Robert Hazard

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Escalator of Life 04:49 Tools
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 01:50 Tools
Hang Around With You 03:10 Tools
Change Reaction 03:51 Tools
Nobody But The Night 04:03 Tools
Blowin' in the Wind 00:00 Tools
Lucky Hat 04:41 Tools
I Still Believe In You 04:43 Tools
Excalator of Life 04:40 Tools
Lonely Too 04:40 Tools
Out of the Blue 00:00 Tools
Escalator Of Life (Remix) 04:44 Tools
Troubadour 06:11 Tools
Boys Just Want to Have Sex (Bombs Away Edit) 03:32 Tools
Interplanetary Private Eye 03:49 Tools
Bound 06:19 Tools
Change Reaction (Remix) 03:54 Tools
Alone With You 03:49 Tools
One Night at a Time 03:49 Tools
The ballad of John F. Fahey 03:49 Tools
Out Of the Blue (Remix) 03:49 Tools
Outside is looking in 03:49 Tools
Hard Hearted 05:57 Tools
Somebody Else's Dream 05:07 Tools
Wish me luck 03:49 Tools
Born to Fly 03:49 Tools
Route 666 05:07 Tools
Fire on Fire 03:36 Tools
She Loves Me Too 04:35 Tools
Neon Blue 04:35 Tools
Everybody's Talking 03:36 Tools
End of the line 03:51 Tools
Blue Mountain 05:57 Tools
Miami Beach 06:33 Tools
The Cool Life 04:51 Tools
Undercover Lover 06:33 Tools
A Whole Lot Of Water 04:59 Tools
Style 05:57 Tools
Out of it 04:26 Tools
To Be With You 04:24 Tools
Shanty Town 04:59 Tools
She's Hot 04:51 Tools
Ride To Town 06:33 Tools
(I Just Want To) Hang Around With You 03:06 Tools
Hard hands 06:33 Tools
Lookin' For Love 06:33 Tools
Shadow 06:33 Tools
King of England 06:33 Tools
All night long 04:51 Tools
Comin' back for you 04:51 Tools
Midnight Gal 04:20 Tools
Blood On My Hands 05:03 Tools
Turtle dove 04:51 Tools
Whole Lot of Water 04:51 Tools
In the Middle 04:51 Tools
Escalator Of Life ('83) 04:51 Tools
Nothing Sacred 04:51 Tools
Hell's Gate, Georgia 05:03 Tools
Rag 05:03 Tools
Wild out there 05:03 Tools
Melt Down 04:20 Tools
If We Can't Make It 04:20 Tools
Boys Just Want to Have Sex (Bombs Away Remix) 04:51 Tools
Escalator of Life [7" version] 04:20 Tools
Ridin' high 04:20 Tools
Cherokee moon 04:20 Tools
Arms of Love 04:20 Tools
We Fall 04:20 Tools
Open My Heart 04:20 Tools
Pretty Little Thing 04:20 Tools
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Demo) 04:20 Tools
Escalator of Life (Live WMMR) 04:20 Tools
Someone Else's Dream 04:20 Tools
Girl Just Want To Have Fun 04:20 Tools
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In 1979 Robert Hazard recorded a demo of the song "Girls Just Want To Have Fun". Which was later re-recorded by Cyndi Lauper, who made the song a hit in 1984. This was followed in 1981 by demos of the songs "Escalator of Life" and "Change Reaction". These two songs received extensive radio airplay in Philadelphia. Around this time, Kurt Loder from Rolling Stone magazine chanced upon a performance by Robert Hazard and the Heroes at a Philadelphia club. Loder was so impressed by the band's show that he wrote a full page article about them in the November 1981 issue of Rolling Stone. In the article, he predicted that the "limousine life" could not be far away for this band from Philadelphia. In 1982, Robert Hazard and the Heroes released their highly anticipated debut record. The self-produced and self-titled five song EP quickly sold over 300,000 copies in the Philadelphia area. Soon thereafter, the record caught the attention of the recording industry and the band was signed to an eight album deal by RCA. RCA released a remixed version of the EP nationally and Rolling Stone magazine gave the record four stars. In late 1982, Robert Hazard removed The Heroes from the marquee and replaced two of The Heroes, John Lilley and Rob Miller with new band members. The band's new line-up performed "Change Reaction" and "Escalator of Life" on Dick Clark's American Bandstand TV show. Around this time, Cyndi Lauper recorded the '80's anthem "Girls Just Want To Have Fun". (See VH1 VJ talk about the song.) Her version was a huge hit, peaking at number 2 on the Billboard charts in 1984. In 1984, Robert Hazard released his highly anticipated first full length album - "Wing of Fire." This album was intended to expand musically upon the song material that he had been playing live for the past few years. However, the production of the record suffered due to too much involvement from RCA management. Regardless, the record received an impressive advance order of 89,000 copies. Unfortunately, the record promotion was hampered by management changes at RCA, and sales stalled. In 1986, Robert Hazard released another self-produced record titled "Darling." He named his revamped band the New Heroes. [1991 Reunion] In 1991, Robert Hazard and the Heroes reunited for a 10 year reunion concert at the now defunct Chestnut Cabaret on 38th Street in Philadelphia. In 1998, Robert Hazard released the "Howl" CD, and began performing in the Philadelphia area with his new band, The Hombres. In July 2002, Robert Hazard released a limited edition compilation CD, titled "Out of the Blue", that featured classic Hazard songs from the eighties. In the summer of 2003, after a five year hiatus, he returned to the studio and recorded "The Seventh Lake" CD which was produced by the T-Bone Wolk. In 2004, Robert Hazard recorded and released the "Blue Mountain" CD. Robert Hazard died unexpectedly August 5, 2008 at age 59 after surgery for pancreatic cancer at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.