Jon Lind, who co-wrote Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland” and Madonna’s “Crazy For You,” has died following a battle with cancer.
While still a teenager, the Brooklyn native started as a folk singer, sharing stages with Judy Collins, Harry Chapin, Tom Paxton and other legendary artists. While at New York City’s Mannes College of Music, he formed the Fifth Avenue Band, which was managed by Bob Cavallo and signed with Warner Reprise in 1969, according to an interview Lind gavein 2012. He was subsequently in bands that signed with A&M and Capitol before switching to full-time songwriting.
Among the other artists who recorded his songs include Cher, Cheap Trick, Aaron Neville, Jennifer Holliday, Rick Astley and Pete Townshend. Lind received a Grammy nomination for song of the year in 1992 for “Save the Best for Last,” which topped theLind and John Bettis wrote “Crazy for You” in 1984 for the movie“The movie studio fell in love with it and wanted a new artist named Madonna to record it, and perform it in the movie.
in Lind’s music publishing catalog last January. At the time, Primary Wave’s chief marketing officer Adam Lowenberg said, “Jon has written timeless songs that have resonated in people’s lives for years and continue to do so to this day.” Lind was equally successful as a label executive. Cavallo, who was then running Disney’s music operations, hired Lind as head of A&R at Hollywood Records from 1998-2011. Among the artists he worked with were Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and Jesse McCartney.
Lind is survived by his wife, Kobalt executive Sue Drew; his daughters, Jenny and Joanna; stepchildren, Daniel D’Astuges and Catherine Jones; and three grandchildren.
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