Michael Nesmith

In the mid-1970s, Nesmith briefly collaborated as a songwriter with Linda Hargrove, resulting in the tune "I've Never Loved Anyone More", a hit for Lynn Anderson and recorded by many others, as well as the songs "Winonah" and "If You Will Walk With Me", both of which were recorded by Hargrove. Of these songs, only "Winonah" was recorded by Nesmith himself. During this same period, Nesmith started his multimedia company Pacific Arts, which initially put out audio records, 8-tracks and cassettes, followed in 1981 with "video records." Nesmith recorded a number of LPs for his label, and had a moderate worldwide hit in 1977 with his song "Rio", the single taken from the album From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing. In 1983, Nesmith produced the music video for Lionel Richie's single "All Night Long". In 1987, he produced the music video for Michael Jackson's single "The Way You Make Me Feel".

During this time, Nesmith created a video-clip for "Rio" which, in a roundabout way, helped spur Nesmith's creation of a television program called PopClips for the Nickelodeon cable network. In 1980, PopClips was sold to Time Warner/Amex consortium. Time Warner/Amex developed PopClips into the MTV network. Read Less

Nesmith continues to record and release his own music. His last album, Rays, was released in 2006. Read Less