I Didn't Mean to I Just Did

Work:: I Didn't Mean to I Just Did (S0695735906)

What do you do, if you re a man who s done everything? Written a bag full of hit songs, composed for film, television, been a lyricist, musician, arranger, recording artist, record producer, Hollywood producer, singer, actor and broadcaster. What do you do when your collaborations read like a Who s Who of popular entertainment: Burt Bacharach, John Barry, Harry Connick Jnr., Michael Crawford, Frida from Abba, Alex James from Blur, Billy Joel, Chaka Khan, Arif Mardin... the list goes on. What s left to sample at the show-biz buffet? Go back to the beginning that s what! Sit down at the piano and sing some songs, from more than 300 that have been published. Tell a few stories from his years on the show-biz carousel: Nose-holding competitions at Rod Stewards house, taking a shower with Burt Bacharach and what happened when Cliff Richard was offered drugs! The man who wrote Bang, Bang, Kool In A Kaftan, Carrie Doesn t Live Here Anymore, Wired for Sound, Silent Running, The Living Years and the 1982 Scottish World Cup anthem - We Have A Dream is touring Scotland for the first time in 25 years. Come join him and find out how a chance remark made on a golf course got him a ticket from Glasgow to Hollywood.

Author

BA Robertson

Listing:: L1790043081

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