| Mutt Lange |
Website Links For Robert |
Information AboutMutt Lange |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT ROBERT LANGE | |
| british record producers | |
| converts to sikhism | |
| 1948 births | |
| living people | |
| grammy award winners | |
|
A strict ''. Retrieved July 22 2007 . BIOGRAPHY Robert John Lange was born in Mufulira , Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia ). His mother came from a prosperous family in Germany , and his South Africa n born father was a mining engineer. Nicknamed "Mutt" at an early age, Lange grew up a fan of country music, in particular the singer, Slim Whitman . Sent to study at Belfast High School in South Africa, he started a music band in which he played rhythm guitar and sang harmonies. He eventually married Stevie Van Kerken (a.k.a. Stevie Vann) and moved to England where, in 1970, he started the band Hocus in which his wife would sing. His marriage to Stevie broke down in the 1970s, although they still remain close friends, and Stevie is indebted to Mutt for how he helped mature her voice. In 1978, Lange wrote and produced Ipswich Town 's FA Cup final single ''Ipswich Ipswich Get That Goal'' (his connection with the club being due to their South African born player Colin Viljoen ). Beginning production work in 1976, his first major hits came in October 1978 with the UK #1 single " Rat Trap " for The Boomtown Rats , followed in July 1979 with the UK #1 " I Don't Like Mondays ", and AC/DC 's Hard Rock album '' Highway To Hell '' (#8 UK, #17 US). He produced two more albums with AC/DC, including '' Back In Black '' (1980) which is currently the Fifth-best Selling Album Of All Time . He also worked with 1980s pop-rock group Foreigner , and with Def Leppard on their hit albums, '' High 'n' Dry '', '' Pyromania '', and '' Hysteria '' co-writing all of the songs. After ''Hysteria'', Lange felt he had contributed all that he could to Def Leppard's career, and he decided to bow out of working with them while they were at their peak. In 1991, he produced Bryan Adams ' '' Waking Up The Neighbours '', including co-writing " (Everything I Do) I Do It For You ", a hugely-successful single written for the Kevin Costner film '' Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves ''. After hearing Shania Twain 's material, he got in touch with her and they spent many hours on the phone with each other; they finally met six months after the initial contact and were married on December 28 , 1993 . Lange is strictly a Tee-totaller , but as a treat, they had non-alcoholic Champagne at their wedding. Lange also had the song " (Everything I Do) I Do It For You " performed as a sign of his dedication. In August 2001, their son Eja (pronounced "Asia") was born. DISCOGRAPHY Produced albums Albums on which Lange produced at least 3 tracks
Produced album tracks Albums on which Lange produced at least one track:
Album tracks ''written or co-written''
|
|
|