Kenny Nolan

Kenny Nolan is a Los Angeles, California based singer-songwriter.

He is best remembered for his 1976 self-composed song "I Like Dreamin'", which achieved the number 3 chart position on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 on the Easy Listening chart early that year.

He also co-wrote several hits with Bob Crewe, including Frankie Valli's "My Eyes Adored You" and Labelle's "Lady Marmalade" (both 1975).

At the age of 13 he won a scholarship to the University of Southern California for Musical composition, but dropped out after six months, bored with the conventional regimen. Four years later, a scholarship to Chouinard went the same way, and Nolan decided to send songs in to any musician he thought might be suitable. It brought him to the attention of both veteran songwriter Bob Crewe and entrepreneur Wes Farrell, both of whom harnessed the then youngster's talent.

As house producer at Farrell's Chelsea record label, Nolan wrote and/or produced a string of successful singles for the label, including Jim Gilstrap's "Swing Your Daddy" and "Take Your Daddy for a Ride," Dee Clark's "Ride a Wild Horse," and Linda Carr's "High Wire." With Crewe, meanwhile, he co-wrote some of the era's biggest successes. These included Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes' "Get Dancin'", Labelle's "Lady Marmalade" and Frankie Valli's "My Eyes Adored You". He wrote the song "Flirtin'" for the 1971 The Donny Osmond Album, as well as the final Top 40 hit for Tavares in 1982, entitled "A Penny For Your Thoughts".

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