John Charles Crowley (born November 13, 1947) is an American musician. In his career, he has been a member of the band

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, has recorded one studio album "Beneath the Texas Moon" RCA Records 8370-2-R 1988 and charted several singles on the ''

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'' country charts.

Career

In 1977, Crowley co-founded the rock band

, and co-wrote their song " Baby Come Back". He also shared the vocals on both albums, ''Player'' and ''Danger Zone'', playing keyboard and guitar and singing on the album. Crowley left Player after their second LP. He continued as a successful song writer, signing with

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. His biggest success was a song he had written and performed himself called " Paint the Town and Hang the Moon Tonight" in 1988, which was from his only solo LP, '' Beneath the Texas Moon''. The album and singles' success helped Crowley received a nomination for Best New Male Vocalist of the Year by the

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. The title song from Crowley's album also appeared on the soundtrack of

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's film ''Pink Cadillac''. Through the 80's and 90's, his songs were recorded by

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, the

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, and many more. Crowley survived a bout of cancer between 1994 and 1999. He lives in

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Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crowley, J.C. 1947 births Living people Musicians from Houston American country singer-songwriters RCA Records artists Singer-songwriters from Texas