Andrew Gold (born August 2, 1951, in Burbank, California) is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known for his 1976 Top 5 single "Lonely Boy" and the 1978 single "Thank You For Being A Friend". August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... :-* 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... This article or section should be merged with Burbank, Los Angeles County, California This article is about the Burbank in Southern California. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert A singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to produce music. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Thank You For Being A Friend was a #25 hit for Andrew Gold in 1978. ...

Andrew's parents were singer Marni Nixon (who provided the singing voice for numerous well-known actresses) and Academy-award-winning composer Ernest Gold. Andrew began writing songs at the age of 13, and by the early 1970s he was working as a musician, songwriter and producer for many well-known stars, notably Linda Ronstadt and Art Garfunkel. In 1975 he began recording as a solo artist, releasing 4 studio albums. Although "Lonely Boy" was the bigger radio hit, "Thank You For Being A Friend" gained new popularity as the theme song for the 1980s NBC situation comedy The Golden Girls. Marni Nixon (born 22 February 1930) is a singer whose renown for dubbing the singing voices of featured actresses in movies earned her the sobriquet The Ghostess with the Mostess. She was born Marni McEathron in Altadena, California and began singing at a young age in choruses. ... Ernest Gold (born July 13, 1921, Vienna, Austria; died March 17 Santa Monica, California, 1999) was an Austrian-born Jewish-American Academy Award winning composer of the theme from the movie Exodus. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Linda Ronstadt on the cover of the March 27, 1975, issue of Rolling Stone magazine Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer most closely associated with the country rock genre prevalent in the 1970s. ... Arthur Ira Art Garfunkel is an American singer, best known as half of the folk duo Simon and Garfunkel. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ... The Golden Girls was a popular sitcom that originally aired Saturday nights on NBC from September 14, 1985 to September 7, 1992. ...

Later, Gold was a founding member of the 1980s pop group Wax, and the 1990s band Bryndle. He has also produced and written songs for numerous movie and television soundtracks, and sang the theme song for the 1990s Paul Reiser sitcom Mad About You. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... Wax was a 1980s pop group consisting of Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman of 10cc. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ... Paul Reiser Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1957) is an American actor. ... Mad About You is a United States situation comedy which appeared on NBC from September 23, 1992 to 1999. ...

Albums

• 1975 Andrew Gold
• 1976 What's Wrong With This Picture

• includes "Lonely Boy"

• 1978 All This And Heaven Too

• includes "Thank You For Being A Friend"

• 1979 Whirlwind
• 1997 Thank You For Being A Friend - The Best of Andrew Gold

1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Popular music
• List of rock and roll performers

Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... This is a list of rock and roll performers. ...

External links

• Andrew Gold home page