Desmond Child And Rouge

Before Desmond Child was the superstar producer/songwriter who worked with heavyweights like Bon Jovi, Cher, and Alice Cooper, he was the leader of Desmond Child & Rouge -- an interesting but little-known pop-rock vocal quartet that recorded for Capitol in the late '70s. Child was the only male in the group; Rouge members Myriam Valle, Maria Vidal, and Diana Grasselli were all women. Their lack of commercial success probably had a lot to do with the fact that their R&B-influenced pop-rock was so unique -- at least in the beginning. The group's lyrics had a street-wise quality ...