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Randy VanWarmer
Birth name
Randall Edwin Van Warmer
Born
(1955-03-30)March 30, 1955 Indian Hills, Colorado, U.S.
Origin
Woodstock, New York, U.S.[1]
Died
January 12, 2004(2004-01-12) (aged 48) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Genres
Soft rock[2]
Occupation(s)
Musician, singer, songwriter
Years active
1978–2004
Labels
Bearsville Records
Musical artist
Randy VanWarmer (also spelled Vanwarmer, Van Warmer; March 30, 1955 – January 12, 2004) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His biggest hit song was "Just When I Needed You Most". It reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1979[3] after peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100[4] and No. 1 on Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[5] earlier that year.
He wrote several songs for The Oak Ridge Boys, including "I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes," which reached No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The song appeared on his 1981 album Beat of Love, which also included the "Suzi Found a Weapon", which hit No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100.
^Ankeny, Jason. "Biography". Billboard. Rovi Corp. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
^Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (2000). "The Linen · Soft Rock". Night Moves: Pop Music in the Late '70s. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
^"RANDY VANWARMER - full Official Chart History". Official Charts.
^Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Publications. p. 657.
^Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits. Billboard Publications. pp. 228–9.
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