Im Interview: Russ Ballard - "Voices, I hear voices"
How the British hit machine almost wrote a song for Elvis
04.05.2025 41 min
Zusammenfassung & Show Notes
We welcome a very special guest in this new episode of NEON GHOSTS: GHOST HOUR: Russ Ballard. Russ Ballard is a hit machine, responsible for a lot of classics: "Since You Been Gone" (Rainbow), "God Gave Rock'n'Roll To You" (Argent & Kiss), "So You Win Again" (Hot Chocolate) and "You Can Do Magic" (America), just to name a few. His song "Voices" was used in the iconic 80s cop show "Miami Vice". Benjamin Fiege talked with Russ about his new double album "The Hits Rewired" and "Songs from the Warehouse", "Miami Vice", the secrets of songwriting - and how he almost wrote a song for Elvis Presley.
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