Steve Booker (producer)
| Steve Booker | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Pop, rock, Breakbeat, Soul |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1980s-present |
| Associated acts | John Newman, Jessie J, Alex Clare, Duffy, Lisa Marie Presley, Rebecca Ferguson |
| Website | stevebooker.com |
Steve Booker is an Ivor Novello award-winning British music producer and songwriter. His production & writing credits include: John Newman's "Love Me Again" for which Booker is nominated for the 2014 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically & Duffy's "Mercy" for which Booker won the Ivor Novello Award for most performed work. 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.[1] 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."[1] During this time his cuts included "Too Far From Texas" for Stevie Nicks' Trouble in Shangri-La album and "What R U Waiting 4", which was recorded by Tiffani Wood and Lindsay Lohan.[1]
Booker collaborated with Duffy, producing and co-writing four songs on her debut album "Rockferry"; including producing and co-writing the international No.1 "Mercy", "Stepping Stone", "Rain on Your Parade" and "Breaking My Own Heart".
In 2009 Booker won the ASCAP Writers Award for Mercy and the 2009 Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work.[2]
Booker collaborated with Melissa Etheridge, co-producing three songs on her 2012 album: "4th Street Feeling" and Lisa Marie Presley, co-writing "Forgiving" on her 2012 album "Storm & Grace". He co-wrote and produced "Run Free" on the December 2011 album "Heaven" by Rebecca Ferguson and co-wrote and produced "Rollin'" on Ferguson's 2013 album "Freedom".
Booker recently collaborated with John Newman, co-writing six songs on Newman's 2013 debut album "Tribute", including co-producing and co-writing the international smash debut No.1 single "Love Me Again", for which booker is nominated for the 2014 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. Booker also co-produced and co-wrote "Loosing Sleep" and co-wrote "Out of My Head", "All I Need Is You", "Easy" and "Try"
Discography
- 2014 Jessie J - Fire (producer and co-writer)
- 2014 Alex Clare - War Rages On - (producer and co-writer)
- 2014 Tara Priya - Who You Do - (producer and co-writer)
- 2014 Tara Priya - Sleaze - (producer and co-writer)
- 2014 Tara Priya - Good As Dead - (producer and co-writer)
- 2014 Tara Priya - Misery - (producer and co-writer)
- 2013 Rebecca Ferguson – Rollin' (producer and co-writer)
- 2013 John Newman – Love Me Again (co-producer and co-writer)
- 2013 John Newman – Losing Sleep (co-writer)
- 2013 John Newman – Easy (co-writer)
- 2013 John Newman – Try (co-writer)
- 2013 John Newman – Out of My Head (co-write)
- 2013 John Newman – All I Need Is You (co-writer)
- 2013 Jamie Cullum – Edge of Something (co-writer)
- 2012 Melissa Etheridge – 4th Street Feeling (co-producer)
- 2012 Melissa Etheridge – Be Real (co-producer)
- 2012 Melissa Etheridge – Just What You Asked For (co-producer)
- 2012 Lisa Marie Presley – Forgiving (co-writer)
- 2011 Dionne Bromfield – Good for the Soul (producer and co-writer)
- 2011 Dionne Bromfield – Sweetest Thing (producer and co-writer)
- 2011 Dionne Bromfield – Too Soon To Call It Love (producer and co-writer)
- 2011 Dionne Bromfield – Time Will Tell (producer and co-writer)
- 2011 Dionne Bromfield – Don't Make It True (producer and co-writer)
- 2011 Dionne Bromfield – Lost in Love (producer and co-writer)
- 2011 Rebecca Ferguson – Run Free (producer and co-writer)
- 2009 Alexandra Burke – You Broke My Heart (producer and co-writer)
- 2008 Duffy – Mercy (producer, engineer, mixer and co-writer)
- 2008 Duffy – Stepping Stone (producer, engineer, mixer and co-writer)
- 2008 Duffy – Breaking My Own Heart (producer, engineer, mixer and co-writer)
- 2008 Duffy – Rain on Your Parade (producer, engineer, mixer and co-writer)
- 2008 Sugababes – Sunday Rain (producer, engineer, mixer and co-writer)
- 2008 Sugababes – Sound of Goodbye (producer, engineer, mixer and co-writer)
- 2008 Jack Savoretti – Gipsy Love (producer and co-writer)
- 2008 Jack Savoretti – Dreamers (co-writer)
- 2001 Stevie Nicks with Natalie Maines – Too Far From Texas (co-writer)
References
External links
- Official website
- Discography
- Steve Booker on Twitter
