14-602: Public Life is the third studio album by singer Eddie Schwartz . It was released in 1984 by WEA in Canada. Lead single "Strike" was a minor hit in Canada, reaching #47 on the RPM charts. The second single, " Special Girl ", was a top 20 hit on the Canadian Adult Contemporary charts. "Special Girl" became much better known in the U.S. for its near-simultaneous cover by the group America , whose version became
28-535: A Fool Ever Learn" (recorded by Helix ), and "Special Girl" (covered by both America & Meat Loaf ). He has won multiple BMI , Juno , and SOCAN awards. In 1995 he released an album, Tour de Schwartz , only in Canada, to generally good reviews. Schwartz was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2012. Schwartz has also been active as President of the Board of SOCAN , President and President Emeritus of
42-527: A Tear " Don't Shed a Tear " is a song by the English singer-musician Paul Carrack from his third solo studio album, One Good Reason (1987). It was released as a single in 1987 and became his biggest US hit, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 . The tune was written by Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Eddie Schwartz , along with fellow songwriter Rob Friedman. Schwartz, who
56-503: A U.S. hit in September 1984. In the U.K., the song was a minor hit for Meat Loaf in early 1987. Asia recorded a cover of "Don't Come To Me" in 1995 for their album Arena , but was left off and was later included on the archives compilation Archiva 2 . Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Eddie Schwartz Edward Sydney Schwartz C.M. (born December 22, 1949) is a Canadian musician who had moderate success as
70-480: A major record label, Public Life , came out two years later and featured another Canadian hit with "Strike." Also included on this album was the original recording of his composition, " Special Girl ," which was a minor hit for him and became a bigger hit for the band, America . Although his earliest hit as a songwriter for other artists was Pat Benatar 's 1980 single " Hit Me with Your Best Shot ", Schwartz didn't focus significantly on producing and songwriting until
84-447: A music and English major. He began his musical career soon after playing guitar for Charity Brown 's backing band and signed with Infinity Records for a solo contract in 1979. His self-titled debut album, Schwartz , followed in 1980, with A&M Records , as Infinity had gone bankrupt by then, and spawned his first Canadian hit , "Does a Fool Ever Learn". His next album, No Refuge , came out in 1981, and did well in Canada, as well as
98-517: A recording artist in the early 1980s before becoming a successful songwriter and record producer in the late 1980s and the 1990s. Songs he has written or co-written include the top-10 Billboard hits " Hit Me With Your Best Shot " ( Pat Benatar , 1980), " Don't Shed a Tear " ( Paul Carrack , 1987) and " The Doctor " ( The Doobie Brothers , 1989). Schwartz was born in Toronto, Ontario , Canada, and graduated from Toronto 's York University in 1976 as
112-776: The Album Rock Tracks chart, and number six on the Singles Sales chart. Elsewhere, the song peaked at number 20 in the Netherlands, but was not successful in the UK, reaching number 60 in March 1989. Mike DeGagne of AllMusic called "Don't Shed a Tear" a highlight of the One Good Reason album, and said the song is "bolstered by its subtle, laid-back groove with a start-and-stop tempo." A music video
126-537: The No Refuge album have since been covered by other mainstream artists ("Good With Your Love," by Mickey Thomas on his 1981 Alive Alone album; "Tonight," by Amii Stewart on her 1982 I'm Gonna Get Your Love album; "Heart on Fire" by Honeymoon Suite on their 1984 self-titled debut album ; and "All Our Tomorrows," by Joe Cocker on his 1987 Unchain My Heart album). Schwartz's third and last album for
140-750: The Songwriters Association of Canada . In November 2017, he was elected the first North American President of the International Council of Music Creators (CIAM) at the Council’s 50th year at the CIAM Annual Congress in Tokyo. He is also a board member and former president of Fair Trade Music , the non-profit movement dedicated to an ethical, sustainable and transparent music ecosystem. Don%27t Shed
154-607: The US, placing in the Billboard 200 and spawning a U.S. and Canadian hit single, "All Our Tomorrows," (#28 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ; #40 Adult Contemporary; Canada #32, Adult Contemporary #23 ). A follow-up track from this album, "Over the Line" also crept into the Hot 100 , peaking at #91. This single would be his last one to crack the U.S. charts to date. At least half of the songs on
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#1732773386207168-576: The late 1980s. Since then he has produced artists of various genres including The Doobie Brothers , Paul Carrack , Rita Coolidge , Donna Summer , and Lawrence Gowan , and penned hits for Paul Carrack (" Don't Shed a Tear ", "I Live By the Groove"), The Doobie Brothers (" The Doctor "), and Donna Summer ("Fascination"). Additionally, many songs he himself originally recorded/performed have been covered by other artists to great success. Examples include: "All Our Tomorrows" (recorded by Joe Cocker ), "Does
182-623: The song. "Don't Shed a Tear" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 72 on the chart dated 14 November 1987. It was the highest new entry that week. It peaked at number nine for three weeks in February 1988, becoming Carrack's biggest US hit as a solo artist. It spent 23 weeks on the Hot 100, including 13 weeks inside the top 40 section of the chart, and appeared in Billboard' s 1988 year-end chart at number 83. It also reached number five on
196-400: Was fresh off writing " Hit Me with Your Best Shot " for Pat Benatar , later decided to record the song with a new band he had formed with Lenny Zakatek and Dave Tyson . However, the entire project was ultimately scrapped after failed negotiations with potential manager Tommy Mottola . Some years later, the song reached the hands of Paul Carrack 's producer, and Carrack ultimately recorded
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