Timothy John Hegarty, better known as Tim Hegarty (born 7 November 1965 in

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) is a Northern Irish musician and songwriter.

Personal life

Hegarty was born in Derry, Northern Ireland to Hugh and Eilis Hegarty. He attended

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and read economics at

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for two years before dropping out. At the age of 21 he moved to London to pursue a career as a musician and became an estate agent. Here he met Julie Parry, an accountant, whom he later married in 1997. They moved to Edinburgh together in 2002 with their three sons. He currently lives in

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Musical career

Hegarty started his musical career in 1982 as a drummer in the Derry band ''Tie The Boy'' with fellow musician

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. The band did a session for

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and went on to do multiple gigs around Northern Ireland. After they split up, he then went on to form a band called ''Baby June''. Hegarty went on to co-write the hit single " Shoot Me with Your Love" from the album

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for

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, which made into the UK top 100 for seven weeks, peaking at No.7 in July 1995. Hegarty also wrote ''No one can love you more'' for

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album '' I Wish You Love'' and has written songs for Worlds Apart. In 2009, Hegarty and his wife, Julie, wrote and produced "''Crabbit: The Musical''" with

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's producer Sarah Townsend at the

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. In 2014, Hegarty has formed the band Derry, named after his hometown, and the group has released an introductory RP, ''Couldn't I Be the One''.

Business

Hegarty had a 20% stake in the Northern Irish property tycoon business W G Mitchell and after suffering difficulties during the

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, the company was forced into administration by

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. Despite this, Hegarty started a small recruitment company in Edinburgh, George Street Recruitment, owning a number of offices and business centres and was able to continue doing business through this.

Philanthropy

In 1999, Hegarty along with record company boss Ross Graham, composed Across the Bridge of Hope a charity album raising money for the victims of the

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s, raising over £330,000. In 2010, Hegarty wrote ''Lovely Day'' for

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References

External links

Tim Hegarty website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hegarty, Timothy John Musicians from Derry (city) Male songwriters from Northern Ireland 1965 births Living people Alumni of Queen's University Belfast 20th-century songwriters from Northern Ireland 21st-century songwriters from Northern Ireland