If It Ain't Broke by Brenda Barrett5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Given the talent involved with these covers, it’s no insult to say that they all improved on Russell’s renditions. With all of these tunes, Russell has gone beyond mere authorship and has actually recorded them herself - either before or, in the case of “Gershwin”, after their more commercially successful versions. Most notable amongst her songwriting credits are Luther Vandross’s “If Only for One Night”, Donna Summer’s “Dinner With Gershwin”, and fellow one-hit-wonder Oleta Adams’s “Get Here”. ![]() Most people remember her solely for her 1988 Top Ten ballad “Piano in the Dark” (although she did reach #30 on the US pop charts in 1979 with “So Good, So Right”), but when you factor in the hits that she’s written for other artists, it’s evident that her career is not nearly so one-dimensional. Brenda Russell tends to be slapped with the “one-hit wonder” label quicker than an NBA star is slapped with a paternity suit. ![]()
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