Bryan Adams

Bryan Guy Adams, OC OBC (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian singer songwriter and photographer.

Adams rose to fame in North America with his album Cuts Like a Knife and turned into a global star with his 1984 album Reckless.

For his contributions to music, Adams has garnered many awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations, 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1992. He has also won MTV, ASCAP, American Music awards, two Ivor Novello Awards for song composition and has been nominated five times for Golden Globe Awards and three times for Academy Awards for his songwriting for films.

Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for contributions to popular music and philanthropic work via his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world.

Adams was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in March 2011 and Canada's Walk of Fame, Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame in 1998., and in April 2006 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at Canada's Juno Awards. In 2008, Bryan was ranked 38th on the list of All-Time top artists in the Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts. On 13 January 2010, he received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career, and on 1 May 2010 was given the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his 30 years of contributions to the arts.

Bryan Adams (album)

Bryan Adams was the debut studio album by Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams released in February 1980 on A&M Records. While the album did not gain attention in the US, "Hidin' From Love" reached #64 and "Give Me Your Love" reached #91 both on Canada's RPM 100 Singles chart.

Making of the record

In early 1978, Bryan Adams teamed up with Jim Vallance (formerly of Canadian band Prism) to form a song-writing duo. A&M signed the pair as songwriters, not long before signing Adams as a recording artist. He worked on his debut album for the balance of 1979 with it being released in February 1980.

The first single was "Hidin' from Love" in 1980 (#43 on the Billboard dance charts) which was followed up by "Give Me Your Love" and "Remember". Although the album never received any US notoriety on its debut, it was the door opener that led to getting radio play, tours, management, agents and the music business in general, interested in the 20-year-old songwriter.

The first tour was across Canada playing clubs and colleges. It was during this time that Adams developed the songs for the US breakthrough album You Want It You Got It (1981).

Bryan Adams (ice hockey)

Bryan William Adams (born March 20, 1977) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for EHC München of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany.

Playing career

He played a total of eleven games in the National Hockey League for the Atlanta Thrashers over two seasons (1999–2000 and 2000–01) scoring no goals, one assist, one point, and recording two penalty minutes.

He has found greater success in the DEL than the NHL. He joined the Iserlohn Roosters in 2003 and scored 39 goals and added 52 assists for 91 points in 131 games. He later joined Kölner Haie in 2006 where he scored just 9 goals in 50 games, but made 24 assists for 33 points.

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Heaven (Bryan Adams song)

"Heaven" is a song by Canadian singer and songwriter Bryan Adams, originally recorded in 1983, co-written by Adams and Jim Vallance. It first appeared on the A Night in Heaven soundtrack album in the same year and was later included on Adams' album Reckless in 1984. It was released as the third single from Reckless and reached number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in June 1985, over a year and a half after the song first appeared on record. The single was certified Gold in Canada in 1985.

Heavily influenced by Journey's 1983 hit "Faithfully", the song was written while Adams served as the opening act on that band's Frontiers Tour, and features their drummer, Steve Smith. The song provided Adams with his first number one single and third Top ten hit on the American charts; according to Billboard magazine the song also entered the Top 25 of the most successful singles of 1985 in the U.S.

Writing and recording

Adams had played over 100 dates with Journey during 1983, serving as the opening act on their Frontiers Tour. During that time, he and Jim Vallance co-wrote "Heaven", which was inspired by Journey's hit "Faithfully". It was recorded at The Power Station in New York City on June 6 and 7, 1983. Halfway through the recording session, drummer Mickey Curry – who had warned Adams about his limited availability that day – announced that he had to leave since he had committed in advance to a Hall & Oates session. Since the recording session for "Heaven" was running behind schedule, Adams called Journey drummer Steve Smith, who happened to be in New York at the time and he filled Curry's drumming position. The song first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1983 film, A Night in Heaven, although it was not yet officially released as a single by that point.

Brian Adams (wrestler)

Brian Keith Adams (April 14, 1964 – August 13, 2007) was an American professional wrestler. Adams is well known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), under the name Crush, and for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name Brian Adams. Trained in Japan by Antonio Inoki, he was a two-time WCW World Tag Team Champion and a one-time WWF World Tag Team Champion and All Japan Pro Wrestling World Tag Team Champion, among other titles and accomplishments. In 2002, he briefly tried a career in boxing until he was forced to retire due to back and shoulder injuries. He died of accidental respiratory failure from a combination of buprenorphine, carisoprodol, chlordiazepoxide and alprazolam.

Early life

Brian Adams was born in Kona, Hawaii and was raised in Kealakekua, Hawaii and attended Konawaena High School. After graduating from high school, Adams joined the US Air Force, where he began boxing. It was during his time in the USAF, while stationed in Japan, that he was also exposed to wrestling. Adams was trained in wrestling by famed Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist Antonio Inoki. In 1986, after training in Japan, Adams came to the United States and began working in Portland, Oregon's Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW).

Bryan Adams (disambiguation)

Bryan Adams (born 1959) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and photographer.

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Bryan Adams (politician)

Bryan Joseph Adams (born November 1, 1962) is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 85, which encompasses Gretna, the seat of suburban Jefferson Parish and Terrytown, where Adams is the former volunteer fire chief.

In his announcement of candidacy in 2011, Adams, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, cited his priorities as crime fighting, flood protection, tackling erosion of the coastal wetlands, and support for emergency services. He pledged accessibility to constituents. In a low-turnout primary election held on October 22, 2011, Adams defeated his opponent, real estate agent and fellow Republican Stephen Leonard, 3,924 (57.2 percent) to 2,948 (42.8 percent).

Adams is a 1981 graduate of River Oaks Academy in Belle Chasse in Plaquemines Parish. He holds certificates in firefighting from federal, state and local governments through Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and the United States Department of Homeland Security.

Adams sells fire trucks as his principal job. He has declared bankruptcy three times—1988, 2000, and 2006. He indicated that he has paid his creditors entirely. This personal experience, he said, shows that he can overcome financial turmoil.