He is a producer, musician and
singer-songwriter born in Burbank, California, to a musical family.His father was the Academy Award
winning composer Ernest Gold and his mother was Marni Nixon who was the
singing voice used for Audrey Hepburn and Natalie Wood among others, in
films.When he
was thirteen he began to write songs and co-founded the band Bryndle
a few years later with Kenny
Edwards, Karla Bonoff and Wendy
Waldman
.By the time it was the early
1970s he was already acting as a musician, producer and songwriter
for Art
Garfunkel, Linda
Ronstadt
and several other artists.His
work with Linda
Ronstadt
is most recognised for his guitar solo and playing
the majority of the instruments on her No. 1 hit single "You're No
Good".He became a solo
artist in 1975 as well as a sought after session musician and he saw hits
with songs such as "Lonely Boy" and "Thank You For Being a
Friend".He also released
four studio albums, which would much later be followed by a collection of
country songs and an album for children.Recording and writing with the British group 10CC, he
was involved in the founding of the group Wax, which was an offshoot of the
band.Other artists he has worked with are Steve Ambrose, Stephen
Bishop, Sarah Brightman, Eric Carmen, Randy Edelman, The Four
Seasons, Vince Gill, Jaki Graham, Don
Henley, Hal Ketchum, Nicolette
Larson, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Bette Midler, Maria Muldaur,
Aaron
Neville
, Juice Newton, Frankie Valli, Loudon
Wainwright III, Jennifer Warnes, Trisha Yearwood and the Japanese artist
Eikichi Yazawa. The countless albums he has appeared on include his own All
This and Heaven Too, Andrew Gold, Whirlwind, Never Let Her Slip Away,
Halloween Howls, Leftovers, Spence Manor Suite, Wax Bikini and What's
Wrong With This Picture and Human Nature by America, Heart of
Stone by Cher, Fall Into Spring by Rita
Coolidge , Lovescape by Neil
Diamond
, Breakaway by Art
Garfunkel , French Record by
Kate & Anna McGarrigle, King of Hearts by
Roy
Orbison , Heart
Like a Wheel by Linda
Ronstadt , Force Behind the Power by
Diana
Ross
, Playing Possum by Carly
Simon , Time Takes Time by Ringo
Starr
, Border Town: The Very Best Of
by J.D.
Souther , Greatest
Hits by James
Taylor , 10 out of 10 by 10CC, I Just Wasn't
Made for These Times by Brian
Wilson , Living With War by Neil
Young and the soundtracks of Arachnophobia,Cry-Baby and 8
Seconds.His writing and
composing took him to writing for television and movies and he sang the
theme song for the series Mad About You and The Golden Girls.
