Bruce Allen (manager)

Bruce Allen is a Canadian music band manager who represents a number of popular Canadian musicians including Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Jann Arden, Anne Murray, Bryan Adams, Prism, Loverboy and Michael Bublé. He also manages music producer Bob Rock.[1] In 1985, Allen spearheaded the charity supergroup Northern Lights, who recorded the song "Tears Are Not Enough" in support of Ethiopian famine relief.[2]

Allen hosted SoundOff, a popular call-in talk show on 99.3 CFOX-FM in Vancouver for much of the 1990s. He now does a daily commentary for CKNW's talk radio show called Reality Check.[3]

In 2005, Allen was the recipient of the Special Achievement Award at the SOCAN Awards in Toronto.[4]

One of Bruce's bands, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, referenced Bruce (not by name) in a song on their 1973 album, Bachman-Turner Overdrive II. The song, "Welcome Home", includes the lines "We went and got ourselves a manager / we all think he's the most / Silver 'vette with gold wheels / We see him cruise around town".

Sang background vocals for one of his clients, Bryan Adams, on the song Cuts Like A Knife.

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References
  1. https://www.bruceallen.com/
  2. 'Tears Are Not Enough'
  3. https://globalnews.ca/bc/program/reality-check-with-bruce-allen
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-11-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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