Interview with Stephen Bishop: The Stories Behind "Separate Lives" and "It Might Be You"

Coming up, an interview with a legendary singer-songwriter who’s had various hits but the biggest Hit he wrote…was sung by another artist, and then the biggest hit he sang...he didn’t write! both were nominated for Oscars…Stephen Bishop had a #1 hit in 1985 with the Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin duet Separate Lives from the film White Nights… He didn’t sing it. but he did sing the 1983 #1 Hit It Might Be You from the Movie Tootsie. But he didn’t write that one. Separate Lives came from a horrible breakup with a Hollywood leading lady. Karen Allen who played Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark. It’s one of the most gut-wrenching #1 hits of the 80s and he just so happened to luck out when the biggest star of the moment sang it. Phil Collins. A great interview with Stephen Bishop you won’t want to miss and the story of Marilyn Martin’s promising career. She would later leave music to become a real estate agent. The story is is next on Professor of Rock.

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