Eg White

Francis Anthony 'Eg' White (born November 22 1966) is a British musician, songwriter and producer.

Biography

He started his career in the bands Yip Yip Coyote and, with his brother David, Brother Beyond in the late 1980s, leaving the latter when they became involved with the songwriting team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman and just prior to their chart successes.

In 1990 White teamed up with London model and BMX champion Alice Temple, and together they recorded the critically acclaimed pop album "24 Years of Hunger", which was released in 1991 under the name Eg and Alice. It was described by Allmusic as "one of the finest, most refined and fully realized recordings of the era, employing a much more sophisticated and romantic style than anything else out of England at the time". In spite of the critical acclaim (the album featured in many major music publications top 50 albums of 1991) and two well received singles "Indian" and "Doesn't Mean That Much to Me", the album failed to enter the UK Albums Chart.

In 1992 White produced the debut, self titled album by Kinky Machine, then disappeared from the music industry until 1996 when he released his debut solo album "Turn Me On, I'm a Rocket Man", again critically acclaimed, although the singles "Stay Home" (written by Andy Sturmer, originally recorded by Jellyfish) and "Made My Baby Cry" failed to chart. In 1997 White provided instrumentation for the sessions of Suggs' solo album "The Three Pyramids Club", but in 1999 his career really started to take off as he became an in-demand songwriter, musician and producer. He collaborated with Alice Temple again for her solo debut album "Hang Over", and with Icelandic/Italian singer Emiliana Torrini on her debut album "Love In The Time Of Science".

In 2002, White co-wrote the track "Say It" from the Alison Moyet album "Hometime". He also co-wrote produced and provided the majority of instrumentation on "Through My Eyes", the debut album from Nicole Russo, and "Dive Deeper" by Jade Anderson. White also worked extensively on Javine's debut album "Surrender" in 2003.

White's song "Leave Right Now" was recorded by Will Young in 2003, and reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. In recognition, White was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically in 2004. White also co-wrote two other tracks on Young's "Fridays Child" album, "Going My Way" and "Out Of My Mind". In 2004, White worked on the tracks "Legend" and "U've Only Got 1" from the Tamyra Gray album "The Dreamer", and co-wrote "You Had Me", the lead single from Joss Stone's second album, "Mind, Body & Soul".

White continued to be in demand as a songwriter, and was largely responsible for the lead single "Shiver" from the Natalie Imbruglia album "Counting Down the Days", as well as the track "Slowdown". He also worked on the albums "Set the Tone" by Nate James (track and second single "Universal"), "Tissues and Issues" by Charlotte Church (second single "Call My Name"), "R3MIX" by Sara Jorge (single "Dirty Business") and "In The Red" by Tina Dico (tracks "Use Me" and "Give In").

He has since co-written tracks for albums by Simon Webbe ("Free") and Will Young, including "Keep On", "Save Yourself" and "Think About It", as well as a White/Lucie Silvas co-write that was the Number 11 UK Hit "Who Am I". In addition to the Will Young single, he co-wrote and produced the debut Top 10 hit for James Morrison called "You Give Me Something", and the follow up single "Wonderful World". White has also collaborated with Jamelia on her track "Go" from the album "Walk With Me", Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the track "Can't Have It All" from her third studio album "Trip the Light Fantastic", Take That on the track "Mancunian Way" from their comeback album "Beautiful World", Beverley Knight on the track "No Man's Land" from the album "Music City Soul", and James Blunt with "I'll Take Everything", on his album "All The Lost Souls". He also co-wrote and produced "Just A Little Bit" for Mutya Buena and "Cosmic", a track from the Kylie Minogue album "X".

At the beginning of 2008, Eg White had co-writes on #1 albums by Adele and Duffy. These include the hit single "Chasing Pavements" as well as "Tired" and "Melt My Heart To Stone" on Adele's debut album "19" - all three of which he also produced - and second single "Warwick Avenue (song)" plus album tracks "Delayed Devotion" and "Hanging On Too Long" on Duffy's debut "Rockferry".

Also in 2008, White has had co-writes on albums by Sam Sparro ("Hot Mess" and "Waiting For Time" on the eponymous debut) and Jack McManus, (lead single "You Think I Don't Care" on "Either Side Of Midnight").

Eg White has again worked with Will Young in 2008, and has four co-writes on the singer's fourth album for 19 Recordings. White and Young co-wrote the lead single "Changes" (produced by White) and "I Won't Give Up" (co-produced by White and the Freemasons); Eg White also co-wrote and produced the title-track "Let It Go" and co-wrote a fourth album track "Tell Me The Worst". The album and "Changes" are scheduled for release in September.

Other upcoming releases include co-written tracks on Brian McFadden's forthcoming album "Set In Stone", plus the debut single from SonyBMG artist Sam Beeton ("What You Look For").

Whilst Eg White is first and foremost a songwriter/producer, he has signed a recording contract with Parlophone Records and will be releasing a second album of his own material early 2009.

Eg and Alice - Discography

ingles

*"Indian" c/w Crosstown and Bobby and Holly (WEA Records 1991) - did not chart
*"Doesn't Mean That Much to Me" (WEA Records 1991) - did not chart

Album

*"24 Years Of Hunger" (WEA Records 1991) - did not chart;Track listing
# "Rockets"
# "In a Cold Way"
# "Mystery Man"
# "And I Have Seen Myself"
# "So High, So Low"
# "New Years Eve"
# "Indian"
# "Doesn't Mean That Much to Me"
# "Crosstown"
# "IOU"
# "I Wish"

Eg - Discography

ingles

*"Stay Home" (Andy Sturmer)
*"Made My Baby Cry"

Album

*"Turn Me On, I'm a Rocket Man" (WEA Records, 1996);Track listing
#"Nothing Comes Easy"
#"Made My Baby Cry"
#"What Can I Do"
#"Stay Home"
#"Mr Cool"
#"Do It for Myself"
#"Sister Blue"
#"Holding It In"
#"I Wish You Could Be Happy Too"
#"Angel"
#"My Lovely Valentine"