Lenny Waronker
Lenny Waronker is an American producer and music industry executive. As the president of Warner Bros. Records, and later, as the co-Chair of DreamWorks Records, Waronker was noted for his commitment to artists and his belief that "music, not money, was still number one." "
Early life and education
Waronker was born in 1941 and grew up in Pacific Palisades, California. His father, Simon Waronker, a classical violinist, performed with the 20th Century Fox Orchestra from 1936 through 1939, and served as the orchestra's contractor at the studio from 1939 to 1955. When Waronker was 13, his father founded Liberty Records. With a roster that included Johnny Burnette, Eddie Cochran, Julie London, Bobby Vee, Jan and Dean, and the Ventures, Liberty became one of the most successful independent labels of the post-World War II period.
Liberty's first release was an orchestral composition entitled "The Girl Upstairs" by Lionel Newman. Newman's nephew Randy Newman and Waronker – raised in the same neighborhood – were close friends. They frequently visited the Liberty Records office, where they would watch recording sessions and study studio personnel. Waronker had little interest in becoming a musician, and gravitated instead towards production. "I remember going to Randy's house and saying 'why don't we figure out the arrangement for some standard?' And it was just amazing: He'd take any odd standard song and he'd sit down and mess with it and come up with a pop arrangement," he said in a 1994 interview with Billboard.
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by Nate Sallie
Lone Ranger
by: Nate SallieI don't ever wanna be alone again
Now that I have found a love that never ends
Everything you are is all I hope to be, yeah
I used to walk around and be the lone ranger
Never needed love from a stranger
Always walked away from the danger
Of losing a friend, yes
And then I stumbled in to You in my senses
I needed You to melt my defenses
You're the sum of all I've been missing for so long
Let me say to You
I don't ever wanna be alone again
Now that I have found a love that never ends
Everything you are is all I hope to be
'Cause You're the best thing that's happened to me
And You know that I'll go
Anywhere you take my hand
And I don't ever wanna be alone again
I don't wanna be 'lone again
Don't wanna be 'lone again
You never ever meant for me to fly so low
[Incomprehensible] for who knows
Never knew it lead me so high 'lone
Till You fill me in, yeah
Then I broke down the preconceived notion
The letting go would be my demotion
You're the muse of all my devotion all the time
Now that I, I see my light, let me say to You
I don't ever wanna be alone again
Now that I have found a love that never ends
Everything you are is all I hope to be
'Cause You're the best thing that's happened to me
And You know that I'll go
Anywhere you take my hand
And I don't ever wanna be alone again
It took me falling to the ground
To understand I could be found
I came to You in broken condition
I didn't even need an audition
You're the sum of all I've been missing for so long
And I don't ever wanna go there again
And I don't ever wanna be alone again, no, no, no
'Cause You're the best thing that's happened to me
And You know that I'll go
Anywhere you take my hand
And I don't ever wanna be alone again, no
Don't ever wanna be alone
Don't ever wanna be alone
'Cause You know that I'll go
Anywhere you take my hand
And I don't ever wanna be alone again
Don't wanna be 'lone again, alone