He landed a now-legendary deal with A&M Records in 1978 for $1. He'd worked as a live background singer for Nancy Nash for the better part of a year, when a chance meeting with Jim Vallance (who was sidelining under the pseudonym Rodney Higgs in Prism) marked the beginning of one of Canada's most prolific songwriting partnerships. The band recorded IF WISHES WERE HORSES before year's end, but within only a few months Adams was on his own. In fact, it was Adams who stood on stage with the band when they accepted the 1977 Juno Award for 'Best New Group'. But it was when he was hired as the third vocalist for Sweeney Todd, and recorded the third version of "Roxy Roller" that things took off. He toured as a back up singer for Nancy Nash for awhile and then fronted a band called Shock. Born in Kingston, Ontario on Nov 5, 1959, Bryan Adams was already a veteran of the rock scene while still a teen.
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