Person · Male
Dan Hartman
- From
- Harrisburg, United States
- Active
- 1950–1994
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 24
- pop
- rock
- pop rock
About
Daniel Earl Hartman (December 8, 1950 – March 22, 1994) was an American pop rock musician. Among songs he wrote and recorded were "Free Ride" as a member of the Edgar Winter Group, and the solo hits "Relight My Fire", "Instant Replay", "I Can Dream About You", "We Are the Young" and "Second Nature".
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"I Can Dream About You", his most successful US hit, reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984. The James Brown song "Living in America", which Hartman co-wrote and produced, reached No. 4 on March 1, 1986.
Hartman wrote the 1980 disco song "Love Sensation" recorded by Loleatta Holloway, which has been sampled on numerous records, including the 1989 Black Box track "Ride on Time".
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Also known as
D. Hartman · Dan Hartmann · Daniel Earl Hartman · Daniel Hartman · Hartman Dan
Tags
- 2008 universal fire victim
- queer
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 4682d640-819a-4f71-9e7f-84be13a5e76a
- ISNI
- 0000000116806170
- IPI
- 00072207107
- IPI
- 00072207205
- IPI
- 00125922875
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.