Alan Shacklock (born 20 June 1951) is an English musician, composer, arranger and recording producer, who lives and works in
Nashville,
Tennessee
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. His 1972 song "
The Mexican
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" as performed by
Babe Ruth
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is considered influential in the early development of
b-boying
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and
hip-hop culture.
Life and career
Alan Shacklock was born in
London
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and began playing guitar as a child. His first band was The Juniors, which included
the Rolling Stones
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' guitarist
Mick Taylor
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and
Jethro Tull bassist
John Glascock
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. He then joined
Chris Farlowe
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's Thunderbirds. Shacklock later completed classical guitar and lute studies at the
Royal Academy of Music in
London
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,
graduating with a master's degree in music.
In 1969, Shacklock played in a band called
the Gods, and in 1971 formed the band
Babe Ruth
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. He worked as the group's songwriter and producer from 1971 to 1975, and then left to work as a solo songwriter and record producer. He has received four
Grammy Award
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nominations, and has produced a number of silver, gold and platinum recordings for artists, including
Mike Oldfield
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,
Bonnie Tyler
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,
Jeff Beck (of
the Yardbirds
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),
Meat Loaf
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,
the Alarm
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,
the Look
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,
Roger Daltrey
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(of
he Who),
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and
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Shacklock has also produced music for films including ''
Quicksilver'' (starring
Kevin Bacon
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), ''
Doc Hollywood
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'' (starring
Michael J. Fox
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) and ''
Buddy's Song'' (starring
Chesney Hawkes
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and
Roger Daltrey
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). He composed original scores for the
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''. The scores were performed by the
in London. In 1994, Shacklock also composed the original score for the
.
, he was a founder of the British Record Producers Guild.
The band Babe Ruth reunited in 2006 and produced a new album of songs written by Shacklock, followed by concert dates in 2010.
.