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'''Robert Hazard''' (born '''Robert Rimato''',<ref name="phillydotcom">{{cite news |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |title=Robert Hazard, Philly rocker, dies at 59 |date=2008-08-06 |first=Michael |last=Klein |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20080806_Robert_Hazard__Philly_rocker__dies_at_59.html}}</ref> August 21, 1948&nbsp;&ndash; August 5, 2008)<ref name="ldn">{{cite news |title=Robert Hazard, musician and songwriter, dies at 59 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2008-08-07-hazard_N.htm |date=2008-08-07 |work=USA Today |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> was an American musician known for composing and recording a demo of the song "[[Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]", which [[Cyndi Lauper]] turned into a best-selling hit.<ref>{{cite news |work=Miami Herald |title=Cyndi Lauper Squeaks |date=1984-05-09 |page=1B |first=Linda R. |last=Thornton |quote= The catchy, chanting Girls Just Want to Have Fun, which Lauper rewrote from the demo by Robert Hazard, was her first hit[...]}}</ref> He also composed the 1980s [[New wave music|new wave]] and [[MTV]] songs "[[Escalator of Life]]" and "Change Reaction", which he performed with his band, Robert Hazard and the Heroes, which was popular in the Philadelphia club scene during the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |title=Hazard Goes Cable |date=1983-05-17 |page=D01 |first=Ann |last=Kolson}}</ref> These songs appeared on the five song [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[Robert Hazard (EP)|Robert Hazard]]'', released in 1982.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Washington Post |title=Just a Routine Hazard |date=1983-04-08 |page=WK29 |first=Joe |last=Sasfy}}</ref> Hazard's first major-label album, ''[[Wing of Fire]]'', was released by [[RCA Records]] in January 1984.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |title=A Local Hero Hoping For National Stardom |first=Ken |last=Tucker |date=1984-01-31 |page=E01}}</ref><ref name="billb">{{cite web |work=Billboard.com |title=Artist Biography&nbsp;&mdash; Robert Hazard |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=robert hazard|bio=true}} |accessdate=2008-08-07}}</ref>
'''Robert Hazard''' (née '''Rimato''',<ref name="phillydotcom">{{cite news |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |title=Robert Hazard, Philly rocker, dies at 59 |date=2008-08-06 |first=Michael |last=Klein |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20080806_Robert_Hazard__Philly_rocker__dies_at_59.html}}</ref> August 21, 1948&nbsp;&ndash; August 5, 2008)<ref name="ldn">{{cite news |title=Robert Hazard, musician and songwriter, dies at 59 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2008-08-07-hazard_N.htm |date=2008-08-07 |work=USA Today |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> was an American musician known for composing and recording a demo of the song "[[Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]", which [[Cyndi Lauper]] turned into a best-selling hit.<ref>{{cite news |work=Miami Herald |title=Cyndi Lauper Squeaks |date=1984-05-09 |page=1B |first=Linda R. |last=Thornton |quote= The catchy, chanting Girls Just Want to Have Fun, which Lauper rewrote from the demo by Robert Hazard, was her first hit[...]}}</ref> He also composed the 1980s [[New wave music|new wave]] and [[MTV]] songs "[[Escalator of Life]]" and "Change Reaction", which he performed with his band, Robert Hazard and the Heroes, which was popular in the Philadelphia club scene during the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |title=Hazard Goes Cable |date=1983-05-17 |page=D01 |first=Ann |last=Kolson}}</ref> These songs appeared on the five song [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[Robert Hazard (EP)|Robert Hazard]]'', released in 1982.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Washington Post |title=Just a Routine Hazard |date=1983-04-08 |page=WK29 |first=Joe |last=Sasfy}}</ref> Hazard's first major-label album, ''[[Wing of Fire]]'', was released by [[RCA Records]] in January 1984.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |title=A Local Hero Hoping For National Stardom |first=Ken |last=Tucker |date=1984-01-31 |page=E01}}</ref><ref name="billb">{{cite web |work=Billboard.com |title=Artist Biography&nbsp;&mdash; Robert Hazard |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=robert hazard|bio=true}} |accessdate=2008-08-07}}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==

Revision as of 16:14, 1 September 2020

For deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island, see Robert Hazard (Rhode Island).
Robert Hazard
Birth nameRobert Rimato
Born(1948-08-21)August 21, 1948
DiedAugust 5, 2008(2008-08-05) (aged 59)

Robert Hazard (née Rimato,[1] August 21, 1948 – August 5, 2008)[2] was an American musician known for composing and recording a demo of the song "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", which Cyndi Lauper turned into a best-selling hit.[3] He also composed the 1980s new wave and MTV songs "Escalator of Life" and "Change Reaction", which he performed with his band, Robert Hazard and the Heroes, which was popular in the Philadelphia club scene during the 1980s.[4] These songs appeared on the five song EP Robert Hazard, released in 1982.[5] Hazard's first major-label album, Wing of Fire, was released by RCA Records in January 1984.[6][7]

Life

Hazard was the son of an opera singer.[1] He grew up in Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Springfield High School in 1966. He was profiled in a 1981 Rolling Stone article by Kurt Loder. In the piece, Loder describes Hazard's musical history as a musician "... who started out as a Dylan-era folkie, then spent eight years singing country & western. 'I just love country music,' he explains — which of course explains nothing, least of all the two years he subsequently spent with a reggae band ... or his current electro-pop approach, which owes little to any of the above".[8]

His final recordings were country albums, beginning with The Seventh Lake (2003) and continuing with Blue Mountain (2004). In 2007, Rykodisc signed Hazard and released his album, Troubador.[2]

Death and family

Hazard, a lifelong heavy smoker, died only 16 days before his 60th birthday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on August 5, 2008, after surgery for pancreatic cancer, with which he had recently been diagnosed. [9]

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Compilation albums

  • Out of the Blue (as Robert Hazard and the Heroes) (2005)

Singles

References

  1. ^ a b Klein, Michael (2008-08-06). "Robert Hazard, Philly rocker, dies at 59". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  2. ^ a b "Robert Hazard, musician and songwriter, dies at 59". USA Today. Associated Press. 2008-08-07.
  3. ^ Thornton, Linda R. (1984-05-09). "Cyndi Lauper Squeaks". Miami Herald. p. 1B. The catchy, chanting Girls Just Want to Have Fun, which Lauper rewrote from the demo by Robert Hazard, was her first hit[...]
  4. ^ Kolson, Ann (1983-05-17). "Hazard Goes Cable". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D01.
  5. ^ Sasfy, Joe (1983-04-08). "Just a Routine Hazard". The Washington Post. p. WK29.
  6. ^ Tucker, Ken (1984-01-31). "A Local Hero Hoping For National Stardom". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. E01.
  7. ^ "Artist Biography — Robert Hazard". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  8. ^ "Scan of Kurt Loder's Nov. 1981 Rolling Stone article, "Robert Hazard, Philly Hero"". Phillyrockers.com. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  9. ^ "Robert Hazard | Pop and rock". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  10. ^ "Robert Hazard". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  11. ^ "Robert Hazard". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  12. ^ "US Hot 100 Bubbling Under". Top40Weekly.com. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
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