- Jack Robinson (songwriter and music publisher)
Jack Robinson (born
17 January 1938 , Seattle,Washington, D.C. ) is asongwriter and a music publisher. His father, Bert, was English, his mother, Rena, Canadian.Life and career
Robinson grew up in a musical family; his father was an amateur
violinist , his mother a professionalsinger . Robinson's three uncles and his aunt were professionalmusician s. He studiedjournalism andAmerican literature at theUniversity of Washington .He began his professional career as a journalist in Seattle, then moved to Bellingham;
Washington, D.C. ; San Francisco,California ; Carson City,Nevada ; and finally, after serving in theUnited States Marines , Robinson moved toParis , where he worked as a foreign correspondent with theUnited Press International .Robinson became a
disc jockey on Radio Luxembourg. He dropped his news work to become a professional manager (directeur artistique) in an American publishing company which, among others, had just signedThe Rolling Stones andThe Who . The job of a professional manager is to take songs from the publishers' catalog and to find new writers and present songs to artists andrecord producer s. Robinson then decided he would become a record producer. It was at that time he met and began working withGeorges Chatelain who had formed the most advanced studio inFrance with [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Estardy Bernard Estardy] . Chatelain took the time to not only explain the technical side of arecording studio , and showed Robinsonsound recording and reproduction techniques. Robinson, Chatelain and Estardy went on to produce seven Top 10 hits with their artistsGilles Marchal and [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martine_Habib Martine Habib] .Not satisfied with producing records in French, Robinson co-produced
King Harvest that had been signed by fellow producer Pierre Jaubert. Their recording of "Dancing in the Moonlight " became a Top 10 hit in America and has remained a standardfor over 30 years. "Dancing In the Moonlight" became the theme song forFidelity Investments television commercials for three years.In 1973 Robinson founded Robin Song Music, his publishing company which is now in partnership with the French office of Peermusic. He went on to write
lyrics to themusic of the French singer/composer David Christie. Together their songs have sold more than 30 million records around the world. Their biggest hits: "I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) ", "Love Me Like a Lover" and "Rendezvous" (Tina Charles ); "Saddle Up" (David Christie); "Strut Your Funky Stuff" (Frantique ); "(If You Want It) Do It Yourself" (Gloria Gaynor ); and "Do or Die" (Grace Jones ). Robinson also wrote the original, English lyrics toPrincess Stéphanie of Monaco 's hit, "Irresistible".In 1997 he co-produced
Meredith Brooks ' album, "See It through My Eyes ".Robinson continues to write for the
Gibson Brothers and newcomers likeThiae , a teenager fromMadagascar , who is being groomed by American producer Michael McGregor, Robinson's current co-writer. On the agenda are a musicalcomedy and severalalbum projects. Robinson co-wrote two of the tracks on "MP3", the 2008 album release byM. Pokora .Robinson has two grown children, both
pianist s.External links
* [http://www.robinsongmusic.com Jack Robinson's official site]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:azfixq95ld0e~1~T32C Discography - song titles] atAllmusic website
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