Roxanne Seeman
Roxanne Joy Seeman is an American songwriter and lyricist. She is best known for her songs by Billie Hughes, Philip Bailey, Phil Collins, Earth, Wind & Fire, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, The Sisters of Mercy, The Jacksons, and Jacky Cheung. She has two Emmy nominations.
Musical career and personal life
At the age of 10, Seeman pursued private piano lessons, learning chords and melody. She took up violin at the Saddle Rock Elementary School. Seeman picked up guitar at 16, while spending a summer in Ithaca, New York.During Seeman's high school years, she was an avid fine artist. Seeman applied to Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the intention of pursuing a career in art. In the practice rooms of Carnegie-Mellon, Seeman found a piano teacher and studied classical piano.
At Carnegie-Mellon, Seeman was on the School Activities Board, booking bands to perform on campus. With a passionate interest in both jazz and art, Seeman attended classes offered at the University of Pittsburgh that would shape her career. One of these classes was taught by Dr. Nathan Davis, bebop jazz saxophonist and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Seeman learned to play jazz classics such as "Giant Steps", "Moment's Notice", "Round Midnight", and others.
Wishing to learn Chinese calligraphy, Seeman attended a class in Chinese language where she learned to write Chinese characters. This motivated Seeman to apply as a transfer student to Columbia University in New York, where she would pursue Oriental Studies and be in the mix of the music world in New York City.
While on Long Island, Seeman studied piano with Tony Aless, jazz pianist who played with Woody Herman, Charlie Parker, among others. Seeman also took several lessons from Sir Roland Hanna.
Seeman is a graduate of Columbia University, with a B.A. in Oriental Studies, Chinese Arts and Language. She studied Chinese, Japanese and Indian literature, art, and took a class on Chinese music from Professor Chou Wen-Chung.
Seeman spent nights in New York jazz clubs while she worked as a temporary secretary at Atlantic Records and Warner Communication in NY. Seeman then began writing lyrics for jazz instrumentals. She developed a close friendship with David Lasley, top session singer who toured with James Taylor. Seeman produced demo recordings of David Lasley singing her lyrics to the instrumentals.
Seeman relocated to Los Angeles when she was offered a position at ABC Records, soon to be sold to MCA Records. Seeman's career turned to professional songwriting when Dee Dee Bridgewater recorded the Ramsey Lewis instrumental "Tequila Mockingbird " with Seeman's lyrics. Larry Dunn of Earth, Wind & Fire wrote the tune and George Duke produced the record. This led to Roxanne's collaboration with Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire, with whom she wrote, along with Maurice White and Eduardo del Barrio, "Sailaway", for Earth, Wind & Fire's Faces album. During this time, Carmine Coppola and Italia Pennino asked Roxanne to collaborate with them in developing themes from Carmine's movie scores into songs. She co-wrote lyrics and produced song demos for the themes from The Black Stallion, The Outsiders, and Napoleon.
Seeman co-wrote original songs with David Lasley and then other co-writing partners, producing 24-track recordings at the ABC Recording Studios and other LA studios. Some of the singers and musicians that played for Seeman's recordings include David Lasley, David Benoit, Bobby Watson, Eduardo del Barrio, David Garibaldi, Doug Rodrigues, Terry Reid, Hubert Laws, Debra Laws, Eloise Laws, Sylvia St. James, Marty Walsh, Arnold McCuller and Charlotte Crossley. The early recordings were engineered by Al Schmitt, Jr. and Zoli Osaze.
One day walking down the hallway at the ABC Studios looking to book time to mix a session, Seeman heard one of her songs coming out of the production room. She walked in to find Gerry Brown, a young recording engineer of 17, unbeknownst to her, had taken her 24-track 2" inch tape from the shelf over the weekend and mixed it. Brown was listening to it so enthusiastically, she told him he could mix all the others.
Working with Billie Hughes
Seeman's partnership with recording artist and songwriter/composer Billie Hughes, which began in 1983, marked the beginning of a long and successful career of recording, producing and songwriting. Their efforts achieved popularity in Japan in 1991; the couple wrote and produced Hughes' "Welcome to the Edge" #1 single and album. "Welcome to the Edge" remained on Billboard's Japan Top 10 chart for four months, selling 520,000 copies. Welcome to the Edge was the title track of the album, which sold 120,000 copies in Japan.Seeman and Hughes received #1 International Single of the Year at the NHK Japan Grand Prix Gold Disk Awards, the equivalent of the Grammys, for Billie Hughes recording of Welcome to the Edge.
The Japanese primetime television series “Mou Daremo Aiseai” featuring Billie Hughes “Welcome To The Edge” began rebroadcasting October 8, 2019 on TVK, a local Japanese station located in Kanagawa, which is part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The series is 12 episodes long.
Working at 20th Century Fox and Casting
Seeman held the position of Executive Assistant to Scott Rudin, President of Production for 20th Century Fox in the mid 1980s. In 1987, she worked on the film Off Limits, starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines, on location in Bangkok and is credited for Thai casting.Songwriting career
"Walking on the Chinese Wall" by Philip Bailey, produced by Phil Collins, is one of Seeman and Hughes' most novel songs. It is the title track, chart single and video for Philip Bailey's Chinese Wall album. Walking on the Chinese Wall was included in Phil Collins box set Plays Well with Others.Barbra Streisand recorded Seeman's "Let's Start Right Now", the Brazilian song "Raios de Luz" with her original English lyrics. "Let's Start Right Now" appeared as a bonus CD single in a limited edition of Streisand's A Love Like Ours album. It was also a bonus track on the international CD single release of Streisand's duet with Vince Gill.
In 2003, Jermaine Jackson performed "Let's Start Right Now" on The View.
In 1991, Bette Midler released Seeman & Hughes' "Night And Day", a chart single and music video.
In 1993, The Sisters of Mercy released "Under the Gun", a chart single and music video, written by Billie Hughes, Roxanne Seeman, and Andrew Eldritch, produced by Andrew Eldritch and Billie Hughes.
In 1998, Paul Buckmaster was commissioned by Turkish record label Muzikotek to arrange a new version of "Gel Ey Seher", a song by Polad Bülbüloğlu that was popular in the late 1960s and 1970s, and launched the pop career of Polad Bülbüloğlu. Polad Bülbüloğlu went on to become Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan. "Gel Ey Seher" was composed by Polad Bülbüloğlu, based on a poem by Fikret Goja, Polad Bulbuloglu. Asked by Muzikotek to suggest an author to write an English adaptation of the lyrics, Buckmaster recommended Seeman, who wrote the English lyrics "Come Back To Me", appearing in the artwork of the CD release.
In 2002, Seeman wrote English lyrics for Alejandro Sanz' Quisiera Ser onstage Grammy duet with Destiny's Child. The song was performed in Spanish and English, with Beyonce singing the lyrics in the bridge in English.
In collaboration with Sarah Brightman and Frank Peterson, Seeman wrote "Harem", new original English lyrics for "Cancao do Mar", a Portuguese fado made famous by Amalia Rodrigues. Sarah Brightman's Harem album stayed in the Billboard Top 10 Crossover Classical chart for over 80 weeks.
In December 2008, Daniel Lindstrom released the single "Caught In That Feeling" in Sweden, written by Seeman, Lindstrom, and Samsson.
In March 2009, Seeman met Philipp Steinke, from Berlin, while he was staying in Los Angeles, and began a writing collaboration. Seeman and Steinke wrote "Amor En Suspenso " which was recorded by Alejandra Guzmán, Mexico's "Queen Of Rock", for Guzman's Único album, released by EMI Latin. Guzman wrote the Spanish lyrics with Fernando Osorio.
In 2010, Seeman and Steinke continued to write songs for Jacky Cheung and Lin Yu Chun. Everyday Is Christmas, written for Jacky Cheung, was covered by Earth, Wind & Fire in 2014, and Nils Landgren in 2016.
February 2013, Austrian blues-rock singer Saint Lu released "Falling For Your Love", written by Saint Lu, Roxanne Seeman, and Jimmy Messer, as part of her Warner Germany album 2. The song was written in Venice and Santa Monica. An acoustic recording appears on an EP of acoustic songs from 2. "Falling For Your Love", was premiered on YouTube.
October 21, 2014, Earth, Wind & Fire released "Holiday", their first-ever holiday album, including their recording of Seeman's song "Everyday Is Christmas".
December 2015, Eduardo Bosio, Argentinian tenor, recorded Seeman's English lyrics "Part Of Me", adapting Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" composition into a new song.
October 28, 2016, Nils Landgren, Swedish R&B funk and jazz trombone player, also known as The Man With The Red Horn or Mr. Redhorn, released "Everyday Is Christmas" as part of his Christmas With My Friends V album. Following the release, Nils Landgren toured Germany for a month. The "Christmas With My Friends" collection achieved gold status during this time, selling 125,000 albums.
June 2018, The Stanley Clarke band released the album "The Message" with "Lost In A World", written by Stanley Clarke, Beka Gochiashvili, Cameron Graves, Mike Mitchell, Roxanne Seeman, Skyeler Kole and Trevor Wesley.
The Eumir Deodato instrumental "Tahiti Hut" with lyrics written by Roxanne Seeman was recorded by Switch featuring Jermaine Jackson's guest vocals in 1979. It was released in 2019 as a bonus track on an Expanded Edition of the Reaching for Tomorrow.
Asia
In 2009, Seeman began writing for Jacky Cheung, known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Canto-Pop. Cheung, nicknamed "God of Songs", has been awarded "Top Asian Pop Artist" by Billboard multiple times. From Seeman's travels to Asia, she was familiar with Cheung and soon developed a close collaborative relationship with Cheung's producer, Andrew Tuason, along with Jacky Cheung.Cheung wanted to try a different style, jazz, for his new album which he called Private Corner, because Cheung says it is a personal expression, something he wanted to do for himself. The first song, "Everyday Is Christmas", Seeman co-wrote with Philipp Steinke. Cheung liked "Everyday Is Christmas" so much, he asked Seeman and Steinke to write another song and they composed "Which Way, Robert Frost?". Seeman continued to write songs for Cheung in the new "Canto-jazz" style, a phrase Cheung coined to describe the music of his Private Corner album. "不只有緣 ", "Double Trouble", "Let It Go", "Which Way, Robert Frost?", and "Everyday Is Christmas", were co-written with European collaborators and all of the songs were adapted into Cantonese, except "Everyday Is Christmas". Cheung said he tried having the lyrics for "Everyday Is Christmas" adapted into Cantonese, but he liked the meaning of the lyrics in English so much that he decided to record it in English. Nokia's music download service website announced that "Everyday Is Christmas" was the 10th most downloaded Christmas song in the world in 2010, joining classic hits such as Wham's ‘Last Christmas’ and Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You". Jacky is the only Chinese language singer to make it into the Top Ten.
In 2009, the newly formed South Korean girl group 4Minute with Kim Hyun-Ah of The Wonder Girls, recorded "Tick Tock". When 4 Minute did not release "Tick Tock", it was recorded by Rainie Yang in Mandarin. "Tick Tock " by Rainie Yang was featured in the hit Taiwanese TV drama Hi My Sweetheart starring Rainie Yang and Show Lo. "Tick Tock" is co-written with Kine L. Fossheim and Olav Fossheim.
Seeman returned to Asia in August 2009 for five weeks. Since then, her songs have been recorded and released including "All Pumped Up" by Evan Yo, "Cha Cha Cha" by Linda Chung produced by Andrew Tuason, When You Hear This Song" by Allen Su, "Arrest Me" by Amber Kuo, "No One Knows" by Stephy Tang, and "Hui Bu Hui " by Yang Kun. Music Videos include Jacky Cheung "Double Trouble", Rainie Yang "Tick Tock", and Stephy Tang "No One Knows".
On New Year's Eve 2010, Jacky Cheung embarked on the Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century Tour, with 25 musicians and 18 dancers, opening at the Mercedes Benz Arena, Shanghai, China. "Double Trouble" is a highlight song in Cheung's stadium world tour. "Double Trouble" is co-written with Kine L. Fossheim and Olav Fossheim.
In 2011, Yang Kun recorded Seeman's "Hui Bu Hui ", co-written with Fredrik Samsson and Tobias Forsberg. It was produced by Zhang Yadong. It is the theme song and promo music video for the Mainland China hit thriller "Lost in Panic Cruise".
In November 2011, Lin Yu-chun, a Taiwanese singer, who gained fame by appearing on a Taiwanese talent show, One Million Star, singing "I Will Always Love You" in the style of Whitney Houston's cover version., released "Saving Grace", co-written by Steinke with Roxanne Seeman and Finn Martin, on his Endlessly album.
Seeman returned to Hong Kong in May 2012 for the finale concerts of Jacky Cheung's 1/2 Century Tour. From there, Seeman went to Suzhou to meet Han Xue, who recorded "Lonely Kiss" for her Gold Typhoon Mainland China release. She continued to Shanghai, Beijing, where she met Ai Dai, also recording Seeman's songs, and Tokyo.
An original English version of "不只有緣 " was recorded by Paolo Onesa, Top 8 contestant from the first season of The Voice of the Philippines. It was released digitally as a single on September 23, 2013 by MCA Music, as part of The Voice compilation album. Onesa went on to include the song along with "Which Way, Robert Frost" on his debut album, Pop Goes Standards, released February 14, 2014. Paolo Onesa was awarded twice at the AWIT awards, for Best Performance by A Male Recording Artist and Best Performance by A New Male Recording Artist, both for the song “Lucky in Love.” The AWIT Awards, equivalent of the Grammy Award in The Philippines, occurred on December 12, 2014. Ten years earlier, in 2004, Seeman's song "Goodnite But Not Goodbye" by Nina won an AWIT Award for Best Engineered Recording.
Jason Dy, winner of The Voice of The Philippines performed “Caught in that Feeling” live during the All Star Cast Finale Episode on March 7, 2015. Dy recorded a new version of the song as the first single, released March 30, 2015, from his upcoming album release.
August 2015, Paolo Onesa was nominated for Best Performance by a male recording artist for the song "Which Way, Robert Frost?" for the 28th Awit Awards.
August 7, 2015 MCA Music Universal Philippines released Jason Dy's self-titled album "Jason Dy" with Seeman's songs "Caught in that Feeling", "Turn Out The Night" and "When You Hear This Song".
Zendee Rose Tenerefe, aka Zendee, a Filipina singer who rose to prominence after a video of her singing a karaoke version of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" was put on YouTube., recorded "When Love Calls Your Name" and "Watch This!". Both tracks are included on Zendee's album "Z", released on August 7, 2015 by MCA Music Universal Philippines.
September 22, 2016, Kyle Echarri, 13 year old contestant of The Voice Of The Philippines, season 2, released Seeman's song "Our Moment", co-written with Philip Doron Bailey, jr., Jens Hoy, and Rasmus Rudolph Soegaard.
April 28, 2017, Edray Teodoro, contestant of The Voice Kids of The Philippines season 1, released her first EP, including Seeman's song "What You Doin' Tonight", co-written by Tinashe Sibanda and Melody Hernandez Noel.
Film & television
Seeman's works have been incorporated in film, television, video and records. Her "So Hard To Know" was written by request for Chet Baker. It appears in the Oscar-nominated documentary Let's Get Lost, Bruce Weber's tribute to Chet Baker's life and music, which was re-released in 2008.The February 19, 1994, The Jackson Family Honors live ABC telecast from Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Hotel featured Seeman, Hughes and Jermaine Jackson's song "If You'd Only Believe" thematically, with a finale performance including Michael Jackson, guest artists Celine Dion and others.
This song was also performed in concert one year earlier on March 15, 1993, by the Jacksons, composed of Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Randy, on the stage of the Grand Théâtre de Genève for The Evening Of The Nations. Jermaine Jackson also performed this song alone, on January 14, 1990 in Atlanta, in tribute to Martin Luther King, during King Week 90 '.
"Welcome to the Edge" received an Emmy nomination for Best Original Song in the TV drama Santa Barbara in 1991. In 1994, Seeman and Hughes received a second Emmy nomination for Best Original Song for "Dreamlove" in the TV drama Another World. In 1996, Seeman received Special Recognition for Musical Contribution, Daytime Drama Guiding Light, for her work with, and the Emmy awarded to, Music Director, Jonathan Firstenberg.
With Earth, Wind & Fire, Seeman co-wrote "Cruisin'" for Spike Lee's Get On The Bus. A collaboration with Eric Levi of ERA and Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire resulted in "People And Places", the end-title song of the French film La Vengeance d'Une Blonde.
Seeman co-wrote "Hold On To The Good Things" for Stuart Little 2, recorded by Grammy-winning artist Shawn Colvin. "Hold On To The Good Things" appears as the second end-credit song.
From William Ross' theme for The Young Black Stallion, Roxanne and Gavin Greenaway developed and produced the song "Born To Ride" sung by Biana Tamimi, the 11-year-old actress from the film, for the DVD release December 2004.
Seeman co-wrote "不只有緣 " with Daniel Nitt for Jacky Cheung. "不只有緣 " appears over the end-credits of Crossing Hennessy, a Hong Kong movie produced by William Kong. "Crossing Hennessy", starring Tang Wei and Jacky Cheung, premiered as the opening night film for the 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival March 21. The track is produced by Andrew Tuason.
For Arif Mardin's All My Friends Are Here album and companion documentary, Seeman wrote lyrics for Mardin's composition So Blue. So Blue features Chaka Khan and David Sanborn. The Greatest Ears In Town was screened during the 29th International Istanbul Film Festival in April 2010. All My Friends Are Here was released on June 15, 2010. The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story was nominated for a Grammy in 2011 for Best Long Form Video.
"Hui Bu Hui ", recorded by Mainland China recording artist and actor Yang Kun, appears as the theme song of Lost In Panic Cruise, the sequel to Lost In Panic Room. The movie premiered on Mainland China October 27, 2011. Yangkun, actor and singer, appears in the movie and the music video.
Seeman's songs have been appearing in the Nickelodeon television series Hollywood Heights since June 20, 2012.
Roxanne Seeman and Riccardo Cocciante wrote "When Love Calls Your Name" for The Voice of Italy finalist Elhaida Dani. A videoclip of the recording session for "When Love Calls Your Name" by Elhaida Dani with Riccardo Cocciante, "Coach" and producer, was posted at the Rai Television site, and the song was made available at iTunes Italy for voters. During the May 30, 2013 finale show of The Voice of Italy, Elhaida Dani performed "When Love Calls Your Name". When it was announced that Elhaida Dani wins as The Voice of Italy, Riccardo Cocciante joins Dani on stage and she sings, with Riccardo Cocciante alongside, an emotional reprise performance of "When Love Calls Your Name".
"Qing Chun Dou" by Rainie Yang appears in Netflix Marvel's Daredevil, season 2, episode 1. "Qing Chun Dou" is the Mandarin language version of "Tick Tock ", written by Seeman - Ludvigsen - Fossheim.
Musical theatre
For "Jambalaya, The Musical", Roxanne Seeman and Kennard Ramsey, Music Director and Composer, wrote the song "Put It In The Pot". "Jambalaya, The Musical" premiered November 30 at The Orpheum Theatre, New Orleans, for a four night run with a three night return run on December 21, 2016. "Jambalaya, The Musical" is written and directed by Nancy Gregory. With iHeart Media as a presenter and marketing team of the production, "Jambalaya, The Musical" returned to the stage July 6–9 for showcase performances at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center in Metairie, Louisiana.Broadway Producer
Roxanne Seeman & Jamie deRoy are co-producers of Scott Rudin's Broadway productions of "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "The Waverly Gallery". The nominees for the 73rd annual Tony Awards were announced on April 30, 2019, with 9 nominations for "To Kill A Mockingbird" and 2 nominations for "The Waverly Gallery" including Best Revival of A Play and Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play by Elaine May."The Waverly Gallery" won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of A Play and the Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play.
Elaine May won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her role as Gladys in Kenneth Lonergan's "The Waverly Gallery". She won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play and the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance.
Film Discography
| Year | Film | Song | Artist | Writers | Director | Studio |
| 2011 | Lost in Panic Cruise | Hui Bu Hui | Yangkun | Roxanne Seeman - Fredrik Samsson - Tobias Forsberg | Fanfan Zhang | Beijing Shengshi Huarui Film Company |
| 2010 | Crossing Hennessy | Lucky In Love | Jacky Cheung | Roxanne Seeman - Daniel Nitt | Ivy Ho | Edko Films, Ltd. |
| 2011 | Summer Love | No One Knows | Terence Siufay | Roxanne Seeman - Kine Ludvigsen - Olav Fossheim | Wilson Chin | Sun Entertainment |
| 2010 | So Blue | Chaka Khan - David Sanborn | Roxanne Seeman - Arif Mardin | Doug Biro - Joe Mardin | Joe Mardin | |
| 2003 | The Young Black Stallion | Born To Ride | Biana Tamimi | William Ross - Roxanne Seeman - Gavin Greenaway | Simon Wincer | The Kennedy/Marshall Company - Disney IMAX |
| 2002 | Stuart Little 2 | Hold On To The Good Things | Shawn Colvin | Roxanne Seeman - Holly Knight | Rob Minkoff | Columbia Pictures |
| 2000 | Jonghab Beyongwon The Movie: Cheonil Dangan | Welcome To The Edge | Billie Hughes | Roxanne Seeman - Bille Hughes - Dominic Messinger | Yun-seok Choi | AFDF |
| 1996 | Get on the Bus | Cruisin' | Earth Wind & Fire | Roxanne Seeman, Philip Bailey, Sonny Emory, Morris Pleasure | Spike Lee | Columbia Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks |
| 1995 | Pourquoi Maman Est Dans Mon Lit | Africa | Billie Hughes | Roxanne Seeman - Billie Hughes | Patrick Malakian | Gaumont Films France |
| 1995 | Above Suspicion | Yours | Scott Mayo | Roxanne Seeman - Philip Bailey - Chuck Wild | Steven Schachter | Rysher Entertainment |
| 1994 | La Vengeance d'une Blonde | People and Places | Philip Bailey - Dee Dee Bridgewater | Roxanne Seeman - Eric Levi - Philip Bailey | Jeannot Szwarc | Les Films de la Colline |
| 1992 | Chain of Desire | So Hard To Know | Chet Baker | Roxanne Seeman - Rique Pantoja | Temistocles Lopez | Distant Horizon - Mad Dog Pictures - October Films |
| 1990 | Under Crystal Lake | Safe Back In Your Arms | Warren Wiebe | Roxanne Seeman - Darin Scheff - Tony Smith | Kris Kertenian | American Entertainment Circle |
| 1988 | Let's Get Lost | So Hard To Know | Chet Baker | Roxanne Seeman | Bruce Weber | Little Bear Films |
| 1985 | The Heavenly Kid | Heart of Love | Jamie Bond | Roxanne Seeman - Billie Hughes | Cary Medoway | Orion Pictures |
| 1989 | Little Monsters | I Wanna Yell | Billie Hughes | Roxanne Seeman - Billie Hughes | Richard Greenberg | Vestron/MGM Films |
| 1982 | Fighting Back | Meant For You | Debra Laws | Roxanne Seeman - David Lasley | Lewis Teague | Paramount Pictures |
| 1980 | New Year's Evil | New Year's Evil | Shadow | Roxanne Seeman - Eduardo del Barrio | Emmet Alston | Cannon Films |
Discography
| Phil Collins Plays Well with Others/Philip Bailey | Walking On The Chinese Wall | Writer |
| The Stanley Clarke Band | Lost In A World | Writer |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | Everyday Is Christmas | Writer |
| Arif Mardin feat. Chaka Khan & David Sanborn | So Blue | Writer |
| Alejandra Guzman | Amor en Suspenso | Writer |
| Sarah Brightman | Harem | Writer |
| Shawn Colvin | Hold On To The Good Things | Writer |
| Barbra Streisand | Let's Start Right Now | Writer |
| Diane Schuur | I'd Fly | Writer |
| Philip Bailey | Sail Away | Writer |
| Phyllis Hyman | Maybe Tomorrow | Writer |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | Divine | Writer |
| Melissa Manchester | Heart of Love | Writer |
| Philip Bailey | Yours | Writer |
| The Sisters of Mercy | Under the Gun | Writer |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | Cruising | Writer |
| Double You | Walking On The Chinese Wall | Writer |
| Laima | Dreamlove | Writer |
| Randy Crawford | If You'd Only Believe | Writer |
| Billie Hughes | Dreamlove | Writer |
| Billie Hughes | Welcome To The Edge | Writer |
| Bette Midler | Night & Day | Writer |
| The Jacksons | If You'd Only Believe | Writer |
| Chet Baker/Rique Pantoja | So Hard To Know | Writer |
| Angela Bofill/Peabo Bryson | For You & I | Writer |
| Terri Gonzalez | Dynamic Attraction | Writer |
| The Manhattans feat. Regina Belle | Maybe Tomorrow | Writer |
| The Four Tops feat Phyllis Hyman | Maybe Tomorrow | Writer |
| Randy Crawford | Actual Emotional Love | Writer |
| The Triplets | Win Your Love | Writer |
| Jamie Bond | Heart of Love | Writer |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | Straight From the Heart | Writer |
| Dianne Reeves | Passageway | Writer |
| Stephanie Mills | Wailin' | Writer |
| Revelation | Without Love | Writer |
| Sylvia St. James | Grace | Writer |
| Stanley Turrentine | Only You & Me | Writer |
| Debra Laws | Meant For You | Writer |
| Debra Laws | All The Things I Love | Writer |
| Jean Carne | Don't Say No | Writer |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | Sailaway | Writer |
| Switch/Jermaine Jackson | Reaching for Tomorrow | Writer |
| Dee Dee Bridgewater | Tequila Mockingbird | Writer |
International Recordings
| Song | Artist | Writers | Producer | Label | Territory |
| Boon Hui Lu | Boon Huilu - Victor Lau - Roxanne Seeman - I-Wei Wu | Bing Wang | HIM Music | Taiwan | |
| Everyday Is Christmas | Nils Landgren | Seeman - Steinke | ACT Music | Europe | |
| What You Doin′ Tonight | Edray Teodoro | Seeman - Hernandez - Sibanda | MCA Music | Philippines | |
| Our Moment | Kyle Echarri | Seeman - Bailey - Hoy - Soegaard | Francis Guevarra | MCA Music | Philippines |
| Caught In That Feeling | Jason Dy | Seeman - Lindstrom - Samsson | Fredrik Samsson | MCA Music | Philippines |
| Caught In That Feeling | Jason Dy | Seeman - Lindstrom - Samsson | Moh Denebi | MCA Music | Philippines |
| When You Hear This Song | Jason Dy | Seeman - Nitt | MCA Music | Philippines | |
| Turn Out The Night | Jason Dy | Seeman - Moring - Messinger | MCA Music | Philippines | |
| Which Way, Robert Frost? | Paolo Onesa | Seeman - Steinke | Francis Guevarra | MCA Music | Philippines |
| Lucky In Love | Paolo Onesa | Seeman - Nitt | William Kong | MCA Music | Philippines |
| Lucky In Love | Paolo Onesa | Seeman - Nitt | Nansun Shi | MCA Music | Philippines |
| When Love Calls Your Name | Elhaida Dani | Seeman - Cocciante | Riccardo Cocciante | Universal Italy | Italy |
| Falling For Your Love | Saint Lu | Saint Lu - Seeman - Messer | Patrik Majer | Warner Germany | Europe |
| Lonely Kiss | Cecilia Han | Seeman - Christensen - Lange - Munk | Cecilia Han | Gold Typhoon | China |
| Saving Grace | Lin Yu-Chun | Seeman - Steinke - Martin | Walter Afanasieff | Sony Music | Taiwan China |
| Hui Bu Hui | Yang Kun | Seeman - Samsson - Forsberg | Zhang Yadong | China | |
| Reach Out | Oslo Soul Children | Seeman - Fossheim - Ludvigsen | Olav Fossheim | MTG Music | Norway |
| No One Knows | Stephy Tang | Seeman - Fossheim - Ludvigsen | Gary Chan | Gold Typhoon | Hong Kong China |
| When You Hear This Song | Allen Su | Seeman - Nitt | Sony Music | China | |
| Arrest Me | Amber Kuo | Seeman - Grubert - Zuckowski | Andrew Chen | Warner Music | Taiwan China |
| Everyday Is Christmas | Jacky Cheung | Seeman - Steinke | Andrew Tuason | Universal | Hong Kong China |
| Lucky In Love | Jacky Cheung | Seeman - Nitt | Andrew Tuason | Universal | Hong Kong China |
| Double Trouble | Jacky Cheung | Seeman - Fossheim Ludvigsen | Andrew Tuason | Universal | Hong Kong China |
| Which Way Robert Frost | Jacky Cheung | Seeman - Steinke | Andrew Tuason | Universal | Hong Kong China |
| Let It Go | Jacky Cheung | Seeman - Lindstrom - Musto | Andrew Tuason | Universal | Hong Kong China |
| Tick Tock | Rainie Yang | Seeman - Fossheim - Ludvigsen | Andrew Tuason | Sony Music | Taiwan China |
| Tick Tock | Rainie Yang | Seeman - Fossheim - Ludvigsen | Andrew Tuason | Sony Music | Japan |
| Cha Cha Cha | Linda Chung | Seeman - Fossheim - Ludvigsen | Andrew Tuason | Star Entertainment | Hong Kong China |
| All Pumped Up | Evan Yo | Seeman - Grubert - Zuckowski | Sony Music | Taiwan China | |
| Caught In That Feeling | Daniel Lindstrom | Seeman - Lindstrom - Samsson | Fredrik Samsson - Moh Denebi | Laluff Music | Sweden |
| Let's Start Right Now | Leila Maria | Seeman - Silva - Bastos | Rob Digital | Brasil | |
| Goodnite But Not Goodbye | Nina | Seeman - Keller - Oberoff | Waner Music | Philippines | |
| Welcome To The Edge | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Hughes | Pony Canyon Warner | Japan |
| Welcome To The Edge | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Seeman | Pony Canyon Warner | Se Asia |
| Theme From The Edge | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Hughes | Pony Canyon Warner | Japan |
| Theme From The Edge | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Seeman | Pony Canyon Warner | Se Asia |
| Hurricane | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Hughes | Pony Canyon Warner | Japan |
| Hurricane | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Seeman | Pony Canyon Warner | Se Asia |
| Night & Day | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Hughes | Pony Canyon Warner | Japan |
| Night & Day | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Seeman | Pony Canyon Warner | Se Asia |
| I'll See You Again | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Hughes | Pony Canyon Warner | Japan |
| I'll See You Again | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Seeman | Pony Canyon Warner | Se Asia |
| Two Worlds Apart | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Hughes | Pony Canyon Warner | Japan |
| Two Worlds Apart | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Seeman | Pony Canyon Warner | Se Asia |
| The Blue Line | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Hughes | Pony Canyon Warner | Japan |
| The Blue Line | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Seeman | Pony Canyon Warner | Se Asia |
| Dreamlove | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Hughes | Pony Canyon Warner | Japan |
| Dreamlove | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Seeman | Pony Canyon Warner | Se Asia |
| Wish You Were Around | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Hughes | Pony Canyon Warner | Japan |
| Wish You Were Around | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Seeman | Pony Canyon Warner | Se Asia |
| Expectations Of Love | Billie Hughes | Seeman - Bailey - Sigman - Robbins | Seeman | Passion | UK |
| Expectations Of Love | HuDavid Lasley | Seeman - Bailey - Sigman - Robbins | Seeman | Passion | UK |
| Will To Survive | David Lasley | Seeman - Oliver - Dreau | Seeman Oliver | Passion | UK |
| Night Of Our Lives | David Lasley | Seeman - Oliver - Messinger | Seeman Oliver | Passion | UK |
| Revelations | David Lasley | Seeman - Oliver | Seeman Oliver | Passion | UK |
| Meant For You | David Lasley | Seeman - Lasley | Lasley Seeman | Cool Sounds | Japan |
| Your Voice | David Lasley | Seeman - Lasley | Lasley Seeman | Cool Sounds | Japan |
| Til I Walk With You | David Lasley | Seeman - Lasley | Lasley Seeman | Cool Sounds | Japan |
| Eight Titles | Liane Foly | Seeman - Liane Foly | Mars Lasar | Virgin France | Europe |
| I'd Fly | Riccardo Cocciante & Francesca Bellenis | Seeman - Cocciante Dreau | Richard Cocciante | Virgin/Italy "Un Uomo Felice" | Europe |
| Show Me | Barbara Weathers | Seeman - Cocciante | Jeffrey Weber | Polygram | Japan |
| For You And I | Paola Mei | Seeman - Del Barrio | Italy | Interbeat | Italy |
| People And Places | Philip Bailey & Dee Dee Bridgewater | Seeman - Bailey - Levi | Eric Levi | BMG | France |
| People And Places | Philip Bailey & Dee Dee Bridgewater | Seeman - Bailey - Levi | Eric Levi | BMG | Asia |
| Walking On The Chinese Wall | Philip Bailey/una Canzone | Seeman - Hughes | Phil Collins | P.M./Sony | Italy |
| Walking On The Chinese Wall | Indiana | Seeman - Hughes | Italy | Blanco Y Negro | Spain |
| Walking On The Chinese Wall | Indiana | Seeman - Hughes | Italy | Blanco Y Negro | Italy |
| Welcome To The Edge | Santa Barbara Soundtrack | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Italy | Intercord | Germany |
| Welcome To The Edge | Wink | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Italy | Polystar | Japan |
| Welcome To The Edge | Mie Yamamoto | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Italy | Apollo Sounds | Japan |
| Welcome To The Edge | Bon Chic | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Italy | Teichiku | Japan |
| Welcome To The Edge | The Nolans | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Italy | Virgin | Japan |
| Welcome To The Edge | Bill Champlain | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Italy | King | Japan |
| Welcome To The Edge | The Best Hits Of T.V Theme | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Italy | Toshiba / Emi | Japan |
| Welcome To The Edge | New Energy Beat | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Italy | Pony Canyon | Japan |
| Welcome To The Edge | Fuji Television Themes | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Italy | Nippon Phonogram | Japan |
| Welcome To The Edge | Crystal Sound Orchestra | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Valentin Coupeau | Alfa Records Compilations | Japan |
| Night And Day | Jasmine | Seeman - Hughes | Italy | Polystar | Japan |
| Night And Day | Jasmine | Seeman - Hughes | Italy | Polystar | Hong Kong |
| Night And Day | Cherrie Tsoi | Seeman - Hughes | Italy | Warner Music | Hong Kong |
| Welcome To The Edge | Joyce | Seeman - Hughes - Messinger | Italy | Golden Pony | Hong Kong |
| Love Is An Art | Wink | Seeman - Hughes - Keller | Italy | Polystar | Japan |
| My World | Wink | Seeman - Hughes | Italy | Polystar | Japan |
| Night And Day | Wink | Seeman - Hughes | Italy | Polystar | Japan |
| Mysterious | Wink | Seeman - Curiale | Italy | Polystar | Japan |
| The Hotter The Night | Sachiko Suzuki | Seeman - Goldberg - ST. James | Italy | Polystar | Japan |
| Expectations Of Love | David Lasley | Seeman - Bailey - Sigman - Robbins | Seeman | Crazy Time Magazine | Italy |
| Yours | Scott Mayo | Seeman - Bailey - Chuck Wild | Seeman | New Sounds Monografie Magazine | Italy |
| Night Of Our Lives | David Lasley | Seeman - Oliver - Messinger | Seeman Oliver | Crazy Time Magazine | Italy |
| Ready To Fall In Love | David Lasley | Seeman - Lasley - Barken - Black | Italy | Crazy Time Magazine | Italy |
| Winter, Summer | Steve Tavaglione | Seeman - Bailey - Chuck Wild | Seeman | New Age Magazine ″sky″ Sampler | Italy |
| Night Of Our Lives | David Lasley | Seeman - Oliver - Messinger | Seeman Oliver | Crazy Time Magazine | Italy |
| Night Of Our Lives | Steve Tavaglione | Seeman - Oliver - Messinger | Seeman Oliver | New Sounds Monografie Magazine | Italy |
| Yours | Philip Bailey | Seeman - Bailey - Chuck Wild | Seeman Bailey | Crazy Time Magazine | Italy |
| For You & I | Satoshi Ikeda | Seeman - Del Barrio | Italy | Teichiku | Japan |
| Love Is An Art | Joe Yamanaka | Seeman - Hughes - Keller | Bunetta Chudakoff | Bunetta, Chudakoff & Kitajima | Japan |
| I Don't Mind | Joe Yamanaka | Seeman - Steele - Del Barrio | Bunetta Chudakoff | Bunetta, Chudakoff & Kitajima | Japan |
| What Will We Do Now | Yuki Kuni | Seeman - Hughes | Osamu Kitajima | Higher Octave / Teichiku | Japan |
| The Blue Line | Iwasake Yoshimi | Seeman - Hughes | Bobby Watson | CBS /Sony | Japan |
| One Step | Kazuo Takeda | Seeman - Ballard - Marcoulier | Ballard Marcoulier | JVC/Victor | Japan |
| My World | Zoe Heywood | Seeman - Hughes | Yasohachi′ 88 | CBS/Sony | Japan |
| Expectations Of Love | Jeff Sigman | Seeman - Bailey - Sigman - Robbins | Seeman | Polydor | Japan |
| Expectations Of Love | David Lasley | Seeman - Bailey - Sigman - Robbins | Seeman | Polydor | Japan |
| Love Brought Us Here | Rique Pantoja | Seeman - Pantoja | Pantoja | Pony Canyon Wea | Japan Brazil |
| In A Night | Rique Pantoja | Seeman - Pantoja | Pantoja | Pony Canyon Wea | Japan Brazil |
| I'll See You Again | Allan Clarke | Seeman - Hughes | Tony Taverner | Italy | Germany |
| I'll See You Again | Seeman - Hughes | Tony Taverner | Italy | Germany | |
| Every Heart Has A Vision | Allan Clarke | Seeman - Hughes | Tony Taverner | Italy | Germany |
| Every Heart Has A Vision | Seeman - Hughes | Tony Taverner | Italy | Germany | |
| Mwanzia | Roger Christian | Seeman - Hughes | Gary Katz | Island | England |
| Love Is An Art | Pernilla Wahlgren | Seeman - Hughes - Keller | Ingrosso & Bolyos | Sonet | Sweden |
| Walking On The Chinese Wall | Young Talent Team Now & Then 15th Anniversary | Seeman - Hughes | Italy | Hammond TV Prods/Records | Australia |
| Anna Maria | Tsu - Ba - Sa | Seeman - Hughes | Giroh Gotoh | Sony Music | Japan |
| The Way You Make Me Feel | Paper Balloon | Seeman - Hughes - Nelson | Hughes & Gotoh | West Wings | Japan |
| The Outside In | Paper Balloon | Coppola - Pennino - Seeman | Henry Lewy | 2nd Avenue King | Japan |
| The Outside In | Ragazzi Della 54th Strada | Coppola - Pennino - Seeman | Carmine Coppola | Italy | Italy |
| Heart On The Line | Grace Kennedy | Seeman - Phillips | Philip Swirn | DJM | England |
| Heart On The Line | Grace Kennedy | Seeman - Phillips | Philip Swirn | DJM | S. Africa |
| Tequila Mockingbird | Its | Seeman - Dunn | Akira Taguchi | JVC | Japan |
| Bittersweet | Its | Seeman - Ritenour | Akira Taguchi | JVC | Japan |