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Wednesday, 09 March 2005 01:13 |
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Lulu's next release will be an album of R N B Classic’s, this is due for release during the summer, Elton John is the executive producer, Simon Climie Producer and Lucian Grange, head of Universal Music is fully backing the project. With Elton and Simon on board Lulu said ‘I’m really excited and just can’t wait to see what happens next’, watch this space. Simon Climie is a huge name in the music industry and has worked just about with everyone. Climie was born in Fulham, England on 9 April 1960. By the time he was 17, he had played with a number of bands. After moving to London, he began playing sessions as a guitarist and keyboardist. Eventually, this evolved into singing and writing only, which led to a publishing deal with Chrysalis. In the mid-80s, his songs began to be covered by artists as diverse as Smokey Robinson, Jeff Beck, Roger Daltrey, Roberta Flack, Nick Lowe, Aretha Franklin, George Michael, Pat Benatar, and Rod Stewart. Climie has also worked with Kim Boyce, Tia Carrere, David Cassidy, Clay Crosse and Fiona. He enjoyed a period of chart success as one-half of the duo, Climie-Fisher. A chance meeting with Clapton led to a discussion of writing together and ultimately, their collaboration on TDF. He worked with Clapton on Pilgrim, Riding With The King, Reptile and produced One More Car, One More Rider. WOW!
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