David Robert Pack (born July 15, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, who is best known as co-founder, lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Ambrosia in the 1970s and 1980s. Pack wrote and sang all of Ambrosia's RIAA certified gold hits including 3x Grammy nominee “Biggest Part of Me”, “How Much I Feel” and “You're the Only Woman (You & I).”
Pack also co-wrote and sang the band’s first top 20 hit, “Holdin’On To Yesterday,” in 1975 with Joe Puerta, mixed by engineer Alan Parsons and was Grammy nominated.
In the mid-1990s,Pack produced Ambrosia's Anthology CD on Warner Bros. (Best of) along with three new tracks. These included “I Just Can't Let Go” with James Ingram and Michael McDonald remixed from Pack's solo album in 1986 (a top 15 Billboard Adult Contemporary hit).
Pack stopped touring with the band in 2000, after they played a concert in Atlantic City without him while he was on vacation with his family, fraudulently advertising that Pack would be performing.
Songwriter: Ambrosia, solo, other artists and special projects
Pack wrote and sang Ambrosia's #1 classic hit singles "Biggest Part of Me," (triple Grammy nominated) "How Much I Feel, "You're the Only Woman (You & I)." BMI 5 Million Airplay award winners and RIAA-Certified Gold records in 1980, plus "Holdin' on to Yesterday" (co wrote and sang) Ambrosia's first top 20 single in 1975. Pack wrote & sang title song "Life Beyond L.A." #1 FM track for Warner debut album 1978; Ambrosia's "Poor Rich Boy" with J. Puerta for Arthur movie soundtrack with Burt Bacharach
"That Girl Is Gone" and "I Just Can't Let Go" top 10 AC hits from Pack's Anywhere You Go 1986 Warner solo album, the latter featuring James Ingram and Michael McDonald as a trio.
"Almost a Brand New Start" w Steve Perry for Pack's Secret of Movin On LP in 2005 Concord records.
"All I Need" #1 RIAA Cert. Gold hit for Jack Wagner – star of TV's General Hospital (Quincy Jones' Qwest/Warner Bros. record label, 1984)
"All the Pretty Ponies" for Kenny Loggins' 2× platinum CD Return to Pooh Corner (Sony Wonder, 1994)
"Wyld Unknown" for Wynonna's Theme Song from The Other Side, RIAA Gold CD (Curb Records, 1997) plus "Why Now" on the same LP.
"Prove Me Wrong" for White Nights film by Taylor Hackford; 2× platinum (Atlantic Records, 1985) with James Newton Howard.
"Through the Test of Time" Patti Austin #1 AC hit (GRP, 1990)
"Key to You" David Benoit featuring Pack #1 AC hit (GRP, 1986)
"Our Love", "Get the Word Started", and "By Heart" co-written with Michael McDonald, on McDonald's albums and Greatest Hits: Pack & McDonald also wrote "Outside" for Inside Moves movie soundtrack; "Our Love" was featured in the film No Mercy, starring Richard Gere and Kim Basinger.
"A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" for Disney's Cinderella, featuring Linda Ronstadt in 1986. Pack's writing turned the original 1950 animated 30-second tune into a 3 1/2-minute pop single that included arranging and co-orchestration with David Hamilton. Also collaborating with Leonard Bernstein's daughter Jamie for a Spanish version "Un Precioso Sueno" Ronstadt also sang.
Songs with Alan Parsons: "OH LIFE (There Must Be More) based on a true story; Clive Davis proclaimed Pack's lyrics as one of best ever. Also "I'm Talking to You", "The Three of Me" for Try Anything Once Arista LP and "You Can Run" for Parsons' 2004 A Valid Path LP.
Co-wrote "Where We Begin" with Chicago's Robert Lamm for Chicago 17, added as a bonus track on re-release