"Somebody asked him to write a song for Aretha. You would get a demo that sounded like, you know, Aretha! If you asked him to write a song for Barry White, youād get a demo that sounded like Barry White. He was brilliant at that."
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Nona Hendryx on Hartman's ability to capture an artist's voice while writing a song in āForever Nonaā in 5 Magazine (2021 September 14)
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Dan Hartman
Daniel Earl Hartman (December 8, 1950-March 22, 1994) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.
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