Ned Doheny

Ned Doheny (born March 26, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California who has recorded five albums as well as performed on many albums by other artists including Don Henley and Glenn Frey of the Eagles, J.D. Souther, Linda Ronstadt, and Jackson Browne, with whom he was once in a band.

Profile

One of his earliest compositions, On and On, was recorded by Dave Mason in 1971. Doheny, Mason and Cass Elliott were in a trio for a time. Doheny was the first artist signed to David Geffen's Asylum label, which produced his first album Ned Doheny in 1972. His label mates included Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, David Blue and other West Coast musicians of the day. Doheny toured multiple times with a band made up of several studio musicians.

His second album Hard Candy was released by CBS in 1976. It included the composition A Love of Your Own, which was covered by the Average White Band. Chaka Khan also had a hit with a Doheny composition, "Whatcha Gonna Do For Me." Other Doheny songs such as "I've Got Your Number", "Get It Up For Love" and "To Prove My Love" have all charted in the US as well as the UK and Japan. His third CBS album Prone was recorded in 1977.