Jackie James is a Scottish singer/songwriter and keyboard player. James wrote the Million seller, "
Heartbeat" for the group
Steps,
and went on to write more songs for the group. She has also written songs for
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...
,
Jennifer Lopez and
Kylie Minogue.
Pete Waterman
Peter Alan Waterman, (born 15 January 1947) is an English record producer, songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Water ...
, who signed James to his music publishing company, and worked closely with her, said James was "as close as anyone has come in the UK to legendary singer and songwriting legend
Carole King, in terms of having her songs recorded by other artists while retaining a separate successful solo performing career". (:Source ''Music Week')
She was also founder member of MistraLE, who had success in Europe with their
single "Dance in the Moonlight" (Scorpio Records) featuring James on lead vocals. She also co-wrote the song. MistraLE toured Europe with "The Cool Breeze Tour".
James is also a member of PowerHouse Music Inc., a songwriting and production company, working successfully in the world of Film, Television & Advertising, together with former
Talk Talk
Talk Talk were an English band formed in 1981, led by Mark Hollis (vocals, guitar, piano), Lee Harris (drums), and Paul Webb (bass). The group achieved early chart success with the synth-pop singles " Talk Talk" (1982), " It's My Life", and " ...
keyboard player, Ian Curnow and her business manager Billy Royal.
References
External links
Jackie James' entry at BMI
Scottish keyboardists
Scottish male songwriters
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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