Marty Balin

  • Marty Balin Discography

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    The founder and lead singer of Jefferson Airplane, that quintessential psychedelic rock band, was a balladeer at heart. Marty Balin wrote many of the band’s earliest hits (“It’s No Secret,” “Plastic Fantastic Lover,” “3/5 of A Mile In Ten Seconds,” “Comin’ Back To Me”), but it became obvious after the arrival of Grace Slick that…

  • Marty Balin: “Hearts” (1981)

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    Kronomyth 1.1: BALINTIME. This is the biggest hit of Marty Balin’s solo career, an MOR ballad that might well have been the next big hit from Jefferson Starship if Fate hadn’t intervened to preserve whatever tiny shred of rock credibility remained to Captain Kantner’s expedition. “Hearts” was written by Jesse Barish, a songwriter who had…