Joey Scarbury

As a recording artist, American vocalist and songwriter Joey Scarbury, born June 7, 1955 in Ontario, California, was a quintessential one-hit wonder. Nabbing his first recording contract while still a teenager, he eventually scored a minor chart hit, “Mixed Up Guy”, in 1971. He did not return to the charts for a decade. During that time, he worked as a backup singer for established artists. He began working with television theme song maestro Mike Post, who, at the beginning of the 1980s, assigned Joey Scarbury to sing “Believe It or Not”, the theme song to The Greatest American Hero. The soft-rock song became a smash, hitting number 2 on the pop charts in 1981. The singer attempted to capitalize, but his follow-up, “When She Dances”, stalled at number 49. He also hastily assembled his first album, America’s Greatest Hero, which Mike Post produced. It would be the only album he ever released. He would go on to co-write the 1990 country chart topper “No Matter How High” for The Oak Ridge Boys, and he recorded the theme to a few other TV shows including Adventures of the Gummi Bears and Jennifer Slept Here as well as performing on multiple songs for the animated special It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown.