Blending straightforward rock and a gritty voice comfortable with melody and emotion, Bryan Adams became one of the most popular singer-songwriters to ever don jeans and a t-shirt. From the mid-‘80s to mid-‘90s, without glitz or attitude, the Canadian scored major hits including “Straight From The Heart,” “Run To You,” “Heaven,” “Heat Of The Night,” “Summer Of ’69,” “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started” and “Please Forgive Me.” Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves catapulted him into history as his Oscar-nominated, Grammy-winning theme, “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You,” soared to #1 U.S. and in the U.K. became the longest-running chart-topper in the rock era. Other #1 movie tracks followed: “All For Love” (with Rod Stewart and Sting from The Three Musketeers) and the Oscar-nominated “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?” (Don Juan DeMarco). One Adams song title best reflected his enticing rock credo--“18 Til I Die.”
