Eliot Kennedy
"I want to leave the world as a better place than I came into it. As a songwriter, I can only do that One Song at a time."
Eliot Kennedy
Eliot honed his skills as a self taught musician and singer with various bands in his home town of Sheffield.
His debut hit as producer was with Lulu in 1993 with 'Independence' and his first No 1 was a year later with Take That's 'Everything changes', which Eliot wrote and produced with Gary Barlow. By the time he achieved global success with the Spice Girls single 'Say you'll be there' in 1996 has was already established as on of the UK's top young writer/producers. Eliot has since had major success with Blue, Celine Dion, Bryan Adams, S Club 7, Five, Billie Piper and many others.
In 1998, Eliot won an Ivor Novello for the hit single 'Picture of you' by Boyzone featured in the Mr Bean movie. Other film successes include the Grammy winning 'Never gonna break my faith', performed by the legendary Aretha Franklin and Mary J Blige for the movie Bobby; 'Never let go', performed by long time co-writer Bryan Adams for the movie The Guardian; further collaborations with Bryan Adams and Hans Zimmer for the Dreamworks film Spirit; and 'Miracles happen', which featured in the Disney movie The Princess Diaries and its sequel.
Eliot co-founded The True North Music Company, a production and publishing business with his friend Gary Barlow. They have enjoyed success with Delta Goodrem, Lara Fabian, Blue and Charlotte Church.
Eliot has now moved back to his native Sheffield, built a new recording facility and formed a new production company: Blue Pearl Media.
Producer / Songwriter Discography:
Guilty - Blue - UK No 2 Single
Innocent Eyes (6 Tracks) - Delta Goodrem - UK No 2 LP
Four Minute Warning - Mark Owen - UK No 4 Single
Testify - Amy Studt - UK No 24 LP
Supersexual - Blue - UK No 1 LP
This Temptation - Blue - UK No 2 LP
It's Alright - S-Club 7 - UK No 3 LP
You - S-Club 7 - UK No 2 Single
Bring It All Back - S-Club 7 - UK No 1 Single
I Really Miss you - S-Club 7 - UK No 2 LP
Let's Talk About Love - Celine Dion - UK No 1. US No 1 LP
Another Year Has Gone By - Celine Dion - UK No 1. US No 1 LP
Say You'll Be There - Spice Girls - UK No 1 - US No 2 Single
Love Thing - Spice Girls - UK No 1. US No 1 LP
Right Back At Ya - Spice Girls - UK No 1, US No 1 LP
A Picture Of You - Boyzone - UK No 2 Single
When The Lights Go Out - Five - UK No 3, US No 10 Single
It's All Over - Five - UK No 1 LP
Day & Night - Billie Piper - UK No 1 Single
Something Deep Inside - Billie Piper - UK No 4 Single
Because Of You - Billie Piper - UK No 14 LP
Last One Standing - Girl Thing - UKNo 8 Single
Everything Changes - Take That - UK No 1 Single
Tide Is High (3 Tracks) - Atomic Kitten - UK No 1 LP
Open Road - Bryan Adams - Canada / Germany No 1 Single
A Little Love - Bryan Adams - LP
Back To You - Bryan Adams - UK No 17 Single
Fearless - Bryan Adams - UK No 10 LP
Lie To Me - Bryan Adams - UK No 10 LP
When You're Gone - Bryan Adams & Mel C - UK No 3 Single
Special Kind of Something - Kavana - UK No 12 Single
MFEO - Kavana - UK No 8 Single
Crazy Chance '97 - Kavana - UK No 11 Single
What I Meant To Say (Entire album) - Donny Osmond - UK No 15 LP
Breeze On By - Donny Osmond - UK No 8 Single
The Day We Find Love - 911 - UK No 4 Single
Party People - 911 - UK No 5 - Single
Movie Work:
"Miracles Happen" from the movies THE PRINCESS DIARIES 1&2
"Get Off My Back" from the movie SPIRIT: stallion of the cimarron
"A Place For Us" from the movie BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
"Never Gonna Break My Faith" from the movie BOBBY
"Never Let Go" from the movie THE GUARDIAN
"It Aint Over Yet" from the movie RACING STRIPES
"When The Lights Go Out" from the movie STEPMOM
4 Songs from the movie COLOR ME KUBRIK
Major Sync's have included "Let's Talk About Love" for the Quebec tourist board which has run for years and is constantly renewed.
Awards include:
Ivor Novello winner ("Picture Of You" By Boyzone)
Golden Globe Nominee ("Never Gonna Break My Faith" by Aretha Franklin and Mary J Blige for the movie BOBBY)
Critics Choice Nominee ("Never Let Go" by Bryan Adams for the movie THE GUARDIAN)
Eliot Kennedy's Studio Page - http://steelworksstudios.com
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