"Hear My Song" by Dan Hartman

Dan Hartman is often characterized as a one-hit wonder because of his top 10 smash, "I Can Dream About You," which reached #6 in 1984. The song was included on the soundtrack to the film Streets of Fire, and also used as the title for Hartman's 1984 record. Hartman had a couple other songs from this effort break into the charts: "We Are The Young" landed at #25 and the bouncy "Second Nature" hit #39. 1985's "Second Nature" would be his last charting single.

You'd think that after such a successful album, a follow-up would yield at least one more hit. Interestingly, his follow-up record was never released. It was completed in 1986 and entitled "White Boy," but the record company did not feel the songs suited Hartman's image. So it went unheard. Hartman wrote songs for others until he died of a brain tumor in 1994 at 43 years of age.

Few realize that Hartman's success in the 80s was actually a career revival. He first hit the chart in 1978 when "Instant Replay" went to #29. He had some lesser charting singles in the interim such as "This Is It" (#91), "Heaven In Your Arms" (#86), and "It Hurts To Be In Love" (#72).

Before that, Hartman was a member of The Edgar Winter Group. He usually played bass, but co-wrote and sang their smash hit, "Free Ride," which hit #14 in 1973. 

"Hear My Song" is a stubbornly happy pop tune from his 1976 album called "Images."