David Lasley's prolific career as a singer/songwriter spans more than
30 years. He is best-known for the hundreds of songs he has written for
artists such as Anita Baker ("You Bring Me Joy"), Maxine Nightingale
("Lead Me On"), Patti LaBelle ("Come What May", "I Don't Go Shopping"),
Aretha Franklin ("There's a Star for Everyone"), Boz Scaggs ("Jojo"),
Tina Turner, Whitney Houston and many more. His work as a background
vocalist is equally auspicious. Most familiar for his more than 24
years singing with pop/folk icon James Taylor, Lasley has also backed
such artists as Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt, Luther Vandross, Aretha
Franklin, Jimmy Buffett, Ringo Starr, Cher, Chaka Khan, and countless
others. Lasley's tremendous talent as a solo performer matches his
stature as a songwriter, vocal arranger and background vocalist and in
2000, he issued Back to Blue-Eyed Soul, a retrospective of his work
featuring rare recordings dating back to 1966.
His song, "What A Piece of Work Is Man", was recorded for the movie
Hair (1979), a duet with Alex Paez. Sad to say, the song - along with
"Frank Mills", "Air" and many others - were cut from the final version
of the film.