Steve Booker (producer)
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Steve Booker is an award-winning British
music producer
and songwriter
best known for "Mercy
", "Stepping Stone
" and "Rain on Your Parade
", three hits he produced and co-wrote for Duffy
's Brit
and Grammy award winning debut album "Rockferry
". He has also written and produced tracks for Alexandra Burke
's "Overcome
" and Alesha Dixon
's "The Alesha Show
" as well as for Westlife
, Stevie Nicks
, Lindsay Lohan
, Natalie Imbruglia
and Sugababes
. Prior to becoming a producer Booker was a singer-songwriter who released two solo albums - 1990's "Dreamworld" and the 1996 mini-album "A Far Cry From Here".
album and "What R U Waiting 4", which was recorded by Tiffani Wood
and Lindsay Lohan.
In 2009 Booker won the ASCAP Writers Award and for Mercy, the 2009 Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work.
Steve has been working with Nadine Coyle
on her up coming solo album.
United Kingdom
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music producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and 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...
best known for "Mercy
Mercy (song)
"Mercy" is a soul song performed by Welsh blue-eyed soul singer Duffy, released as the second single from her debut album, Rockferry . Co-written by Duffy and Steve Booker and produced by Booker, it was released over 2008 worldwide to critical acclaim and unprecedented chart success...
", "Stepping Stone
Stepping Stone (Duffy song)
"Stepping Stone" is the fourth single by Duffy from her debut album Rockferry. The single was officially released as both a digital download and CD single on September 1, 2008 in the United Kingdom. Although it followed the massive success of previous singles "Mercy" and "Warwick Avenue", it did...
" and "Rain on Your Parade
Rain on Your Parade
"Rain on Your Parade" is a song by Welsh recording artist Duffy from her debut studio album, Rockferry. Written by Duffy and Steve Booker, the song was released as the first single from the album's deluxe edition, and fifth overall, on 9 February 2009, by A&M Records...
", three hits he produced and co-wrote for Duffy
Duffy (singer)
Aimée Ann Duffy , known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold...
's Brit
Brit Awards
The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust...
and Grammy award winning debut album "Rockferry
Rockferry
Rockferry is the debut studio album by Welsh blue-eyed soul singer Duffy, released on 3 March 2008 in the United Kingdom by A&M Records. It was released in the United States by Mercury Records. Duffy worked with several producers and writers on the album, including Bernard Butler, Steve Booker,...
". He has also written and produced tracks for Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke is a British R&B and pop recording artist who rose to fame after winning the fifth series of British television series The X Factor in 2008...
's "Overcome
Overcome (Alexandra Burke album)
Overcome is the debut studio album by British pop/R&B singer Alexandra Burke, released October 19, 2009 on Syco Music. The release of the album came a year after Burke won the British talent show, The X Factor, with the recording process taking place between 2008 and 2009...
" and Alesha Dixon
Alesha Dixon
Alesha Anjanette Dixon is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model and television personality. She first found fame in the all-female R&B trio Mis-Teeq, however, the trio separated in 2005 and Dixon continued pursuing her music career as a solo artist, signing to Polydor Records...
's "The Alesha Show
The Alesha Show
The Alesha Show is the second studio album from British R&B recording artist Alesha Dixon, the album is her first album to be released in the United Kingdom. It was released on November 24, 2008 in the UK by Asylum Records...
" as well as for Westlife
Westlife
Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...
, Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums...
, Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
, Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
and Sugababes
Sugababes
The Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London...
. Prior to becoming a producer Booker was a singer-songwriter who released two solo albums - 1990's "Dreamworld" and the 1996 mini-album "A Far Cry From Here".
Career
It was while Booker was in Nashville recording his second solo album "A Far Cry From Here" that he "fell in love with co-writing" and decided to stay and make a living from professional songwriting. He ended up spending around seven years in the USA where he, according to Booker, "[existed] by writing country music and working in Los Angeles, but more top-lining than actual proper songwriting." During this time his cuts included "Too Far From Texas" for Stevie Nicks' Trouble in Shangri-LaTrouble in Shangri-La
-Videos:Two promotional videos were shot for single releases; "Every Day" features Nicks performing in an enchanted forest setting, and "Sorcerer" featured Nicks with Sheryl Crow, both playing guitars in a straight forward performance set in a room where the lyrics to various Nicks songs magically...
album and "What R U Waiting 4", which was recorded by Tiffani Wood
Tiffani Wood
Tiffany "Tiffani" Jane Wood , briefly known as Tiffani Cummins, is an Australian singer-songwriter, who is a former member of female pop group Bardot. Wood later established an independent solo career, and released her debut solo album Bite Your Tongue in 2006.-Early life:Wood was born on 8...
and Lindsay Lohan.
In 2009 Booker won the ASCAP Writers Award and for Mercy, the 2009 Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work.
Steve has been working with Nadine Coyle
Nadine Coyle
Nadine Coyle is an Irish singer, songwriter, actress, and model who rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of the band Six before becoming a member of successful girl-group Girls Aloud. The group amassed a joint fortune of £25 million by May 2009...
on her up coming solo album.