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Batteau is the son of Blanca Batteau and Doctor Dwight Wayne Batteau, of Harvard University and Tufts University.
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He is the brother of singer/songwriter Robin Batteau. Batteau is widely credited for writing songs for various entertainers, including Seals and Crofts, Trisha Yearwood, Michael Sembello and Shawn Colvin. He also co-wrote several songs with Madeleine Peyroux and Larry Klein for Peyroux"s 2009 album, Bare Bones.
He has also focused on solo work, and has released one solo album, Happy in Hollywood (1976) on Agricultural and Mechanical Records.
This album contains the song "Tell Her She"s Lovely" which was covered by El Chicano in 1973. In the mid-1980s, Batteau formed the People’s/New Wave band Nomo, which released one album, The Great Unknown, in 1985, scoring a minor hit with "Red Lipstick" before disbanding.
He also wrote and performed the song "Walk in Love," which was later covered by The Manhattan Transfer, reaching Number 12 on the United Kingdom Chart.
