JAKE HOOKER
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
HOOK ENTERTAINMENT (1980-PRESENT)-HOOKMO MUSIC/DIRTY FEET RECORDS (1997-PRESENT) HTA (2002-PRESENT) LORJAKE MUSIC (1978-PRESENT)
Manager-Writer--Producer-Publisher
Besides being a respected manager, Jake Hooker is a very successful songwriter having written, I Love Rock N Roll, one of the greatest and biggest hits of all time, according to both Billboard and Rolling Stone magazines. The song has been covered by many artists including Joan Jett and Britney Spears creating worldwide sales in excess of 30 million records. Jake also has written and produced many hits for various soundtracks, including, Flashdance, Top Gun, Rocky 4, Iron Eagle, Wayne’s World, Charlie’s Angels (The Movie), Ghost World, Story Telling, etc. All told Jakes songs have sold well over a 100 million records or a staggering $1.6 Billion in retail sales.
In the late 70’s Jake was still a performer and had a very successful group in the United Kingdom called “The Arrows”. The band had several hits and was produced by the legendary Mickey Most (The Animals, Herman’s Hermits, and Donovan). The band also had a successful national, musical variety TV series on Granada television, (ARROWS) that ran for 2 years.
Jake's companies produce records, television shows, movies, videos and are also heavily involved in licensing as well as special live events. Since 1980 the companies have also been involved in personal management and music consulting. The original reason for forming the companies was primarily for publishing and songwriting, which are still the mainstays of the business.
MANAGEMENT CLIENTS
EDGAR WINTER
A successful recording artist for many years, with such notable hits as "Frankenstein," “Free Ride” and most recently “Dying To Live’ from the Academy Award nominated “TUPAC Resurrection” soundtrack produced by Emenem.
ORLEANS
Respected and successful group known for their hits, “Still The One”, “Dance With Me” and “Love Takes Time”.
THE KNACK
Big 80’s hit band famous for "My Sharona"and "Good Girls Don’t".
TEN YEARS AFTER
Legendary act famous for blowing away the crowd at Woodstock.
PLAYER
Best known for their hit "Baby Come Back".
ACES DOWN
Cool new punk rock group from Calabasas.
CURT CUOMO
Successful producer/writer of such acts as Kiss and Eddie Money.
STEPHANIE WOODS
A very exciting young singer sure to create a sensation soon.
FROM THE PAST
EDDIE MONEY
Big hit artist from the 80’s with songs like, "Take Me Home Tonight" and "Baby Hold On".
RICK DERRINGER
World famous guitar player and artist best known for "Hang on Sloopy" and "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo".
FRANK STALLONE
Received Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor for role of "Eddie" in BARFLY. His music for STAYING ALIVE earned nominations for Golden Globe and Grammy.
LORNA LUFT
Has had a very successful career in her own right as an actress and singer. She also has a proud heritage with her mother, Judy Garland and her sister, Liza Minnelli.
FREDDY COLE
Classified as a song stylist, this talented younger brother of Nat King Cole has rubbed musical elbows with jazz giants like Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie.
CARMINE APPICE
Legendary drummer, famous for the 60's band VANILLA FUDGE. Also accomplished songwriter of #1 single "Do You Think I'm Sexy?" recorded by Rod Stewart.
PAUL WILLIAMS
Is a world-renowned singer, songwriter, and recording artist.
DUANE HITCHINGS
Grammy Award-winning composer, producer and keyboardist. Writes songs for Julio Iglesias, Pat Benatar, Donny Osmond. Toured with Eric Carmen and Alice Cooper.
MARC TANNER
Songwriter and Producer for The Nelsons, Aeromith etc…
PUBLISHING CONSULTANT (Partial List)
Catalogue acquisitions
Eddie Money
The Knack
MUSIC SUPERVISOR/CONSULTANT (Partial List)
CHIAT/DAY/MOJO AGENCY
Music consultant involved in all aspects of music and licensing use in their clients' advertising and commercials, with American Express being the main client.
"ZAPPED AGAIN!"
Feature film sequel to highly successful "Zapped" distributed through ITC Productions.
"THE GEORGE MCKENNA STORY"
A CBS movie of the week for Landsberg Productions.
"THE MISTRESS"
A CBS miniseries starring Victoria Principal.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
"GREAT BALLS OF FIRE"
Production consultant for Orion Pictures’ film "Great Balls Of Fire."
WEIRD AL YANKOVIC
Packaged project from inception through final sale to Scotti Brothers Records. Went on to sell over 10 million records to date and won many prestigious awards including the Grammy and American Video Awards.
PRODUCTION CREDITS (Partial List)
"I LOVE ROCK N ROLL LIVE"
The Jukebox is on the road with rocks greatest hits
Featuring: Edgar Winter, Mark Farner, Doug Fieger with The Classic Rock All-Stars
"EDGAR WINTER LIVE FROM THE ALBERT HALL"
DVD Produced for Sony/Bmg featuring Edgar Winter in London
"ROCK N ROLL FUNHOUSE"
DVD Produced for Image Entertainment featuring The Knack
"LITTLE ANGELS"
TV Series for Lorna Luft with Aaron Spelling Productions.
"WINTER DERRINGER LIVE"
Produced this live music video and album in Tokyo, Japan.
"THE VALENTINES"
Co-created and developed this TV series for Motown Productions.
"PARTY AT THE PALLADIUM"
Produced this live benefit featuring such greats as Hall and Oates, Edgar Winter, Todd Rundgren and Dr. John, aired on DIR national radio syndication.
"ROCK SPECTACULAR"
One-hour TV special, independently financed, developed and produced, featuring rock's "crème de la crème." Sold to Sony for home video, and Laserdisc with Pioneer.
"THE WORLD OF NERDS, GEEKS AND CREEPS"
Co-created and developed this one-hour pay TV special for RCA Video Productions.
"GRAND SLAM"
Movie-of-the-Week, created concept and developed treatment. This HEI production will be produced in association with the Landsberg Company.
"DIME A DANCE"
A one-hour special, created concept and developed treatment, being produced for PBS in association with Craig Zaiden.
"RICK DERRINGER'S SECRETS"
A one-hour how-to-play-guitar video by one of the all-time greats. Created concept, developed treatment, arranged financing, and set up distribution thru DCl.
SONG CREDITS (Partial List)
"I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL" (COMPOSER)
#1 Hit song for Joan Jett which went on to become one of the top ten selling singles of all time. Considered "The" Rock and Roll anthem, it was featured in "FLASHDANCE" and "Waynes World". Most recently recorded by Britney Spears whose album went on to sell over 10 million copies worldwide.
"GONNA HAVE FUN"
Featured in the critically acclaimed films "Ghost World" and "Story Telling"
"DESTINATION UNKNOWN" (COMPOSER)
Hit song from the #1 blockbuster film of 1986-87 "TOP GUN".
"THE SWEETEST VICTORY" (COMPOSER/PRODUCER)
Hit song from the #1 blockbuster film of 1985-86 "ROCKY IV'.
"IRON EAGLE" (COMPOSER/PRODUCER)
Title song from movie starring Lou Gossett, Jr. It went on to spin three sequels.
AWARDS
BEST DOUMENTARY FEATURE, OSCAR NOMINATION FOR “TUPAC”
BEST ACTRESS OSCAR FOR "MY COUSIN VINNY"
BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINATION FOR "WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT"
BEST MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
"Oscar" and "Grammy" awards for "Top Gun"
BEST COMEDY RECORDING "Grammy" award for Weird Al Yankovic
BEST TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY
"Emmy" nomination for Judy Garland PBS "Performance Series" hosted by Lorna Luft.
BEST NEW ARTIST VIDEO
Executive producer of Hilly Michaels Video. Won first annual Cannes Video Award.
BEST NEW GROUP
New Musical Express for Arrows.
R.I.A.A. CERTIFICATIONS (Partial List)
BRTNEY SPEARS "BRITNEY"
Multi Platinum in excess of 10 million worldwide
JOAN JETT "I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL"
Multi-Platinum award for sales in excess of 12 million units.
FIVE "FIVE"
Multi Platinum in excess of 5 million worldwide
NELSONS "AFTER THE RAIN"
Platinum award for sales in excess of 2 million units.
"TOP GUN" SOUNDTRACK
Multi-Platinum award for sales in excess of 4 million units.
"ROCKY IV" SOUNDTRACK
Platinum award for sales in excess of 1 million units.
"IN 3D" WEIRD AL
Gold award for sales in excess of 500,000 units.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Member since 1985)
National Association of Music Publishers (Member since 1991)
Broadcast Music Inc. (Member since 1979)
ASCAP (Member since 1979)
American Federation of Musicians (Member since 1972)
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