website associated_acts article_title background instrument birth_date genre origin name
-lsb- http://www.dannywildemusic.net dannywildemusic.net -rsb- the rembrandts , great buildings danny wilde -lrb- musician -rrb-
 solo_singer vocals , guitar , harmonica 3 june 1956 rock , adult album alternative , powerpop , pop rock , alternative rock maine , u.s. danny wilde
danny wilde -lrb- musician -rrb-

daniel `` danny '' wilde -lrb- born june 3 , 1956 -rrb- is an american musician .
he is a founding member of the rembrandts .
wilde was born in houlton , maine , but is known for breezy california power pop through his records released in the 1980s and 90s .
catchy hooks and power chords were his hallmark .
in the 1980s he landed two minor rock radio hits with `` is n't it enough '' and `` time runs wild '' .
the single `` time runs wild '' was featured on the soundtrack to the film `` dream a little dream '' .
wilde was the founding member of the now-legendary power-pop band the quick .
wilde then went on to form great buildings in 1981 and released an album .
after the band 's demise danny wilde pursued a solo career .
his first solo release in 1986 , `` the boyfriend '' , was very successful for wilde , garnishing 2 pop singles `` is n't it enough '' & `` body to body . ''
wilde then released `` any man 's hunger '' in 1988 .
it featured popular tracks such as `` time runs wild '' and `` would n't be the first time '' , and reached # 176 on the u.s. album charts , his only solo album to chart in the united states .
the album had moderate success .
wilde appeared on talk shows and a couple of his music videos gained airplay on mtv .
his music videos can be seen on youtube .
wilde also appeared on the westwood one radio show and performed several tracks for the promotion of the `` any man 's hunger '' album .
the 8-track live album is in circulation as a bootleg and can be downloaded online .
wilde followed it with the release of the self-titled album `` danny wilde '' in 1989 .
the album 's only single `` the stuff that dreams are made of '' gained fair radio play but geffen did little to support the album and dropped wilde 2 weeks after the album hit stores .
however , in the 1990s wilde found major commercial success , forming the rembrandts with phil solem .
the duo 's two biggest hits were `` just the way it is , baby '' and `` i 'll be there for you '' , the theme from `` friends '' .
in 2000 , wilde sang lead vocals on canadian jazz-flamenco guitarist jesse cook 's cover of the crowded house hit `` fall at your feet '' , from cook 's album free fall .
wilde wrote and performed the whistling theme song for the chinese online television series `` planet homebuddies '' , which is based on `` friends '' with a mainland china setting .
