Steve Thompson SUNDAY SONG STORY: This weeks story has a festive theme so I thought I’d bring it forward a day. Back in the 90’s I was producing demo recordings for other songwriters. They would send me their rough efforts and I’d record a polished product with which they could seek fame and fortune. I had a … Read more
SUNDAY SONG STORY: The previous two stories have included Toni Haliday and this is the third and final in a song story trilogy. You may have noted in the preceding stories that I was striving to develop material that would work for Toni as an artist. She was young and edgy and I needed material … Read more
Dateline 1979 (ish) and I was house producer at Impulse Studios, Wallsend, UK and producing for Neat Records. I had set up a sister company, Neat Music Publishing and had done a sub-publishing deal with Bruce Welsh of the Shadows. This took care of the Neat Catalogue but the arrangement also handled my own songs. … Read more
SONG STORY SUNDAY: Back with a story after missing a couple of weeks. This week let’s look at “Looking For Love In A Stranger”. Toni Haliday walked into the studio one day and said she wanted to be a pop star. She eventually had some success with Curve but I recall she was just 14 … Read more
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A Love Song for Two Dolphins In the early 80’s I was signed to MCA Music. One day I got a call from my mentor there, Pete Waterman. Pete said I there was a big-shot movie producer in town and I was was urgently needed the next day in London to meet up with him. … Read more