Martin Briley "The Salt In My Tears"

UK bassist Martin Briley spent the first half of the '70s in several band, none of them having more than fringe followings among music fans. By the latter half of the decade, he had established himself as a session player including work with noted rocker Ian Hunter as well as pursuing a solo career with his debut album in 1981.

It was two years later that Briley broke through with the single "The Salt In My Tears." The song, taken from his second solo album One Night With A Stranger, began to receive pockets of airplay on album rock stations during the summer. Briley, who sounded a bit like Peter Gabriel, delivered the lament of lost love over a guitar-riff driven melody. It struck a chord with listeners and the song even garnered some support from MTV for the accompanying video.

In mid-July, "The Salt In My Tears" broke into the US Top 40. It's stay was brief - a mere three weeks - and the song stalled at #36, becoming Briley's lone chart hit as an artist. In fact, he would only release one more album, however, the musician would go on to record on records of Celine Dion as well as penning songs for acts including Jeff Healey, Night Ranger, and Kenny Loggins.

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