Sev Lewkowicz
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Sev Lewkowicz is a musical composer, producer, arranger and keyboard player based in the United Kingdom
. He has played and recorded with Mungo Jerry
, Dennis Locorriere
, Any Trouble
, Tim Smit
, Sarah Miles
, Jeff Duff
and Tony Clarke
.
He has recorded and released 3 solo album
s; No Such Thing As Silence (Centaur Discs 1997), Mariner (Centaur Discs 1998) and This Is Not the End (Lynchet Records 2006). He has also recorded CDs with Gracious! (Echo 1996) and House (Water Under the Bridge 1999) and Sarah Miles
(1999).
In 2002 he won an edition of The Weakest Link
.
In 2007 Lewkowicz toured the UK with Dennis Locorriere (ex Dr Hook singer along with Clive Gregson
. The tour gave Lewkowicz a gold disc
, and the live DVD
of the tour spent several weeks in the Top 10 of the UK Music DVD Chart in the summer of 2007.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. He has played and recorded with Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry is an English rock group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing line-up, always fronted by Ray Dorset. They are remembered above all for their hit "In the Summertime". It remains their most successful and most...
, Dennis Locorriere
Dennis Locorriere
Dennis Locorriere was the lead vocalist, guitarist of the pop group Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, later Dr Hook...
, Any Trouble
Any Trouble
Any Trouble are a British rock band, originating from Crewe, England, best known for the early 1980s recordings.-Early days:Founding members were Clive Gregson, Chris Parks and Tom Jackson. Soon after, Mel Harley and Phil Barnes completed the line up. After Tom Jackson left, the band was fronted by...
, Tim Smit
Tim Smit
Tim Smit KBE is a Dutch-born British businessman, famous for his work on the Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project, both in Cornwall, Britain.-Biography:...
, Sarah Miles
Sarah Miles
-Early life and career:Sarah Miles was born in the small town of Ingatestone, Essex, in South East England.She first attended Roedean but at the age of 15 she enrolled at RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art...
, Jeff Duff
Jeff Duff
Geoff "Jeff" Stephen Duff, or Duffo, is one of Australia's most eccentric performers; he began his musical career in Melbourne in 1971 as lead singer of jazz-rock fusion band Kush, and later fronted various self-named groups. Duff relocated to London in 1978 as "the waif-like androgynous oddball...
and Tony Clarke
Tony Clarke
Anthony Richard Clarke, known as Tony Clarke, is a former independent Northampton Borough Council councillor, previously a British Labour Party politician, and was Member of Parliament for Northampton South from 1997-2005.-Labour Councillor and former MP:Before becoming an MP, Clarke had...
.
He has recorded and released 3 solo album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s; No Such Thing As Silence (Centaur Discs 1997), Mariner (Centaur Discs 1998) and This Is Not the End (Lynchet Records 2006). He has also recorded CDs with Gracious! (Echo 1996) and House (Water Under the Bridge 1999) and Sarah Miles
Sarah Miles
-Early life and career:Sarah Miles was born in the small town of Ingatestone, Essex, in South East England.She first attended Roedean but at the age of 15 she enrolled at RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art...
(1999).
In 2002 he won an edition of The Weakest Link
The Weakest Link
The Weakest Link is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and will end its run in 2012 when its host Anne Robinson ends her contract. The original British version of the show airs around the world on BBC Entertainment...
.
In 2007 Lewkowicz toured the UK with Dennis Locorriere (ex Dr Hook singer along with Clive Gregson
Clive Gregson
Clive Gregson is an English singer/songwriter, musician and record producer. He has toured in bands, provided backup for well-known musicians, and written songs that have been covered by Kim Carnes, Norma Waterson and Nanci Griffith.-Solo:At the end of 1984 Gregson released his first solo record,...
. The tour gave Lewkowicz a gold disc
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
, and the live DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
of the tour spent several weeks in the Top 10 of the UK Music DVD Chart in the summer of 2007.