Tony Macaulay is a British

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 author

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, composer

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 for musical theatre

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, and songwriter

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, though it was the latter that made him a household name early in his career. He has won the British Academy Award nine times, including two as 'Songwriter of the Year'.

Macaulay's best-known songs include such classics as "Baby, Now That I've Found You" and "Build Me Up Buttercup

Build Me Up Buttercup

"Build Me Up Buttercup" is the name of a song written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, and released by The Foundations with Colin Young singing the lead vocals in 1968. This was the third major hit for The Foundations. Colin Young replaced Clem Curtis in 1968 and this was the first Foundations hit...

" with The Foundations

The Foundations

The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of West Indians, White British, and a Sri Lankan, are best known for their two biggest hits, "Baby Now That I've Found You" , written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod; and "Build Me Up Buttercup" The Foundations...

, "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All," as well as "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)

"Love Grows " is a popular song by "one-hit wonder" Edison Lighthouse. The single hit the number one spot on the UK singles chart on the week ending on 31 January 1970, where it remained for a total of five weeks.- Song profile :...

" and "Don't Give Up on Us

Don't Give Up on Us (song)

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".

Career

In the early 1960s he worked as a song plugger for Essex Publishing, then moved to Pye Records

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 as a record producer

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. It was here that he had his first major success with The Foundations

The Foundations

The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of West Indians, White British, and a Sri Lankan, are best known for their two biggest hits, "Baby Now That I've Found You" , written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod; and "Build Me Up Buttercup" The Foundations...

, when they recorded

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, "Baby Now That I've Found You

Baby Now That I've Found You

"Baby, Now That I've Found You" is a song written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod. Part of the song was written in the same bar of a Soho tavern where Karl Marx is supposed to have written Das Kapital. The lyrics are a plea that an unnamed subject not break up with the singer.-Original recording...

", a song

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 he had co-written with John MacLeod, and it topped the UK Singles Chart

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 in 1967.

Further hits

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 came with songs such as Marmalade

Marmalade (band)

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's "Baby Make it Soon" and "Falling Apart at the Seams"; and The 5th Dimension's "(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All", which he wrote on his own; and Donna Summer

Donna Summer

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's 1977 single

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 "Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)

Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)

"Can't We Just Sit Down " is a song by Donna Summer from her album I Remember Yesterday. Though famous for her disco work at the time, this song is a ballad and was released as a single in certain countries in 1977. However, the B-side, "I Feel Love" caused such a stir that it was replaced as the...

"; as well as many with collaborators, among them Long John Baldry

Long John Baldry

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's "Let the Heartaches Begin

Let the Heartaches Begin

"Let the Heartaches Begin" is a song performed by British singer Long John Baldry. The single was a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart on 22 November 1967 where it stayed for two weeks. It was the second of two consecutive UK number one hits for the writing partnership of Tony Macaulay and...

"; Paper Dolls' "Something Here In My Heart (Keeps A-Tellin' Me No)" and Pickettywitch

Pickettywitch

Pickettywitch was a British pop group. Fronted by singer Polly Brown , the group became best known for its hit single, "That Same Old Feeling", which was written by Tony Macaulay and John Macleod...

's "That Same Old Feeling", also with John MacLeod; The Foundations

The Foundations

The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of West Indians, White British, and a Sri Lankan, are best known for their two biggest hits, "Baby Now That I've Found You" , written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod; and "Build Me Up Buttercup" The Foundations...

' "Build Me Up Buttercup

Build Me Up Buttercup

"Build Me Up Buttercup" is the name of a song written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, and released by The Foundations with Colin Young singing the lead vocals in 1968. This was the third major hit for The Foundations. Colin Young replaced Clem Curtis in 1968 and this was the first Foundations hit...

", with Mike D'Abo

Mike d'Abo

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; Scott Walker

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's "The Lights of Cincinnati", The Hollies

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' "Sorry Suzanne", The New Seekers

The New Seekers

The New Seekers are a British-based pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the break-up of his group, The Seekers. The idea was that the New Seekers would appeal to the same market as the original Seekers, but their music had rock as well as folk influences...

' "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me

You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me

"You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me is a 1973 single by The New Seekers. Written by Tony Macaulay and Geoff Stephens, arranged by Gerry Shury and produced by Tommy Oliver....

", and David Soul

David Soul

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's "Don't Give Up on Us

Don't Give Up on Us (song)

"Don't Give Up on Us" is a song by David Soul.Riding high on the success of playing in the hit TV show Starsky and Hutch, Soul returned to one of his early career choices as a singer...

", Edison Lighthouse

Edison Lighthouse

Edison Lighthouse was a UK pop group, initially a studio-only assemblage that served as a vehicle for session vocalist Tony Burrows and songwriter/record producers Tony Macaulay and Barry Mason, are best known for their 1970 UK chart-topper and million-selling record, "Love Grows ".-Career:The...

's "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)

"Love Grows " is a popular song by "one-hit wonder" Edison Lighthouse. The single hit the number one spot on the UK singles chart on the week ending on 31 January 1970, where it remained for a total of five weeks.- Song profile :...

", with Barry Mason

Barry Mason

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; Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon

Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon

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's "Blame It On The Pony Express" and Andy Williams

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' "Home Lovin' Man", with Roger Cook

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 and Roger Greenaway

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.

Much of his attention in the early 1970s

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 was diverted by a protracted legal dispute with his publishers. He won his case on appeal in 1974, in a landmark decision which encouraged other artists to challenge the terms of their contracts. By this time he had begun to write for musical theatre. His first collaborations for the stage

Theatre

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 were with playwright

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 Ken Hill on Is Your Doctor Really Necessary? in 1973, and on Gentlemen Prefer Anything the following year.

He was the music coordinator for the movie

Film

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 Never Too Young To Rock (1975), and wrote the music for Windy City

Windy City (musical)

Windy City is a musical with a book and lyrics by Dick Vosburgh and music by Tony Macaulay. It is based on the play The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.-Plot:...

, a musical in two acts based on The Front Page

The Front Page

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by Ben Hecht

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 and Charles MacArthur

Charles MacArthur

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, with book and lyrics

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 by Dick Vosburgh

Dick Vosburgh

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, which was premiered on stage in 1982.

Later Macaulay turned to writing thrillers.

External links

• Official Site
• [ Tony Macaulay songwriting credits] at Allmusic website
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