
His 1987 album Into The Fire included the Top 10 singles " Heat of the Night and "Hearts on Fire". Adams became one of the early MTV stars, with his videos in heavy rotation constantly. Another single, "It's Only Love", was a duet with Tina Turner (and they toured together in 1985). Five Top 40 singles were on the album, including three Top 10s: "Summer of '69", "Run To You", and "Heaven". His next album, 1984's Reckless, went multi-platinum and reached #1. Two other singles, "This Time" and the title track reached the Top 30. Adams released his self-titled debut album in 1980 and a followup, You Want It You Got It a year later, but neither would bring much recognition and attention, in 1983 his breakthrough, Cuts Like A Knife reached the Billboard Top 10 on the album chart, and the debut single "Straight From The Heart" reached the same level on the Hot 100. He began a songwriting partnership with Jim Vallance in 1980 that would be very successful for both men, writing songs for acts such as Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, KISS, Loverboy, and many others.
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