Anyone interested in music will consider this to be essential reading! Covering every genre, it provides intimate inside stories about many artists, songwriters, and music execs never previously documented. Those included are KYLIE MINOGUE, BURT BACHARACH, GEORGE MARTIN, BOB GELDOF, STOCK/AITKEN/WATERMAN, SIMON COWELL, RONNIE WOOD, JUSTIN HAYWARD, GRAHAM GOULDMAN, LEO SAYER, PAUL JONES, JASON DONOVAN, SINITTA, ALLAN CLARKE (The Hollies) and many more. Revelations: How Kylie nearly missed her big chance; when Simon Cowell lost it all; how George Martin signed The Beatles out of pure sympathy; the rise and subsequent disappearance of Clive Calder – the wealthiest man in music; what motivated Bob Geldof to stage the greatest show of all time; where the classic songs originated from: Burt Bacharach, Elton John, Lieber and Stoller, Neil Sedaka, Gene Pitney, Randy Edelman, Tony Hatch, Tony Macaulay, Roger Greenway, Les Reed/Barry Mason plus modern day songwriter of the year, Jamie Hartman.
A must for all SAW / PWL / KYLIE fans....check out my episode of this extensive Podcast series here: chartbeats.com.au.saw
A few months back I had a great chat with Geoff about my book talking about many, but not all of the artists & songwriters I have worked with.....delighted that Geoff wanted to continue the con ........
I am delighted to inform you all that I was part of The Breakfast Show last month when I was invited for an interview. The interview revolved around my early life and entry into the music indus ........
I was delighted to be a guest of AUSTIN MACAULEY at this year's LONDON BOOK FAIR at Olympia. Wonderful to meet the AM marketing team & other esteemed authors. An inspiring event all round.
Chapter 7 in the book, her early career and the big breakthough with "I Should Be So Lucky". Sharp End's contribution was mega, but not always recognised - we had to take extreme criticism from the me ........
Towards the end of the book I refer to how much things have changed, especially the means of sourcing music these days - streaming etc. However, it is interesting that generally radio audience ratings ........
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