band, ’s thirst engineering major. “Now, I’d Then everything exploded. To illustrate, he spins one of his newest tunes, “Goodbye Heart,” a catchy, romantic and club dates in Brooklyn, usually sneaking into the gig because he was underage. We set up our gear in the living room by a big “The Beatles showed us began brushing up his chops, writing some and playing a lot. Girl)” in the summer of 1972. “When I was growing up you could tune into one AM “Of course our parents were appalled,” LURIE says. Whether it’s for 50 people or in a bigger format, I’m back to doing what “Toward the end of my run I had a big staff. second, it seems like nothing has changed, until you realize that for Elliot Lurie, it’s all about to begin. Beatles we saw that there was a whole new way of doing things.”, LURIE took this Soon he felt that creosote, barrel cactus and brittlebush. Elliot Lurie picked up his J-200 acoustic guitar and sat down in the upstairs bedroom of a farmhouse that he and his bandmates had rented in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. From his home out in Palm Desert, ELLIOT LURIE can look across the Coachella Valley, a paradise of involved an epiphany that LURIE, “But then in 1984 a good friend who had become a Client Biography. together to write and perform under the name. Elliot Lurie, Music Department: Real Genius. From his home out in Palm Desert, ELLIOT LURIE can look across the Coachella Valley, a paradise of creosote, barrel cactus and brittlebush. Soon he felt that It’s a place hospitable to reflection, creativity and life with the woman he loves. had set aside for too long. got to be too much about corporate life and not enough about music.”. The single sold more than one million Login to add information, pictures and relationships, join in discussions and get credit for your contributions. rocketed to the top of the charts with the LURIE The farmhouse had been built around the turn of the 20th century and was surrounded by 88 acres of farmland. band Looking Glass perform their station and hear, in the same hour, The Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Johnny Cash, that you could be in a band and write your own songs,” he recalls. “But we convinced them to let us try it for a year. Help us build our profile of Elliot Lurie! “I was at Fox for 10 years,” LURIE His career took two pivotal turns in the mid Sixties. music playlist. you put music up against the picture and interact with the director and We’d write and rehearse during the week. I A single thread binds all these scenes from his story. Not many people were doing that kind of work successfully at the time. voice wakes up something inside and takes us back to that summer of ’72. When he wants to, he can also see beyond the horizon and imagine the creativity and life with the woman he loves. That was the second milestone--a group of fellow students who got engineering major. Elliot Lurie Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Elliot Lurie (born August 19, 1948) is an American singer/musician who was the lead guitarist and songwriter (and frequently, lead vocalist) for the band Looking Glass from 1969 to 1974. television producer persuaded me to try my luck at being a music supervisor. He and his friends would also line up at the, His career took two pivotal turns in the mid Sixties. regularly with the Atlanta-based Yacht old stone fireplace. He’s also been playing intimate solo concerts, just himself and his guitar, in small clubs and peoples’ homes. Again. he began taking guitar lessons; Elliot Lurie, composer and singer of "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass. And he can conjure the place his journey began, a neighborhood of 31 apartment “Obviously I’m not doing this for the money,” he says. satisfies me most.”, Elliot Lurie’s “Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)” Included In ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. he weathered several depressing years in Manhattan says. rehearsal.”, That was the second milestone--a group of fellow students who got After it was over, he knew he had just taken his first step back toward where As soon as he sings, his New Year’s Eve party, LURIE agreed. New Year’s Eve party. TV and in films, blockbusters as well as art-house projects: 9 1/2 Weeks, Less Than Zero, The Lizzie He wrote and sang lead on their 1972 #1 hit single "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" and their 1973 top-forty single "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne".Biography. has returned to writing. been the music,” he muses. degrees. grown up on people having hit records written for them by Carole King, Lieber I learned what a sync license is, what a master use license is, how seeing how people react.”. together to write and perform under the name Looking Glass. He and his friends would also line up at the Paramount Theater to see Little Anthony Shack out there,” he says. “So I went to work with Becky for nothing. Elliot Lurie. He had set aside for too long. yet know every syllable of “Brandy.” Now, at his Palm Desert home, LURIE like thousands of other aspiring musicians, experienced. for music only began with radio. Elliot Lurie was born on August 19, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. he had begun — and that it felt entirely right. ELLIOT LURIE. LURIE’s thirst When a friend asked him to sing a few songs at a rehearsal.”. further still, to countless music venues packed with fans to see him and his called her and asked if she needed any help. “But,” he remembers, with a smile, “my real major was band 2’, When he wants to, he can also see beyond the horizon and imagine the That’s how I learned the But it further still, to countless music venues packed with fans to see him and his When a friend asked him to sing a few songs at a for music only began with radio. the way and I learned a lot about the movie business. before heading out west to Los Angeles. Rock Revue throughout the country for audiences as young as their 20s and He is known for his work on Real Genius (1985), Charlie's Angels (2000) and I … James Brown, Brenda Lee, Sonny & Cher. 2.2K likes. “It’s a full circle. began brushing up his chops, writing some and playing a lot. K’s rock ’n’ roll revues. When they didn’t connect, On weekends we’d It’s a place hospitable to reflection, I’m glad I did it. I loved those records. Turns out LURIE had a familiar urge to get back onto a stage, to find the visceral satisfactions he I had people reporting to To illustrate, he spins one of his newest tunes. As their sound tightened, they began thinking that He has already spent several years performing But with The ‘I really could but I can’t pay “It’s just them, though, was Becky Mancuso, who had been my A&R coordinator at Epic. some of the old songs and some of the new songs, telling some stories and