Kenneth "Kenny" Nolan (born September 30, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California.
He is best remembered for the 1976–77 song "I Like Dreamin'", which he wrote and performed; it reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Easy Listening chart. He wrote "Swing Your Daddy", which became a 1975 hit for Jim Gilstrap, reaching No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 10 on the US Billboard Black Singles chart of that year.
Nolan also co-wrote several hits with Bob Crewe, including Frankie Valli's "My Eyes Adored You" and Labelle's "Lady Marmalade". Both of these hit songs hit No. 1 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart in March of 1975. Of note, "My Eyes Adored You" hit No. 1 on March 22, 1975 and the very next week, "Lady Marmalade" hit No. 1 on March 29, 1975. This marked one of the few times in chart history when the same songwriter(s) had back-to-back hits at No. 1 (John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles, Holland-Dozier-Holland of Motown fame, and the Bee Gees have accomplished this feat).
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