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Will Powers - Kissing With Confidence. Top Of The Pops 1983

Recorded from Top Of The Pops 1983. Kissing with Confidence" is a song by Will Powers (the stage name/persona of photographer-turned-singer Lynn Goldsmith) from her 1983 album Dancing for Mental Health. It was written by Goldsmith, Jacob Brackman, Nile Rodgers, Todd Rundgren, and Steve Winwood. Mixed by Rundgren, it was released as a single in the UK, peaking at number seventeen on the UK Singles Chart. Carly Simon was the uncredited lead singer. Will Powers was the stage name used by celebrity photographer, Lynn Goldsmith, when she created a self help comedy music album. The 1983 album, entitled Dancing for Mental Health, used affirmations set to music to poke fun at the self help entrepreneurs who "build the listener's inner self and encourage personal growth through the thought that anything is possible". Will Powers is portrayed by Goldsmith during the spoken word sections as well as in the sung sections; her voice processed through a vocoder. Key musical collaborators were Jacob Brackman and Steve Winwood. Additional contributors to the recording included Sting, Nile Rodgers, Todd Rundgren, Carly Simon and Tom Bailey. Her best known track from the Dancing For Mental Health album was the hit single, "Smile". Singles: Three singles were released "Kissing With Confidence", "Adventures in Success" and "Smile". The album credits: "special thanks" to Steve Winwood, Todd Rundgren, Sting, Nile Rodgers, Carly Simon, Sly and Robbie, Jacob Brackman and the Will Powers ...

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