Harriet Schock

Vocalist/songwriter Harriet Schock is most beneficial known for composing “Ain’t NO CHANCE to Treat a female,” Helen Reddy’s 1975 strike. In a profession that spans near 30 years, she’s recorded many albums, which had been critical successes otherwise bestsellers. She’s also worked like a songwriting trainer, both privately with USC. Her publication, “Becoming Amazing: For Songwriters and the ones Who Love Tunes” (Blue Dolphin Press, 1999), is definitely something of the bible for aspiring music artists. Schock was created in Tx and was motivated to try out the piano from an early on age. Her dad have been a musician before focusing on medicine and finally becoming a popular skin doctor. In 1973, having relocated to LA, Schock was authorized as an employee article writer for Colgems-EMI after giving up her 1st job in marketing. Shortly later on, she got a recording agreement with Columbia, which dropped through overnight. Rather, Schock finished up agreed upon to 20th Hundred years Information, a subsidiary of 20th Hundred years Fox. Her initial album, Hollywood City, premiered in 1974, and the next season Helen Reddy had taken “Ain’t NO CHANCE to Treat a female” to amount eight, which Schock acquired performed on her behalf debut. Schock produced two even more albums for 20th Hundred years Fox (She’s Low Clouds, 1974, and you also HAVE NO IDEA What You’re set for, 1976) and appreciated further achievement as performers including Vicki Carr, Johnny Mathis, and Lee Greenwood started recording her music. She was also double named Greatest New Female Musician by Cashbox. Through the entire ’80s, she didn’t record, but she was authorized as a article writer to Jobete by Berry Gordy. This resulted in tunes for Roberta Flack and in addition spawned another large song on the par with “Ain’t NO CHANCE to Treat A FEMALE,” “FIRST-TIME on the Ferris Steering wheel.” The monitor hasn’t been popular solitary, but recordings from it by Smokey Robinson, Carl Anderson, Gloria Loring, and Nancy Wilson possess granted it the position of the near-standard. Schock came back to recording within the ’90s with American Love. This was made by Nik Venet, who experienced famously been instrumental in starting the Beach Kids, Linda Ronstadt, Lou Rawls, Jim Croce, and Dory Previn, along with whom Schock experienced an individual and professional romantic relationship that lasted until his loss of life in 1998. The next calendar year, Schock released her 5th record, Rosebud, which acquired again been made by Venet, and her initial book, “Getting Extraordinary.” Her live present provides since garnered a Dramalog Award, and she’s written music for movies including “THE BRAND NEW Ventures of Pippi Longstocking.” She presents correspondence classes in songwriting through her internet site (www.harrietschock.com) and travels regularly, not merely with her own present, but additionally with her popular songwriting workshops.