Posted July 30, 200618 yr I was looking at the writers credits on Now 64 and on disc 2 noticed something with two tracks side by side. i was wondering why the credits are different on James morrison's record and the will young record when the same person co-wrote it: Francis 'Eg' White is a British musician, songwriter and producer. He started his career in the bands Yip Yip Coyote and, with his brother David, Brother Beyond in the late 1980's, leaving the latter when they became involved with the songwriting team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman and just prior to their chart successes. In 1990 White teamed up with London model and BMX champion Alice Temple, and together they recorded the critically acclaimed pop album 24 Years of Hunger, which was released in 1991 under the name Eg and Alice. It was described by All Music Guide as "one of the finest, most refined and fully realized recordings of the era, employing a much more sophisticated and romantic style than anything else out of England at the time". In spite of the critical acclaim (the album featured in many major music publications top 50 albums of 1991) and two well received singles Indian and Doesn't Mean That Much To Me, the album failed to enter the UK top 75 chart. In 1992 White produced the debut, self titled album by Kinky Machine, then disappeared from the music scene until 1996 when he released his debut solo album Turn Me On, I'm a Rocket Man, again critically acclaimed, although the singles "Stay Home" (written by Andy Sturmer, originally recorded by Jellyfish) and "Do It for Myself" failed to chart. In 1997 he provided instrumentation for the sessions of Suggs' solo album The Three Pyramids Club, but in 1999 his career really started to take off as he became an in-demand songwriter, musician and producer. He collaborated with Alice Temple again for her solo debut album Hang Over, and with Icelandic/Italian singer Emiliana Torrini on her debut album Love In The Time Of Science. In 2002, White co-wrote the track "Say It" from the Alison Moyet album Hometime. He also co-wrote produced and provided the majority of instrumentation on Through My Eyes, the debut album from Nicole Russo, and Dive Deeper by Jade Anderson. White also worked extensively on Javine's debut album Surrender in 2003. White's song "Leave Right Now" was recorded by Will Young in 2003, and reached number 1 in the UK singles chart. In recognition, White was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically in 2004. White also co-wrote two other tracks on Young's Fridays Child album, "Going My Way" and "Out Of My Mind". In 2004, White worked on the tracks "Legend" and "U've Only Got 1" from the Tamyra Gray Album The Dreamer, and co wrote "You Had Me", the lead single from the second Joss Stone album Mind Body and Soul. White continues to be highly in demand as a songwriter, and was largely responsible for the lead single "Shiver" from the Natalie Imbruglia album Counting Down The Days, as well as the track "Slowdown". He also worked on the albums Set the Tone by Nate James (track and second single "Universal"), Tissues and Issues by Charlotte Church (second single "Call My Name") and In The Red by Tina Dico (tracks "Use Me" and "Give In") Recently he has co-writes on tracks for new albums by Simon Webbe ("Free") and Will Young, including the album tracks "Keep On", "Save Yourself" and "Think About It", as well as a White/Lucie Silvas co-write that was the Number 11 UK Hit "Who Am I". In addition to the Will Young single, he also co-wrote the recent debut Top 10 hit for James Morrison called "You Give Me Something". so does this mean if the record company think its more singer/songw. the credit will read F White, but if its more pop the credit will read eg white. bizarre? what does the credit read on other records by him?
August 2, 200618 yr Hmm, I don't really know Tigerboy but Friday's Child has Eg and Keep On has Francis, but it also has him in the musician credits as Eg, so I don't think it means anything at all to be honest. :D Friday's Child: Leave Right Now - E.White Going My Way- W.Young/E.White Out Of My Mind - W. Young/E.White Keep On: Who Am I - F.White/L.Silvas Keep On -W.Young/S.Lipson/H.Moraes/F.White Think About It - W.Young/S.Lipson/F.White
August 2, 200618 yr Author Hmm, I don't really know Tigerboy but Friday's Child has Eg and Keep On has Francis, but it also has him in the musician credits as Eg, so I don't think it means anything at all to be honest. :D Friday's Child: Leave Right Now - E.White Going My Way- W.Young/E.White Out Of My Mind - W. Young/E.White Keep On: Who Am I - F.White/L.Silvas Keep On -W.Young/S.Lipson/H.Moraes/F.White Think About It - W.Young/S.Lipson/F.White thought it might be the same for songwriters as it is for directors of films. the DGA can be very farty if you dont keep to your proper credit.
August 2, 200618 yr he's a great songwriter - his work with Alison Moyet is sublime - and the Eg and Alice album is one of my faves of all time.
August 2, 200618 yr Author he's a great songwriter - his work with Alison Moyet is sublime - and the Eg and Alice album is one of my faves of all time. dont know it, but read its a lost classic somewhere.
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