Steve Dorff

Steve Dorff
Birth name Stephen Dorff
Born (1949-04-21) April 21, 1949[1]
Origin New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres Country
Occupation(s) Songwriter
Instruments Piano
Years active 1980s—present
Associated acts George Strait, Clay Walker
Website www.stevedorff.com

Stephen "Steve" Dorff, Sr. (born April 21, 1949) is an American songwriter and composer whose work is mainly in the field of country music.

Dorff has written several songs for other artists, including "Hypnotize the Moon" and "My Heart Will Never Know" for Clay Walker, "The Man in Love with You" and "I Cross My Heart" by George Strait, "Don't Underestimate My Love for You" by Lee Greenwood, "Every Which Way but Loose" by Eddie Rabbitt and "Through the Years" by Kenny Rogers. He also composed the themes for Spenser: For Hire, Murphy Brown, The Singing Bee, Just the 10 of Us and others.[2][3] In addition, Dorff was a co-writer of the song "I Just Fall In Love Again" with composers Larry Herbstritt, Harry Lloyd, and Gloria Sklerov. "I Just Fall In Love Again" became a major pop hit for Anne Murray, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1979. Steve Dorff also wrote the music score for the song "As Long As We Got Each Other" from the popular family TV sitcom Growing Pains, with John Bettis writing the lyrics.

He was also the music supervisor for Pure Country (1992) and Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010).[4] Since 2009, he has been the bandleader on the CMT revival of The Singing Bee, for which he also composed the theme music.[5]

Dorff has been nominated for three Grammy Awards and five Emmy Awards.[4]

Dorff is the father of actor Stephen Dorff[6] and songwriter Andrew Dorff.[7]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ Riggs, Thomas (1994). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. pp. 91–94.
  2. ↑ "Steve Dorff biography". Steve Dorff.com. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "Hit Songwriter Bios: Steve Dorff". Durango Songwriters Expo. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  4. 1 2 Craig Harris. "Steve Dorff biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Meet the Musicians". CMT. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Stephen Dorff". Film Reference.com. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  7. ↑ Blacklabelbooking.com


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/28/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.