Peter McCann

Peter McCann (born March 6, 1948 to Donal George McCann and Amelia Hennigan in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an American songwriter and recording artist, who currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. He grew up with his seven siblings in the family house in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Among his siblings are Michael McCann, who recorded the album Soldier's Songs. In the early 1970s Peter was a member of the Bridgeport-based folk-rock band Repairs, which released two albums on various Motown subsidiaries. In 1976, as a staff writer signed to ABC Music in Los Angeles, he wrote "Right Time of the Night" which would become a Top Ten hit in the spring of 1977 for Jennifer Warnes.

Three months later, McCann reached #5 on the Top 100 as an artist with his self-penned hit "Do You Wanna Make Love" which was produced by Hal Yoergler.^[1] The song was an international hit, reaching high chart positions in Canada (#15),^[2] Australia (#11),^[3] New Zealand and South Africa. Its year-end rankings were #85 in Australia and #133 in Canada.^[4] It became a gold record in the U.S.. His song "Take Good Care of My Heart", appeared on Whitney Houston’s first album as a duet with Jermaine Jackson. Houston’s first release was, at the time, the biggest selling female debut album of all time.

After moving to Nashville in 1985, his country chart hits included "Nobody Falls Like a Fool" sung by Earl Thomas Conley, "She's Single Again" by Janie Fricke and "Treat Me Like a Stranger", recorded by Baillie and the Boys.

Other artists who have recorded his songs include Kenny Rogers, Michael McDonald, Anne Murray, Kathy Mattea, Isaac Hayes, Buck Owens, John Travolta, Crystal Gayle, Ricky Nelson, Shaun Cassidy, Paul Anka, Reba McEntire, Julio Iglesias, Ricky Skaggs, K.T. Oslin, Karen Carpenter, The Oak Ridge Boys, Nicolette Larson and many more.

Over a 40-year career, McCann was signed as a recording artist to Motown, Columbia Records, RCA Records and 20th Century Fox Records.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Notable charted singles written by Peter McCann

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