Simon Climie Pocket Biog
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“Simon Climie” “Grammy Award Winning” ‐ Songwriter/Artist/Producer Artist ‐ Climie Fisher Simon formed the Duo “Climie Fisher” with Rob Fisher in 1987, they were signed to EMI and recorded two Albums enjoying huge international success with several singles selling in over 35 territories... “Love Changes everything” & “Rise to the Occasion” number 1 many ... http://www.simonclimiesongs.com Songwriting Thanks to Tom Sturges, Clive Davis & Chrysalis Music many Artists also covered Simon’s Songs including: ‐George Michael & Aretha Franklin “I Knew you We’re Waiting For Me” Rod Stewart ‐ “My Heart can’t tell you know” & “Love In The Right Hands” Amy Grant ‐ “You’re Not Alone In This World” & “Oh How The Years Go By ”Vanessa Williams “Oh How The Years Go By”, Aretha Franklin “An Angel Cries” Fleetwood Mac “ When It Comes To Love” Milli Vanilli – “Take It As It Comes”, Freddie McGregor “And So I Will Wait For you”, Jermaine Jackson – “Rise To The Occasion”, Jermaine Stewart – “Get Lucky” Animotion “Room To Move” Maxi Priest “When God Created Woman”‐ and many more !! (Combined sales during this period in excess of 200 million units.) Writing & Production Simon moved into Production & Songwriting in 93 ‐ 94 Initially working with Artists who wanted great songs & vocal production, this lead to Immediate success delivering many hits for various UK R&b Pop acts Including ‐ Eternal “Someday” & “I Am Blessed” ‐ Louise – “Light Of My Life” ,“One Kiss From Heaven” “Undivided Loving” MN8 ‐ “Tuff Act To Follow” Simon also teamed up with Murlyn ‐ Anders, Anthor & bloodhsy at in Stockholm, Co‐ writing/Producing some of their First hits including ‐ The Honeyz “I Won’t Take it Lying Down” ‐ Steven Gaitely (Boyzone) “ New Beginning” Carlos Santana “ Let Me Love You Tonight” Full Album Productions Eric Clapton ‐ Simon first worked with Eric as a songwriter, Eric then asked Simon to co‐write a project for Giorgio Armani. Not only was it a great privilege to work with Eric – It was a lot of fun too, among other things it involved trips to Florence & Milan to Liaise with Giorgio, eat pasta & Protools “DJ” the soundtrack during the fashion show. (A lot of people volunteered to assist!) The Armani Project was later released under the pseudo name of T.D.F – “Retail Therapy”. Soon afterwards Eric asked Simon to step in as Co‐writer/Producer. Eric & Simon wrote a number of songs which evolved into the “Pilgrim” Album, including “Pilgrim” & “River Of Tears” – Eric and Simon have worked on several Albums since including BB King & Eric Clapton ‐“Riding with The King” which sold over 5 Million Albums. See below… Michael McDonald– Again working with Michael is great privilege, a lot of fun and has been surprisingly extremely successful ‐ when “Ain’t no Mountain High Enough ” took off …”Motown 1” went on to sell over 1.8 Million albums… leading to…. “Motown II” and the new album “Soul Speak” AWARDS: for list of,Grammy’s , Ivor Novello’s, Ascaps , Tec awards …see below Simon ‐ is currently Writing & Producing for various Artists, developing some exiting new up and coming Artists, and preparing to launch an online Label which will not only support audio but full video production facilities to enable future broadcast & streaming. “Simon Climie” “Productions – Complete Albums ‐ Awards.” Artist Album Awards Eric Clapton Pilgrim Award ‐ Best Male Vocal (My Fathers Eyes) Nomination ‐ Album of the year BB King & Eric Clapton Riding With The King Award – Traditional Blues Album Eric Clapton Reptile Award ‐ Instrumental BB King Reflections BB ‐ Two Awards Eric Clapton One More Car – One More Live DVD & Album Rider Michael McDonald Motown I Nomination – Best Male Vocal Eric Clapton Me & Mr Johnson Blues Album Eric Clapton Sessions For Robert J Special DVD Project Michael McDonald Motown II Nominations Award ‐ Best Engineered Eric Clapton Back Home Lulu Put A Little Soul In Your Heart N/A Cream Live ‐ Royal Albert Hall DVD DVD ‐ HBO JJ Cale & Eric Clapton The Road to Escondido Award Michael McDonald Soulspeak Just released … Song Awards Ivor novello Awards ‐ Best Song Musically & Lyrically for – “Love Changes everything” Ivor Novello nomination & Grammy Award for “ I Knew You we’re waiting (For Me)” & Many Ascap Airplay awards. Special Thanks to… Eric, Michael, Rob, & All the extremely talented Artists & collaborators I’ve had the pleasure of working with ‐ Tom Sturges, Clive Davis, Dee Harrington, Nick Gatfield, Steve Moir, Richard Rowe, Michael Eaton, Joel Hoffner, Merril Wasserman, Lamont Dozier, Stevie Wonder , Will Jennings, Dennis Morgan, Tony Swain, Nicky Shaw, Toby & Joel and last but not least all our friends at the Labels & publishers. .