Hero (Clarence Clemons album)
Hero is a studio album by Clarence Clemons. Known for his saxophone work with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, Clemons released this pop album at the height of Springsteen's popularity following the success of Born in the U.S.A. It spawned two hit singles, 1985's "You're a Friend of Mine", a duet with Jackson Browne also featuring Browne's then-girlfriend Daryl Hannah on background vocals, and 1986's "I Wanna Be Your Hero".Personnel
- Clarence Clemons - lead vocals, background vocals, saxophone, percussion, cover design
- Daryl Hannah - vocals, background vocals
- Kitty Beethoven - vocals, background vocals
- Princess Loria - vocals, background vocals
- Jennifer Hall - vocals, background vocals
- Liz Jackson - vocals, background vocals
- Brenda Joy Nelson - vocals, background vocals
- Sundari - vocals, background vocals
- Tina B. - vocals, background vocals
- Richard Walsh - vocals, background vocals
- Craig Thomas - vocals, background vocals, saxophone
- Jackson Browne - vocals, producer on "You're A Friend Of Mine"
- Lotti Golden - vocals
- Darlene Love - vocals
- Norman Mershon - vocals
- Tony "Rocks" Cowans - guitar, rhythm guitar
- Carlos Pepper - guitar, rhythm guitar
- Lewis West - guitar, rhythm guitar
- Billy Loosigian - guitar, acoustic guitar
- Corrado Rustici - guitar, acoustic guitar
- Vernon "Ice" Black - guitar
- Stuart Kimball - guitar
- Bob Messano - guitar
- Maurice Starr - bass guitar
- John Siegler - bass guitar
- Doug Wimbish - bass guitar, drums
- Preston Glass - acoustic guitar, keyboards, vibraphone
- Booker T. Jones - keyboards, organ
- Walter Afanasieff - keyboards, sound effects
- Frank Martin - keyboards
- David Sancious - keyboards
- Richard Scher - keyboards
- William Beard - drums
- Anton Fig - drums
- Premik McFly - baritone saxophone, saxophone
- Greg Gigi Gonaway - glockenspiel, percussion
- Bill Sebastian - glockenspiel, percussion
- Randy Jackson - bass guitar, drums, percussion, sequencing
- Michael Rado - harp
- Hangsa - choir, chorus
- Charles Robin - choir, chorus, vocals, background vocals
- Venu - choir, chorus
- Yogaloy - choir, chorus
- Gordon Worthy - associate producer, organ, Hammond organ
- Narada Michael Walden – producer, arrangements, reduction, keyboards, drums, percussion, bells
- Tom Lord-Alge - mixing
- Ed Stasium - mixing
- Morrie Brown - producer, arrangements on "Cross The Line"
- Lloyd Landesman - co-producer on "Cross The Line"
- Michael Jonzun - producer on "It's Alright With Me Girl"
- Arthur Baker - producer on "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
- George Marino - mastering
- Steve Goldman - engineer
- Alvin Meyerson - engineer
- Tom Moore - engineer
- Andy Wallace - engineer
- David Frazer - assistant engineer, sound effects
- Stuart "Satoshi" Hirotsu - assistant engineer, sound effects
- Michael "Patton" Brauer - assistant engineer
- Gordon "Wardrobe" Lyon - assistant engineer
- Michael Hommel - assistant engineer
- Scott Yetka - assistant engineer
- Dana Chappelle - assistant engineer
- Tim Hatfield - assistant engineer
- Geoff Keehn - assistant engineer
- Arthur Payson - assistant engineer
- Sidney Burton - assistant engineer
- Caroline Greyshock - photography
- Christopher Austopchuk - art direction
