "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" (Adams/Lange) performed by Tina Turner, "What's Love Got to Do with It" soundtrack, Capitol Records, 1993.
• "Feels Like Forever" (Adams/Warren) performed by Joe Cocker, "Night Calls", Capitol Records, 1992.
• "Nature of the Beast" (Adams/Vallance) performed by The Law, 'Laying Down the Law' 1991.
• "The Best Was Yet to Come" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Laura Branigan "Very Best Of Laura Branigan", Atlantic Records, 1990.
• "Drive All Night" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Dion, Arista Records, 1989.
• "Good To Be Back" (Adams/Vallance/Harlow) performed by Prism "All The Best From Prism", 1988.
• "When the Night Comes" (Adams/Vallance/Warren) performed by Joe Cocker, Capitol Records, 1988.
• "No Way To Treat A Lady" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Elkie Brooks, "Bookbinder's Kid", 1988.
• "No Way To Treat A Lady" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Elisabeth Andreasson "Älskar Älskar Inte", 1988.
• "It Should Have Been Me" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Carly Simon, Arista Records, 1987.
• "Hometown Hero" (Adams /Dean/Cherney/Rhodes) performed by Loverboy, "Wildside", Columbia Records, 1987.
• "Back To Paradise" (Adams/Vallance/Benatar) performed by 38 Special, "Revenge of the Nerds II", 1987.
• "Can't Wait All Night" (Adams/Vallance/Kagna) performed by Elkie Brooks, "We've Got Tonight", 1987.
• "No Way To Treat A Lady" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Lousie Mandrell, "Dreamin", 1987
• "Let Me Down Easy" (Adams/Vallance), performed by Roger Daltrey, Under a Raging Moon, Atlantic Records, 1986.
• "Rebel" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Roger Daltrey Under a Raging Moon, Atlantic Records, 1986.
• "Open Soul Surgery" (Adams/Vallance/Knight) performed by April Wine, Walking Through Fire, Aquarius Records (1986).
• "No Way to Treat a Lady" (Adams/Vallance), performed by Bonnie Raitt, Capitol, and Bonnie Tyler album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire 1986.
• "Another Heartache" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Rod Stewart, Warner Bros., 1986.
• "Back Where You Started" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Tina Turner, Capitol, 1986.
• "Tears Are Not Enough" (Adams /Vallance/Foster/Hyde/Paiment) performed by Northern Lights For Africa, Columbia Records, 1985.
• "Dangerous" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Loverboy, "Lovin' Every Minute Of It", Columbia Records, 1985
• "It Should Have Been Me" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Neil Diamond, Columbia Records, 1985.
• "Don't Mess With Me (aka Play To Win)" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Fast Forward, "Pumping Iron II", Island Records, 1985.
• "It Won't Be You" (Rock/Hyde/Foster/Vallance/Adams) performed by the Payolas, "Where Is The Love", A&M Records, 1985.
• "Draw The Line" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Ted Nugent, Penetrator, Atlantic, 1984.
• "Edge of a Dream" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Joe Cocker, "Teachers" soundtrack, Capitol, 1983. Also performed by Helen Hoffner in 1993.
• "Straight From The Heart" (Adams/Kagna) performed by Bonnie Tyler, album Faster Than the Speed of Night 1983.
• "Teacher Teacher" (Adams/Vallance) performed by 38 Special, "Teachers" soundtrack, Capitol, 1983.
• "Down On Your Knees" (Adams/Stanley/Japp) performed by KISS, Killers, Polydor, 1982.
• "Rock and Roll Hell" (Adams/Vallance/Simmons) performed by KISS, Creatures of the Night, Polygram International, 1982.
• "War Machine" (Adams/Vallance/Simmons) performed by KISS, Creatures of the Night, Polygram International, 1982.
• "Jump" (Adams/Vallance/Loverboy) performed by Loverboy, "Get Lucky", Columbia Records, 1981.
• "Never Get to Heaven" (Adams/Dal Bello) performed by Lisa Dal Bello, Drastic Measures, 1981.
• "You Could Be Good for Me" (Adams/Dal Bello) performed by Lisa Dal Bello, "Drastic Measures", Capitol, 1981.
• "Don't Let Him Know" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Prism, "Small Change", Capitol, 1981.
• "Straight From The Heart" (Adams/Kagna) performed by Fast Forward "3wc" 1980
• "Cover Girl" (Adams/MItchell) performed by Prism, All the Best From Prism, Capitol, 1980.
• "Take It Or Leave It" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Prism, "Armageddon", Capitol 1979.
• "You Walked Away Again" (Adams) performed by Prism, "Armageddon" Capitol 1979.
• "I'm Ready" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Ian Lloyd "Goose Bumps" 1979.
• "Wastin' Time" (Adams) performed by Bachman-Turner-Overdrive "Rock'n'Roll Nights" 1978.
• "Tonight" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Randy Meisner "Dallas" 1982.
• "Tonight" (Adams/Vallance) performed by Randy Meisner "Randy Meisner 1982"

B-sides and odd singles

• "Let Me Take You Dancing" (Adams/Vallance) in 1978.
• "Don't Turn Me Away" (Adams/Vallance) in 1978.
• "Reggae Christmas" (Adams/Vallance) in 1984.
• "Diana" (Adams/Jim Vallance) in 1985.
• "Christmas Time" (Adams/Vallance) in 1985.
• "'Lowlife" (Adams/Peters) in 1996.
• "Hey Elvis" (Adams/Peters) in 1996.
• "I Want It All" (Adams/Lange) in 1996.
• "Hey Little Girl" (Adams/Lange) in 1996.
• "I Love Ya Too Much" (Adams) in 1998.
• "What Does It Do Your Heart" (Adams/Kennedy) in 1998.
• "Hey Baby" (Adams/Peters) in 1998.
• "Bin There Done That" in 1998.
• "On Christmas Day" (Adams/Kennedy) song for Christmas From The Vatican (2004)
• "Blessing In Disguise" (Adams/Peters) in 2004.
• "Friday Night In London" (Adams/Kennedy/Thornalley) in 2004.
• "You Walked In" (Adams/Lange) in 2004

Odd recordings

• "She Controls Me" recorded vocals with Strange Advance, Worlds Away, Capitol (1982).
• "The Wanderer" recorded with Dave Edmunds at the Prince's Trust Concert (1986).
• "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" recorded vocals with Glass Tiger, Thin Red Line, EMI (1986).
• "I Shall Be Released" recorded with Bono and Sting at the Amnesty International Concert, San Francisco (1986).
• "Run Rudolph Run" recorded at the Marquee Club, London for "A Very Special Christmas (1987).
• "I Saw Her Standing There" recorded with McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Eric Clapton at the Prince's Trust Concert, London (1987).
• "Smoke On The Water" recorded with Deep Purple, Paul Rogers, David Gilmore, Bruce Dickinson, Roger Taylor and Chris Squire for Rock Aid Armenia, for victims of the earthquake 1989.
• "Kickstart My Heart" and "Sticky Sweet" recorded background vocals with Steven Tyler on Motley Crue's album "Dr. Feelgood" (1989).
• "River Of Love" recorded background vocals on "River Of Love" David Foster (1990).
• "Young Lust" and "Empty Spaces" recorded with Roger Waters Live At the Berlin Wall (1990).
• "Nature of the Beast" performed by The Law {did harmonies to Paul Rogers vocal} "Laying Down the Law" (1991).
• "Prove it" recorded with Stevie Vann (1995).
• "Angel From Montgomery" recorded with Jackson Browne, Bruce Hornsby and Kim Wilson on Bonnie Raitt's "Road Tested" (1995).
• "My Opening Farewell" recorded with Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt "Road Tested" (1995).
• "O Sole Mio" recorded with Luciano Pavarotti (1995).
• "Good Times" and "Bring It On Home To Me" recorded with Smokey Robinson "Live At The Apollo Theater" (1995).
• "What Would It Take" recorded with Anne Murray {guitar and harmony} (1996).
• "In A Perfect World" Sang background vocals with Gretchen Peters, "Souvenirs" Curb Records (1998).
• "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" recorded harmonies on Barry Mann's "Soul And Inspiration" (2000).
• "Behind Blue Eyes" recorded with The Who "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" (2000).
• "Walkin The Line" (obscure unreleased Adams song) used for Paco Rabanne commercial.

Filmography

• "Pink Cadillac" (1989) film by Clint Eastwood: Adams played a gas station attendant.
• "House of Fools" [2] (2002), film in Russian by Andrei Konchalovsky: Adams plays a hallucination of himself.

See also

• Best selling music artists
• List of bands from Canada

External links

• Bryan Adams official web site
• Canada Post announces the stamp bearing Adams' photo of the Queen
• Bryan Adams' career on A&M Records
• The official website of Zoo Magazine (published by Adams)