#MusicHistory #OTD #RobertHazard aka Robert Rimato an #80s #NewWave era hitmaker whose song #GirlsJustWannaHaveFun is still played daily on radio, died of pancreatic cancer at age 59. Hazard had a long career in music , starting as a 70s coffee house #folksinger, and later popular #SouthStreet #Philly club band #RobertHazardAndTheHeroes signed to RCA that had #AmericanBandstand success with #darkwave dance hits #EscalatorOfLife and #ChangeReaction 40 yrs ago. In the early 2000's he returned to more #AcousticMusic sounds with #Troubadour released on #Rykodisc and #TheSeventhLake an #Adirondacks inspired CD produced by the late #TBoneWolk of #HallAndOates band.