Songwriters

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,548]

Even Diane Warren wouldn’t write something quite as cynically mawkish and grandiloquent, and even Celine Dion would Think Twice before recording them.

[Thatcher 2,205]

On 02/01/2021 at 21:27, Thatcher said:

Steve Brown, record producer for Wham!, Manic Street Preachers, The Cult amongst others, has died aged 63. 

Lyricist and composer Steve Brown presumably alive.

Now the other Steve Brown, the lyricist, composer and record producer, has died. He worked on West End Musicals Spend Spend Spend and I Can’t Sing! The X Factor Musical. He composed many of the songs and jingles on loads of programmes such as Spitting Image in the 80s/90s, Dead Ringers and The Ant and Dec Show (including Wonkey Donkey).

[YoungWillz 20,225]

Report of the death of Nicky Graham, musician, songwriter and producer: 

Member of The End, had a brief stint as Bowie's keyboardist. 

 

Co-wrote such hits as I Owe You Nothing for Bros and Let's Get Ready To Rhumble for Ant and Dec as PJ and Duncan.

 

But let's not forget the Nolans with Chemistry, a UK #15 in September 1981:

 

 

[YoungWillz 20,225]

Musician and songwriter Mark Spiro being reported dead: 

Co-wrote Saltwater with Julian Lennon and Who's Leaving Who, a hit for Hazell Dean.

 

 

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Mark James, writer of Suspicious Minds reported to have died aged 83.

 

 

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,548]

40 minutes ago, time said:

Mark James, writer of Suspicious Minds reported to have died aged 83.

 

 

 
That’s weird, I sang his Hooked on a Feeling just the other day. Ooga chaka RIP.

[Death Impends 7,681]

4 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said:

 
That’s weird, I sang his Hooked on a Feeling just the other day. Ooga chaka RIP.

 

My radio was playing the BJ Thomas version when I read the above posts. No mention by the radio host of his death, so I assume coincidence.

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10 hours ago, time said:

Mark James, writer of Suspicious Minds reported to have died aged 83.

 

 

Mark James obit: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ggwdvv5kxo

[alt obits guy 3,214]

Buzz Cason, a songwriter best known for the tune 'Everlasting Love', a hit originally by Robert Knight and covered by the likes of Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet, Sandra and Gloria Estefan, has died.  He was 84. Cason also wrote country tunes for the likes of Dolly Parton and Martina McBride.

 

https://tasteofcountry.com/everlasting-love-songwriter-buzz-cason-dead-dies/

 

 

[JQW 259]

16 minutes ago, alt obits guy said:

Buzz Cason, a songwriter best known for the tune 'Everlasting Love', a hit originally by Robert Knight and covered by the likes of Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet, Sandra and Gloria Estefan, has died.  He was 84. Cason also wrote country tunes for the likes of Dolly Parton and Martina McBride.

 

https://tasteofcountry.com/everlasting-love-songwriter-buzz-cason-dead-dies/

 

 

 

'Everlasting Love' was also a no. 1 for Love Affair in the UK.

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,548]

On 17/06/2024 at 16:00, JQW said:

 

'Everlasting Love' was also a no. 1 for Love Affair in the UK.

An all-time pop/soul classic, can withstand almost any X-Factor/karaoke butchering. Another good song of Cason’s is Soldier of Love, definitively recorded by Arthur Alexander and butchered by those loveable long-haired Liverpool louts.

 

Edit: I see it just missed out on a place in the 1960s #1s final. That’s tough.

Edited June 18 by harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy

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1 hour ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said:

An all-time pop/soul classic, can withstand almost any X-Factor/karaoke butchering. Another good song of Cason’s is Soldier of Love, definitively recorded by Arthur Alexander and butchered by those loveable long-haired Liverpool louts.

but not arrangement on Sandra's recording. 

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,548]

44 minutes ago, time said:

but not arrangement on Sandra's recording. 

The mere words ‘German pop singer’ is enough to warn me off satisfying my curiosity.