Sandy Rass is a British government statistician and a

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songwriter/producer of

Fast Food Rockers Fast Food Rockers were a British pop group known briefly for their novelty music. The band met at a fast-food convention in Folkestone in the summer of 2003. Career Their most successful hit was their 2003 release "Fast Food Song", which paro ...

and others, and a singer, dancer and actor. He was born in

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and trained at the

Royal Ballet School The Royal Ballet School is a British school of classical ballet training founded in 1926 by the Anglo-Irish ballerina and choreographer Ninette de Valois. The school's aim is to train and educate outstanding classical ballet dancers, especially ...

for 3 years and then at

Italia Conti Academy The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts is a performing arts conservatoire based in Woking, England. It was founded in 1911 by Italia Conti, an actress. The first production at Italia Conti Academy was the play ''Where the Rainbow Ends''. Fo ...

for a further 3 years as a singer/dancer/actor. As a performer, Rass starred in the West End musicals ''

Starlight Express ''Starlight Express'' is a 1984 British musical, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. It tells the story of a young but obsolete steam engine, Rusty, who races in a championship against modern engines in the hope o ...

'' and '' Cats'', and played leading roles in the UK tours of '' 42nd Street'', '' What a Feeling!'' and '' Living La Vida Loca''. He was a backing dancer for numerous pop artists, most notably appearing with Diana Ross at

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, and fronting the pop act

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") on the ''Smash Hits Tour'' alongside other major British and international pop acts. During his varied career he also featured appearances in operas such as ''

The Mikado ''The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu'' is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen Gilbert and Sullivan, operatic collaborations. It opened on 14 March 1885, in London, whe ...

'' with the ENO at the Coliseum, ''

La Bohème ''La bohème'' (; ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '' quadri'', '' tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giusep ...

'' at the '' Royal Albert Hall'', and ''

The Bartered Bride ''The Bartered Bride'' ( cz, Prodaná nevěsta, links=no, ''The Sold Bride'') is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The work is generally regarded as a major contribution towards the ...

'' and ''

Tales of Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died in ...

'' with the Royal Opera Company, before making his name as a pop songwriter. Writing with Mike Stock of

Stock Aitken Waterman Stock Aitken Waterman (abbreviated as SAW) are an English songwriting and record production trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman. The trio had great success from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s. SAW is considere ...

, Sandy most notably co-wrote and co-produced " The Fast Food Song" by The Fast Food Rockers - one of the biggest hits of 2003. He is also known for his work as Musical Supervisor and Musical Arranger on the

Singapore Repertory Theatre Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) is a non-profit professional theatre company founded in 1993. It is located at the KC Arts Centre – Home of SRT at 20 Merbau Road, Singapore. The current artistic director is Gaurav Kripalani while its manag ...

production of ''

They're Playing Our Song ''They're Playing Our Song'' is a musical with a book by Neil Simon, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, and music by Marvin Hamlisch. In a story based on the real-life relationship of Hamlisch and Sager, a wisecracking composer finds a new, offbeat ...

'', starring Lea Salonga both in Singapore and Manila in 1999 and 2000, and having radically reworked the musical arrangements of the 1999 London version of Oscar winner

Stephen Schwartz Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre lyricist and composer. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as ''Godspell'' (1971), ''Pippin'' (1972), and ''Wicked'' (20 ...

's ''

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'' at the

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. Among others, Sandy worked with Nick Bridges from Ministry of Sound,

Jon Pearn Jon Pearn is an English house music producer and a member of several successful acts including Araknofobia, Full Intention and Bodyrox. Biography Pearn, with production partner Nick Bridges formed Bodyrox. Their track " Yeah Yeah" was a hi ...

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and Amanda Wilson from Freemasons - the singer of hits "Love on my Mind, "Watchin'", and "Bromance", writing and co-producing the classic

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club hit "Intoxicated" performed by R.A.W. featuring Amanda Wilson.

References

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