As a songwriter, producer and a&r executive, John has written, produced or A&R'd 13 Top 10 singles and 17 Top 40 hits, selling over 30 million albums worldwide.
John entered the music business by joining A&M Records and their publishing division Almo-Irving Music in Los Angeles as staff songwriter and producer where he immediately had his first Top 10 single, the smash U.S. hit "Heaven In Your Eyes" from the Top Gun soundtrack, selling over 18 million albums worldwide.
John then followed up with the #12 U.S. hit "We Can Last Forever" by Chicago, whose Chicago 19 and subsequent greatest hits releases have totalled over 12 million in sales globally. John continued to co-write and produce other platinum and gold selling artists including Melissa Etheridge, David Foster, Bif Naked, Cheap Trick, Quarter Flash, Platinum Blonde, Alias, Mel Torme, Starship, The Motels, West End Girls, Autograph and soundtracks such as Bob Dylan's, "Hearts Of Fire", "Dream A Little Dream" & Sandra Bullock's, "Two If By Sea".
HIGHLIGHTS:
#8 US: "Heaven In Your Eyes" - Loverboy Top Gun Soundtrack
#12 US: "We Can Last Forever" - Chicago
#40 US: "Just Like You" - The Motels
#41 US / #8: Canada "I Will Be Waiting" - d-cru
#1 Canada: "Not Like Kissing You" - West End Girls
#1 Netherlands: Hit Factory - Dewi
#8 Netherlands: "Amazing" - Dewi
#10 Canada: "Show Me" - d-cru
#14 Netherlands: "Let's Go Crazy" - My5
Gold Album Belgium: "Holding Out For A Hero" - Wenche
2X Platinum Album Greece: "Tha Se Perimeno" - Hi-5
Gold Album US / 2X Platinum Album Canada: "One More Chance" - Alias
Platinum Album Canada: "California Skies" - Platinum Blonde
