John O'Banion
Biography
John OBanion (16 February 1947 – 14 February 2007) was an American vocalist and actor born in Kokomo Indiana. His song "Love You Like I Never Loved Before" was a hit single in 1981 from his self titled debut album on Elektra, and the song made it to #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. His career really took off in Japan where he released additional material that went unreleased stateside.
Prior to his solo albums, John was a 70s era vocalist in NBC Tonight Show orchestra leader Doc Severinsons band Todays Children and made five appearances on Carsons "Tonight Show", as well as appearances on The Merv Griffin and Mike Douglas shows. He also appeared on American Bandstand, Solid Gold, and was the winning singer of the pilot of Star Search.
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His last album was 1995s "Hearts" and sadly OBanion died in 2007 a few days shy of his 60th birthday, due to complications from a head injury. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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