Danny Kortchmar – Songs and Lyrics

(updated 12 Oct 2008)

 

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Danny is mentioned in the following songs:

KNOCKIN’ ROUND THE ZOO (James Taylor) in James Taylor and The Original Flying Machine “James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine” 1967 (“...watch out Kootch...”)

IT’S TOO LATE (Carole King) in Carole King “ The Carnegie Hall Concert June 18, 1971 “ (“I got a call from Los Angeles, and this next person said he was coming here and  he was going to play. And he’s here, Danny Kootch…”)

TOGETHER rap (Harry Nilsson) in Keith Moon “Two Sides of the Moon” 1975

FOR A ROCKER (Jackson Browne) in Jackson Browne “Lawyers in Love” 1983 (“... here comes Danny...”)

THE REASON (Danny Kortchmar, Carly Simon) in Carly Simon “Letters Never Sent” 1994

PROMISE ME THE MOON (Danny Kortchmar) in David Lasley “Back To Blue-Eyed Soul” 2000 (“... where are you Danny Kootch?... “)

 

 

FROM THE ALBUM ... (previously unreleased or performed by another artist)

 

1967

James Taylor and The Original Flying Machine “James Taylor and The Original Flying Machine”

Complete lyrics

1970

James Cotton Blues Band “Taking Care of Business”

THE SKY IS FALLING (Danny Kortchmar)

1970

Jo Mama “Jo Mama”

MACHINE GUN KELLY (Danny Kortchmar)

1971

James Taylor “Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon”

MACHINE GUN KELLY (Danny Kortchmar)

1971

Jo Mama “J Is For Jump”- complete lyrics

1972

James Taylor “One Man Dog”

BACK ON THE STREET AGAIN (Danny Kortchmar)

I, DON’T YOU KNOW (Danny Kortchmar, Lee Sklar, James Taylor)

1973

Danny Kortchmar “Kootch” – complete lyrics

1975

Harry Nillson “Duit on Mon Dei”

(THURSDAY) HERE’S WHY I DID NOT GO TO WORK TODAY (Harry Nilsson, Danny Kortchmar)

1975

Attitudes “Attitudes”

HONEY DON’T LEAVE L.A. (Danny Kortchmar)

1976

Harry Nillson “That’s the Way It Is”

MOONSHINE BANDIT (Harry Nilsson, Danny Kortchmar)

1976

David Crosby & Graham Nash “Whistling Down the Wire”

SPOTLIGHT (Danny Kootch, Graham Nash)

1976

Bill Wyman “Stone Alone”

FEET (Danny Kortchmar, Bill Wyman)

1977

The Section “Fork It Over” – complete lyrics

1977

James Taylor “JT”

HONEY DON’T LEAVE L.A. (Danny Kortchmar)

1977

Jackson Browne “Running On Empty”

SHAKY TOWN (Daniel Kortchmar)

1977

David Sanborn “Promise Me the Moon”

PROMISE ME THE MOON (Danny Kortchmar)

IN A STRANGER’S ARMS (Danny Kortchmar)

1978

Yvonne Elliman “Night Flight”

IN A STRANGER’S ARMS (Danny Kortchmar)

1978

Cheech & Chong “Up in Smoke”

HERE COMES THE MOUNTIES TO THE RESCUE (Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel)

ROCK FIGHT (Tommy Chong, Danny Kortchmar, Cheech Marin, Waddy Wachtel)

LOST DUE TO INCOMPETENCE (THEME FOR A BIG GREEN VAN) (Danny Kortchmar)

STRAWBERRY’S (Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Watchel)

1978

Stephen Stills “Thoroughfare Gap”

CAN’T GET NO BOOTY (Stephen Stills, Danny Kortchmar)

1979

J.D. Souther “You’re Only Lonely”

FIFTEEN BUCKS (Kenny Edwards, Don Grolnick, Danny Kortchmar, Rick Marotta, J.D.Souther, Waddy Wachtel)

1979

Louise Goffin “Kid Blue”

HURT BY LOVE (Danny Kortchmar)

RED LITE FEVER (Louise Goffin, Danny Kortchmar)

1979

Various Artists “No Nukes”

HONEY DON’T LEAVE L.A. (Danny Kortchmar)

1980

Danny Kortchmar “Innuendo” – complete lyrics

1981

Louise Goffin “Louise Goffin“

DOG TOWN (Louise Goffin & Danny Kortchmar)

1982

Soundtrack “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”

Jackson Browne “Somebody’s Baby/The Crow on the Cradle” single

SOMEBODY’S BABY (Jackson Browne, Danny Kortchmar)

LOVE RULES (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

1982

Don Henley “I Can’t Stand Still”

I CAN’T STAND STILL (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

YOU BETTER HANG UP (Danny Kortchmar)

LONG WAY HOME (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)
DIRTY LAUNDRY (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

JOHNNY CAN’T READ (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

THEM AND US (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)
LILAH (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

1983

Jackson Browne “Lawyers in Love”

KNOCK ON ANY DOOR (Danny Kortchmar, Craig Doerge, Jackson Browne)

TENDER IS THE NIGHT (Russell Kunkel, Danny Kortchmar, Jackson Browne)

1984

J.D.Souther “Home By Dawn”

SAY YOU WILL (J.D. Souther, Danny Kortchmar)

1984

Don Henley “Building the Perfect Beast”

YOU CAN’T MAKE LOVE (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

MAN WITH A MISSION (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, J.D. Souther)
YOU’RE NOT DRINKING ENOUGH (Danny Kortchmar)
NOT ENOUGH LOVE IN THE WORLD (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Ben Tench)
BUILDING A PERFECT BEAST (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)
ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE (Danny Kortchmar)
SUNSET GRILL (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Ben Tench)
DRIVIN’ WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Stan Lynch)

LAND OF THE LIVING (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

1985

Eric Martin “Eric Martin”

SHE’S OUT FOR BLOOD (Fanucchi, Danny Kortchmar, Eric Martin)

1985

Louise Mandrell “Maybe My Baby”

YOU BETTER HANG UP (Danny Kortchmar)

1985

Soundtrack “Vision Quest”

SHE’S ON THE ZOOM (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

1986

Soundtrack “About Last Night” – John Waite

 IF ANYBODY HAD A HEART (J.D. Souther, Danny Kortchmar)

1986

Soundtrack “The Color of Money” – Don Henley

WHO OWNS THIS PLACE (Danny Kortchmar)

1986

Billy Squier “Enough is Enough”

SHOT O’ LOVE (Danny Kortchmar, Billy Squier)

1988

Yo La Tengo “Human Music”

SOMEBODY’S BABY (Jackson Browne & Danny Kortchmar)

1988

I’ve Got The Bullet “Wounded”

LOVE SCENE (Eric Martin, Danny Kortchmar, Tony Fanucchi)

1988

Matt Minglewood “The Promise”

YOU’RE NOT DRINKING ENOUGH (Danny Kortchmar)

1988

Feargal Sharkey “Wish”

COLD, COLD STREETS (Danny Kortchmar, D. Lasley, Feargal Sharkey)

FULL CONFESSION (Daly, Danny Kortchmar, Feargal Sharkey)

STRANGEST GIRL IN PARADISE (Danny Kortchmar, Feargal Sharkey)

BLUE DAYS (Danny Kortchmar, Feargal Sharkey, Waddy Wachtel)

1988

Soundtrack “Miami Vice III” – Don Henley

DIRTY LAUNDRY (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

1989

Don Henley “The End of The Innocence”

HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Stan Lynch)

I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

NEW YORK MINUTE (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Jai Winding)
SHANGRI-LA (Danny Kortchmar, Steve Jordan, Don Henley)

LITTLE TIN GOD (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, J.D. Souther)

IF DIRT WERE DOLLARS (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, J.D. Souther)

1989

Steve Lukather “Lukather”

DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD (Steve Lukather, Danny Kortchmar)

STEPPIN’ ON TOP OF YOUR WORLD (Steve Lukather, Danny Kortchmar)

1990

Hall & Oates “Change of Season”

SO CLOSE [unplugged version] (Danny Kortchmar, Daryl Hall, Jon Bon Jovi, George Green)

1990

Venice “Venice”

KAYLEE (Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Danny Kortchmar)

1990

Crosby, Stills, Nash “Live It Up”

IF ANYBODY HAD A HEART (J.D. Souther, Danny Kortchmar)

1990

Barney Bentall and The Legendary Hearts “Lonely Avenue”

WHEN SHE WAS MINE (Barney Bentall, Danny Kortchmar)

1991

Forcefield IV “Let the Wild Run Free”

I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

1991

James Taylor “New Moon Shine”

(I’VE GOT TO) STOP THINKIN’ ‘BOUT THAT (Danny Kortchmar, James Taylor)

1992

Toto “Kingdom of Desire”

KICK DOWN THE WALLS (Danny Kortchmar, S. Lynch)

KINGDOM OF DESIRE (Danny Kortchmar)

1992

John Waite “Essential”

IF ANYBODY HAD A HEART (J.D. Souther, Danny Kortchmar)

1992

Glenn Frey “Strange Weather”

LOVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY (Glenn Frey, Danny Kortchmar, J.Tempchin)

1993

Eugenio Finardi “Acustica”

MACHINE GUN KELLY (Danny Kortchmar)

1994

Andrew Strong “Andrew Strong”

UNCHAINED DOG (Danny Kortchmar, Stan Lynch)

1994

The Outlaws “Diablo Canyon”

STEAM ON THE BLACKTOP (Stan Lynch, Danny Kortchmar)

1994

Carly Simon “Letters Never Sent”

THE REASON (Danny Kortchmar, Carly Simon)

1995

Herbie Hancock “New Standard”

NEW YORK MINUTE (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Jai Winding)

1995

Caroline Aiken “Live Bait”

I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

1995

The Fabulous Thunderbirds “Roll Of The Dice”

ROLL OF THE DICE (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson)

TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE (Danny Kortchmar, Stan Lynch)

HOW DO I GET YOU BACK? (Danny Kortchmar, Tonio K.)

MEAN LOVE (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson)

I CAN’T WIN (Danny Kortchmar, S. Jordan, Kim Wilson)

1995

Curtis Stigers “Time Was”

THERE’S MORE TO MAKIN’ LOVE (THAN LAYIN’ DOWN) (Danny Kortchmar, Curtis Stigers)

1996

Cher “It’s A Man’s World”

NOT ENOUGH LOVE IN THE WORLD (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Ben Tench)

1996

James Taylor “The Best of Columbia Records Radio Hour, Vol. 2”

(I’VE GOT TO) STOP THINKIN’ ‘BOUT THAT (Danny Kortchmar, James Taylor)

1996

Kathy N. Right “Long Way Around”

YOU’RE NOT DRINKING ENOUGH (Danny Kortchmar)

1997

Edwin Mccain “Misguided Roses

(I’VE GOT TO) STOP THINKIN’ ‘BOUT THAT (Danny Kortchmar, James Taylor)

1997

James Cotton “Chicago Blues Masters, Vol. 3”

THE SKY IS FALLING (Danny Kortchmar)

1997

The Skeletons “Nothing To Lose”

ON YOUR WAY DOWN THE DRAIN (Danny Kortchmar)

1997

The Fabulous Thunderbirds “High Water”

TOO MUCH OF EVERYTHING (Steve Jordan, Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson)

TORTURED (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson)

HIGH WATER (Steve Jordan, Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson)

HAND TO MOUTH (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson)

PROMISES YOU CAN’T KEEP (Steve Jordan, Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson)

TOO HOT TO HANDLE (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson)

1997

Andru Donalds “Good Will Hunting” Soundtrack

SOMEBODY’S BABY (Jackson Browne & Danny Kortchmar)

1997

Soundtrack “Trial & Error“

TOO MUCH OF EVERYTHING (Steve Jordan, Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson)

1997

Tito & Tarantola “Tarantism”

SLIPPIN’ AND SLIDIN’ (Danny Kortchmar, Tito Larriva, Waddy Wachtel)

1998

Jonny Lang “Wander This World”

RIGHT BACK (Jerry Lynn Williams, Danny Kortchmar)

1998

Don Henley “Rocktober”

I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

1998

Andru Donalds ”Damned If I Don’t”

SOMEBODY’S BABY (Jackson Browne & Danny Kortchmar)

1998

Conley Earl Thomas “Country’s Greatest Drinking Songs”

YOU’RE NOT DRINKING ENOUGH (Danny Kortchmar)

1998

Sanne Salomonsen with Chris Minh Doky Quartet “In A New York Minute”

NEW YORK MINUTE (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Jai Winding)

1998

Phantom Planet “In Their Eyes”

SOMEBODY’S BABY (Jackson Browne & Danny Kortchmar)

2000

David Lasley “Back To Blue-Eyed Soul”

PROMISE ME THE MOON (Danny Kortchmar)

2000

Buffalo Nickel “Long Play 33 1/3”

COMING UP ROSES (Danny Kortchmar, Gary Stier)

2000

Marc Douglas Berardo “Second Chance”

LONG WAY HOME (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

2001

Boz Scaggs “Dig”

SARAH (Danny Kortchmar, Boz Scaggs, Alan Lerner, Frederick Loewe)

GET ON THE NATCH (Angelo Bond, General Johnson, Danny Kortchmar, Greg Perr, Boz Scaggs)

CALL THAT LOVE (Steve Jordan, Danny Kortchmar, David Paich, Boz Scaggs, Applejack Walroth)

YOU’RE NOT (Danny Kortchmar, Boz Scaggs)

2001

Phantom Planet “Not Another Teen Movie” Soundtrack

SOMEBODY’S BABY (Jackson Browne & Danny Kortchmar)

2001

The Countdown Singers “Best of the Eighties, Vol. 1”

ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE (Danny Kortchmar)

2002

Ivan Neville “Saturday Morning Music”

LOST BALL (Ivan Neville, Gary Gold, Danny Kortchmar)

2002

Gary Stier “The Albatross”

COMING UP ROSES (Danny Kortchmar, Gary Stier)

2002

The Countdown Singers “Dance Party: Be My Lover”

ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE (Danny Kortchmar)

2002

Tommy Lepson Band “AM 53”

TONGUE TIED (Harvey Brooks, Charlie Karp, Danny Kortchmar)

2003

Three Studs and a Stone “Live at the Blue Boat”

ELVIS SLEPT HERE (Charlie Karp,  Danny Kortchmar)

SATISFY ME (Charlie Karp, Danny Kortchmar, M. Morganfield)

2003

Kim Wilson “Lookin’ for Trouble”

TORTURED (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson)

HAND TO MOUTH (Danny Kortchmar, Kim Wilson)

2003

Coastline Band “Against All Flags”

(I’VE GOT TO) STOP THINKIN’ ‘BOUT THAT (Danny Kortchmar, James Taylor)

2003

Stephen Stills “Turnin’ Back the Pages -  the Columbia recordings 1975-78”

CAN’T GET NO BOOTY (Stephen Stills, Danny Kortchmar)

2004

Ivan Neville “Scrape”

LOST BALL (Ivan Neville, Gary Gold, Danny Kortchmar)

2004

Oval Opus “Oval Opus”

ANCHORMAN (Danny Kortchmar, Patrick Martin, Aaron Patrick, Josh Edmondson, Dan Edmondson, Sam Hollander, Dave Shommer)

2004

Rob Ickes with Blue Highway “Big Time”

MACHINE GUN KELLY (Danny Kortchmar)

2005

Lisa Marie Presley « Now What »

DIRTY LAUNDRY (Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar)

2005

Collin Raye “Twenty Years and Change”

YOU’RE NOT DRINKING ENOUGH (Danny Kortchmar)

2005

John P. Strohm “High School Reunion: A Tribute To Those Great 80s Films!”

SOMEBODY’S BABY (Jackson Browne & Danny Kortchmar)

2005

Jackson Browne “Running on Empty” cd/dvd-a

SHAKY TOWN (Daniel Kortchmar)

2005

Midnight Eleven “Midnight Eleven”

STOPPED CLOCK (Danny Kortchmar, Zonder Kennedy, Mark Grandfield)

MINE ALL MINE (Danny Kortchmar, Zonder Kennedy, Mark Grandfield)

NAIL FILE (IN MY HEART) (Danny Kortchmar, Zonder Kennedy, Mark Grandfield)

SHAKIN’ THE MANN (Danny Kortchmar, Zonder Kennedy, Mark Grandfield)

THE TOLL (Danny Kortchmar, Zonder Kennedy, Mark Grandfield)

TELL ME (Danny Kortchmar, Zonder Kennedy, Mark Grandfield)

THE MALADJUSTER (Danny Kortchmar, Zonder Kennedy, Mark Grandfield)

CALL THE DOCTOR (Danny Kortchmar, Zonder Kennedy, Mark Grandfield)

GOD MAKE ME GOOD (Danny Kortchmar, Zonder Kennedy, Mark Grandfield)

BALLYHOO (Danny Kortchmar, Zonder Kennedy, Mark Grandfield)

2006

The Verbs “And Now… the Verbs”

DON’T SAY A WORD (voss/kortchmar/Jordan)

CRYIN’ ON THE INSIDE (voss/Jordan/kortchmar)

THE FALL (voss/kortchmar/Jordan)

2007

Ligion “External Affairs”

FOR YOU (Kortchmar, Seth, June, Lig)

2008

Solomon Burke “Like a Fire”

THE FALL (voss/kortchmar/Jordan)

2008

Slo Leak “New Century Blues” – Complete Lyrics

NOTHING BUT TAILIGHTS (Danny Kortchmar, Charlie Karp)

DEATH BY HOLLYWOOD (Danny Kortchmar, Charlie Karp)

SAME DAMN THING (Danny Kortchmar, Charlie Karp)