Desmond Child

Real name: John Charles Barrett
Born: October 28, 1953
Country: United States
IPI: 00045656272 80 works
00045656370 2 works
Comments: Songwriter, musician and producer who has worked in many genres of popular music. Child was the songwriter behind such hit collaborations as "Livin' On a Prayer" with Bon Jovi, "Dude Looks Like a Lady" with Aerosmith, and "Livin’ La Vida Loca" for Ricky Martin. Desmond started as a recording artist with his band Desmond Child & Rouge on Capitol Records in the late 1970's co-writing "I Was Made for Lovin' You" with Paul Stanley for KISS. He later became an active board member of ASCAP and the Songwriters Hall of Fame where he was inducted in 2008.