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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. | Glen Ballard (born 1953 in Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.) is a veteran songwriter and record producer, best known as the producer of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, which went platinum sixteen times in the U.S. and more than 30 million sold world wide. He started playing the piano from a very young age and later learned the guitar. Ballard was ten years old when he wrote his first song, and he was in local rock bands beginning in grade five. Melrose, an antebellum home in Natchez, Mississippi. ...
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Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. ...
Jagged Little Pill is the third studio album and the first internationally released album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. ...
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Early life and career
Ballard has a love for diverse musical styles. When he was younger, Jerry Lee Lewis lived within ten miles of his Natchez home, and young Ballard grew up watching him perform. Ballard’s favorites included southern rhythm and blues singer Irma Thomas, Memphis based soul singer Al Green, and nearly all of the great blues and jazz singers emerging from New Orleans. When the Beatles became popular, Ballard’s appreciation of pop music expanded. Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935), also known by the nickname The Killer, is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter, and pianist. ...
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Ballard attended the University of Mississippi, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He studied English language, political science, and journalism, and he graduated with honors. He had the option of attending either graduate or law schools, but Ballard was intent upon a career as a songwriter. Within a week of graduation (1975), he moved to the West Coast. The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. ...
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Ballard joined Elton John’s organization in Los Angeles. Starting out as a lower level assistant, Ballard eventually ended up playing piano for Kiki Dee. He was writing constantly, and when Dee recorded his song "One Step" in 1978, Ballard had his first charted single. This success enabled him to secure a professional songwriting job at MCA Music Publishing. Even though Ballard was only earning $100 a week, he was occupied full-time with the work he loved. Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ...
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During the 1970s and 1980s, Ballard composed scores of songs, including "What’s on Your Mind," a Quincy Jones-produced hit for George Benson, along with many others for various artists. Jones saw promise in Ballard and took him under his wing. Thanks to his connection with Jones, Ballard’s “Try Your Love Again” appeared on James Ingram’s 1983 debut album, It's Your Night. Along with Clif Magness, Glen co-wrote and produced two tracks for Patti Austin entitled “Its Gonna Be Special” and “Shoot the Moon.” By the time Austin’s album came out in 1985, Ballard was writing and producing full time for his mentor, Quincy Jones, at Quest Records. Once Ballard learned to apply his wide-range of musical sensibilities, he produced for rhythm and blues artist Evelyn “Champagne” King, Teddy Pendergrass, and Jack Wagner. Ballard and Magness wrote “All I Need” for Wagner, and it soared to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. This article is about the producer and songwriter. ...
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Independent songwriting Spurred by his success, Ballard went independent. He had a number one hit for George Strait, “You Look So Good in Love." which became the 1983 country song of the year. The same year he co-wrote “Man in the Mirror,” which appeared on Bad, Michael Jackson’s acclaimed sequel to Thriller. “Man in the Mirror” was also produced by Quincy Jones, and it featured Ballard’s synthesizer arrangement and keyboards. This song raced to the top of the rhythm and blues charts and today it remains one of Jackson's most popular songs. In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ...
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Planet 3 In 1989, Ballard teamed up with his long-time songwriting and production partner Clif Magness, as well as producer, guitarist and songwriter ace Jay Graydon, and formed the trio "Planet 3". They wrote and demoed the song "I Don't Want to Say Goodnight", which earned them a deal with Capitol Records, as well as having the song featured in the 1990 movie Navy Seals. Planet 3 wrote and recorded an album in 1989; however, problems with the record company led to the album (called A Heart from the Big Machine) not being released until 1991, and then in Japan only. A European release on Sony Records followed in 1992, with the trio billed as "Planet 3 featuring Jay Graydon" (the release was titled Music from the Planet, and Graydon chose to replace the Magness/Ballard-penned "I Will be Loving You" from the Japan release with a composition of his own). The trio split around 1991. However a number of Planet 3 songs left off the album (as well as both Ballard and Graydon) were featured on Magness' solo debut album Solo in 1994. Also, Graydon released a collection of unreleased Planet 3 demos on his own label in 2004, under the title Gems Unearthed. All these demos were co-written by Ballard, who is also credited with keyboards and programming on all of them. For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ...
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In 1995, Ballard teamed up with Toto and co-wrote two songs with Steve Lukather and David Paich for Toto's Tambu album: "The Road Goes On" and "Just Can't Get to You". The latter was released as a single, whilst the former remains a fan favourite. Toto was a Grammy Award winning American rock band founded in 1976[1] by some of the most popular and experienced session musicians of the era. ...
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Recent Work Ballard has worked with artists, including Celine Dion, Elisa, Anastacia, Shakira, Ed Kowalczyk of Live, Aretha Franklin, The Corrs, Natalie Cole, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Patti Austin, George Strait, Dave Matthews Band, OAR, Christina Aguilera, Barbra Streisand, Van Halen, No Doubt, Goo Goo Dolls, Hanson, Aerosmith, Annie Lennox and P.O.D. He is also credited with launching the debuts of Lisa Marie Presley, Curtis Stigers, Jack Wagner, Paula Abdul, Wilson Phillips, Katy Perry, Josh Groban, Natalia Lesz and Alanis Morissette. This article is about the musician. ...
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Live (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with five)[2] (also typeset as LIVE) is an American alternative rock band from York, Pennsylvania, comprised of Ed Kowalczyk (lead vocals and guitar), Chad Taylor (lead guitar), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass guitar) and Chad Gracey (drums). ...
Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. ...
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Ballard co-wrote and produced Jagged Little Pill for Morissette. This combination resulted in three Grammies on five Grammy nominations. He has followed this collaboration with Morissette by producing the upcoming Aerosmith album (their first for Sony Music is due this fall). Once the work on this album is complete, Ballard heads back to the studio for Alanis Morissette’s new album. Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...
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He is currently working with Broadway star Idina Menzel on her upcoming album that will be released in the fall. Ballard has this summer worked with singer Anouk from the Netherlands. Anouk Stotijn-Teeuwe (born April 8, 1975) is a Dutch singer. ...
The self-described “musical chameleon” currently works out of a recording studio in Hollywood, CA, built in partnership with David A. Stewart of Eurhythmics. The two have done humanitarian work for Greenpeace and other organizations.
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Screenplay Ballard wrote the screenplay for Clubland, an ill-received music-driven film about an aspiring musician in Los Angeles. He has written songs in half-a-dozen films including The Slugger’s Wife, Navy Seals, and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Sample from a screenplay, showing dialogue and action descriptions. ...
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External links - Video Interview With Glen Ballard
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