Matthew Moore was an American singer and songwriter. His biggest commercial success is the song "Space Captain", which was recorded by
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances featuring expressive body movements. Most of his best-known singles, such as
"Feelin' Alright ...
(1970) and
Barbra Streisand
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(on ''
Barbra Joan Streisand'', 1971).
Career
Moore played in the group The Moon from 1967 to 1969, with whom he recorded two albums. The following year, his brother
Daniel
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managed to put him in touch with session musician
Leon Russell
Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock a ...
. Russell liked his song "Space Captain" and invited Moore to join an upcoming US tour with Cocker, where he sang backing vocals. The tour was recorded and a version of the song was released on the live album ''
Mad Dogs and Englishmen''.
A different recording of the song was released as the
B-side
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of Cocker's hit single, "
The Letter".
Later in the 1970s, Moore played in
David Cassidy
David Bruce Cassidy (April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017) was an American actor and musician. He was best known for his role as Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical-sitcom ''The Partridge Family''.
After completing high school, Cassidy purs ...
's band, and collaborated again with Russell.
[
One of the lines of "Space Captain" was the inspiration for the name '']Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher. Founded in Australia in 1973, the company has printed over 150 million books.
History
20th century
Lonely Planet was founded by married couple Maureen Wheeler, Maureen and Tony Wheeler. In 19 ...
'', a mishearing of "lovely planet" by the company's founder, Tony Wheeler
Tony Wheeler (born 20 December 1946) is an English-born Australian publishing entrepreneur, businessman and travel writer, co-founder of the Lonely Planet guidebook company with his wife, Maureen Wheeler.
Wheeler was born in England. His fath ...
.
Discography
* ''The Moon • Without Earth'' (1968)
* ''The Moon • The Moon'' (1969)
* '' Mad Dogs and Englishmen'' (1970)
* '' Barbra Joan Streisand'' (1971)
* ''Winged Horses'' (1978)The Imagine Project
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'' (2010)
References
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American male singer-songwriters
Year of birth missing
Possibly living people