Andy Marvel is a songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 and music producer based out of New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. He has written songs for Celine Dion

Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

, Diana King

Diana King

Diana King is a reggae fusion singer-songwriter who specifically performed a mixture and fusion of R&B, reggae, pop and dancehall...

, Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson

Jessica Ann Simpson is an American recording artist, actress, television personality, and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and...

 and Colleen Fitzpatrick

Vitamin C (artist)

Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick is an American pop music singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress better known by her stage name, Vitamin C. Her singles include "Graduation ", "As Long As You're Loving Me", "The Itch", and her most successful hit the Top 20 Gold certified "Smile"...

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His songs, including "Shy Guy"

Shy Guy (song)

"Shy Guy" is a song by Diana King from the Bad Boys soundtrack and also her debut album Tougher Than Love. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S....

, "With You"

With You (Jessica Simpson song)

"With You" is a song by American recording artist Jessica Simpson released as the second single from her third studio album In This Skin. Released in 2003, through Columbia Records. Billy Mann and Andy Marvel produced the song and co-wrote it with Simpson....

, and "Treat Her Like a Lady" have appeared on albums that have sold over 70 million copies world wide.

Biography

Andy Marvel was born Andrew Michael Saidenberg on July 2, 1958 in New York City, NY. He grew up in a musical family. His grandfather was first-chair cellist for the Chicago Symphony. His uncle played Greenwich Village coffeehouses in the ‘60s.  He started playing gigs at age ten, learned the formal rules of music at Oberlin College and the Berklee School of Music, then crammed his calendar with punk sets at CBGB’s, a concert with B. B. King at Radio City Music Hall, and sessions as a keyboard player for with Madonna, Chaka Khan, and other hitmakers.

In the 1980s he was a member of Members Only

Members Only (band)

Members Only was a jazz-funk project under the guidance of Chris Hills, also featuring Nelson Rangell on sax, flute & piccolo, Michael Brecker on tenor sax, Lew Soloff on trumpet, Andy Marvel on keyboards, Chris Hills on drums, keyboards, guitar & vocals, Jimi Tunnell and Billy Masters on guitar,...

, a jazz ensemble who recorded for Muse Records

Muse Records

Muse Records was an American record label which released jazz and blues music.Muse was founded in the early 1970s by Joe Fields, who had previously worked as an executive for Prestige Records in the 1960s...

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Marvel found his biggest success working with Ric Wake on Celine Dion records. While working with Ric Wake he met Peter Zizzo. Marvel and Zizzo would later become partners to build Big Baby Recording in 1999.

Home-base for Marvel is Big Baby Recording, in Manhattan’s Chelsea district. There, surrounded by the latest music technology, he continues his pursuit of the Holy Grail in pop music: “an eclectic, unique sound that’s married to solid, memorable pop hooks.”

Marvel’s music has been covered by Maxi Priest, Jon Secada, Dream, Patti Austin, Jessica Andrews, Eternal, Nikki Webster, Jennifer Brown, and Garou. He’s scored the theme song for a popular Japanese TV show and the title track for the Oscar-winning documentary When We Were Kings, and has had his songs placed on soundtracks for Bad Boys, My Best Friend’s Wedding, and First Wives Club.

Discography

Year	Artist	Album/Singles	Charts	Certifactions/Awards	Credits
2008	Lee Mead Lee Mead Lee Stephen Mead is an English musical theatre actor, best known for winning the title role in the 2007 West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat through the BBC reality TV casting show Any Dream Will Do...	Nothing Else Matters "Nothing Else Matters"	-	-	Writer
2008	Garou Garou Garou may refer to:* A word from the French "loup-garou", meaning "werewolf"* Garou a French Canadian singer** Garou , the 2006 eponymous album by Garou...	Pieces of My Soul "Nothing Else Matters"	-	-	Writer
2008	Stefanie Heinzmann Stefanie Heinzmann Stefanie Fabienne Heinzmann is a Swiss soul and pop singer. She gained public interest in early 2008 when she won SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD, a talent contest hosted in Stefan Raab's Late-Night-Show TV total on the German ProSieben network.Following her win, Heinzmann subsequently released her debut...	Masterplan "Can't Get You Out Of My System"	-	-	Writer
2004	Jessica Simpson Jessica Simpson Jessica Ann Simpson is an American recording artist, actress, television personality, and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and...	In This Skin "With You (Jessica Simpson song) With You (Jessica Simpson song) "With You" is a song by American recording artist Jessica Simpson released as the second single from her third studio album In This Skin. Released in 2003, through Columbia Records. Billy Mann and Andy Marvel produced the song and co-wrote it with Simpson.... "	Billboard #1	2x Platinum 2005 ASCAP Award	Writer, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Keyboard Programming, Drum Programming
2004	Jessica Simpson Jessica Simpson Jessica Ann Simpson is an American recording artist, actress, television personality, and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and...	NOW That's What I Call Music! 15 "With You (Jessica Simpson song) With You (Jessica Simpson song) "With You" is a song by American recording artist Jessica Simpson released as the second single from her third studio album In This Skin. Released in 2003, through Columbia Records. Billy Mann and Andy Marvel produced the song and co-wrote it with Simpson.... "	Billboard #1	2x Platinum 2005 ASCAP Award	Writer, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Keyboard Programming, Drum Programming
2001	Willa Ford Willa Ford Amanda Lee Modano , known professionally as Willa Ford and often as Mandy Modano, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model, television personality and film actress. She released her debut album, Willa Was Here, in 2001...	Willa Was Here "Tired" "Prince Charming"	-	-	Writer
2001	Nikki Webster Nikki Webster Nikki Webster is an Australian pop performer. She is best known for her starring role in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony and her single "Strawberry Kisses".-Recording career:...	Follow Your Heart "Strawberry Kisses"	Australian #3	1x Platinum	Writer, Producer
2001	OV7 OV7 OV7 is a Latin pop group from Mexico that formed in May of 1989 but it was until the early 1990s as the would begin to make their mark. With over 22 years of career and have had several hits in the Latin American charts.The group disbanded in 2003...	7 Latidos Love Colada	-	-	Producer
2000	Jessica Andrews Jessica Andrews Jessica Danielle Andrews is an American country music singer. At age 15 in mid-1999, she made her debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "I Will Be There for You", from her debut album Heart Shaped World, released in 1999 on DreamWorks Records Nashville.Andrews...	Who I Am "I Wont Like Anyone"	-	US Gold	Writer
1996	Celine Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...	Falling Into You Falling into You Falling into You is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on March 8, 1996. It is her fourth English-language album and twenty-first overall... "Make You Happy (song) Make You Happy (song) "Make You Happy" is a promotional single from Céline Dion's album Falling into You. It was released on July 7, 1997 in Brazil only.The song was written by Andy Marvel and produced by Ric Wake... "	Billboard #1 US Album #1	32x Platinum	Writer, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Keyboard Programming, Drum Programming
1996	Diana King Diana King Diana King is a reggae fusion singer-songwriter who specifically performed a mixture and fusion of R&B, reggae, pop and dancehall...	The First Wives Clubs (Music from the Motion Picture) "Pieces of My Heart"	-	-	Producer
1996	Maxi Priest Maxi Priest Max Alfred "Maxi" Priest is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with a R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion, and became one of the first international successes who regularly dabbled in the genre as well as being one of the most...	Man With The Fun "Watching the World Go By" "Ain't It Enough"	US Hot 100	-	Writer, Producer,
1995	Celine Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...	Lets Talk About Love "Treat Her Like a Lady (Celine Dion song)"	Top 40	25x Platinum	Writer
1995	Diana King Diana King Diana King is a reggae fusion singer-songwriter who specifically performed a mixture and fusion of R&B, reggae, pop and dancehall...	Tougher Than Love "Shy Guy Shy Guy "Shy Guy" is a song by Diana King from the Bad Boys soundtrack and also her debut album Tougher Than Love. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.... "	Top 20	2x Platinum Worldwide	Writer, Producer
1995	Diana King Diana King Diana King is a reggae fusion singer-songwriter who specifically performed a mixture and fusion of R&B, reggae, pop and dancehall...	Bad Boy's Soundtrack "Shy Guy Shy Guy "Shy Guy" is a song by Diana King from the Bad Boys soundtrack and also her debut album Tougher Than Love. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.... "	Top 20	1x Platinum Worldwide	Writer, Producer
1995	Diana King Diana King Diana King is a reggae fusion singer-songwriter who specifically performed a mixture and fusion of R&B, reggae, pop and dancehall...	Shy Guy (single) "Shy Guy Shy Guy "Shy Guy" is a song by Diana King from the Bad Boys soundtrack and also her debut album Tougher Than Love. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.... "	Top 20	1x Platinum Worldwide	Writer, Producer
1988	Sweet Sensation Sweet Sensation Sweet Sensation was a Puerto Rican female freestyle-dance music trio from The Bronx, New York.-History:Formed in 1986, In The Bronx . The original group members were Betty LeBron and sisters Margie and Mari Fernandez. Originally on Next Plateau Records, in 1988 they were picked up by Atco and...	* "One Good Man"	-	-	-