Holland, Amy

Holland is of Dutch origin. She changed the surname of Buerzm to Holland in honor of her original homeland, as this would be better for her musical career. Her mother is country music star Esmereldy ^[1] , and her father is the opera pepper Harry Boersma ( born Harry Boersma ) ^[2] . The first album, Amy Holland, released in 1980 and produced by Doobie Brothers vocalist Michael MacDold (and became Holland's spouse three years later) contained the hit song “ How Do I Survive ”, which finished 22nd on the Billboard Hot 100 ^[3] . The second album, On Your Every Word , released in 1983, contained the single “Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing” / “You're All I Need to Get By” with Chris Christian, 88th in the Billboard Hot 100, as well as 21st place on the Adult Contemporary chart . In the same year, two of her songs entered the soundtrack for the film “ The Scarface ”. One of Holland's songs, recorded for Scarface, She's on Fire , is also used in the Grand Theft Auto III video game. As the wife of Michael MacDonald, she performed as a backing vocalist in the recordings of bands such as First Call ^[4] .

In 2008, Holland released The Journey to Miracle River on Chonin Records. The producer was an old friend of Bernie Chiaravalle ( born Bernie Chiaravalle , vocalist and guitarist Michael MacDonald since 1988). This album was recorded in Nashville over an 8-year period. Holland co-authored 10 of the 12 songs written by Ciaravall, along with authors such as John Magnin Goodwin , John Wazner and Michael McDonald. The rest of the songs were composed by Robben Ford and Chazz Fritchel ( English Chazz Frichtel ). Musicians: Bernie Chiaravall (guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and vocals), Shannon Forrest ( Eng. Shannon Forrest ) (drums), Vincent Gill (vocals), Michael MacDonald (keyboards, vocals), John Dadrick ( Eng. John Deaderick ) (keyboards), Tim Akers (keyboards), Stuart Duncan (violin), Tim Lorsch English (Tim Lorsch ) (violin), Dylan McDonald ( Dylan McDonald ) (vocals) and Dylan Morrison ( Dylan Morrison ) (bass). They are about to start recording their fourth album, which Holland announced on her Facebook page .

Holland and her husband Michael MacDonald live in Nashville, Tenn. They have two children - Dylan ( born Dylan , born in 1987) and Scarlett ( born Scarlett , born in 1991).

Albums

• Amy Holland ( Capitol Records , 1980) US # 146
• On Your Every Word ( Capitol Records , 1983) (re-released by EMI in 2005)
• The Journey to Miracle River (Chonin Records, 2008)
• Light On My Path (Chonin Records, 2016)

Singles

• “How Do I Survive?” US # 22, US AC # 34
• “Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing / You're All I Need to Get By” (duet with Chris Christian ) US # 88, US AC # 21
• "Anytime You Want Me" US # 110
• “Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)”
• “(I Hang) On Your Every Word”
• "I'll Never Give Up"
• "She's On Fire"
• "Turn Out the Night"
• Learn to Love Again (duet with Chris Farren )
• Shootin 'For the Moon

Selected Soundtrack Collections

• Scarface (1983) - “Turn out the Night” (mistakenly called “Turn out the Light”) and “She's on Fire”
• Comet Night (1984) - “Learn to Love Again” (duet with Chris Farren)
• Love Lives On (1985) - “Lullaby” (duet with David Palmer )
• Teen Wolf (1985) - “Shooting for the Moon”
• Lights of St. Elm (1985) - “For Just a Moment (Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire)” (duet with Donny Gerrard )
• Square Dance (1987) - Home
• The Lion of Africa (1987) - “Nothin 'We Can Do” (duet with Chris Farren)
• K-9 (1989) - “ Iko Iko ”
• One Life to Live (1994) - “All I Know” (duet with Michael MacDonald )

Television

• Young Oh! Oh! (1980) - “How Do I Survive”
• Solid Gold (1980) - “How Do I Survive”
• Auf Los Geht's Los (1980) - Strengthen My Love, How Do I Survive, Stars
• Toppop (1980) - “How Do I Survive”, “Stars”
• The Kenny Everett Video Show (1980) - Strengthen My Love, How Do I Survive, Show Me the Way Home
• Music Fair (1980) - “How Do I Survive”
• American Bandstand (1983) - “(I Hang) On Your Every Word”, “ Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) "

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