Simon Climie (born 7 April 1957) is an English songwriter/producer and the former lead singer of the UK

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Climie Fisher.

Biography

Climie was born in London. Beginning his career primarily as a songwriter/session musician, Climie found himself scoring early hits by the mid-1980s with compositions recorded by

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(" I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)") and Pat Benatar (" Invincible"). He also wrote songs appearing on albums by such artists as Frida,

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during this time. Then, on the fringes of session work, he did the

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's album ''Cupid & Psyche''. Later in the 1980s, he formed Climie Fisher together with Rob Fisher, whom he had met when they were both session musicians at

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. With Climie fronting the group, Climie Fisher had hits in many territories, with the singles " Love Changes (Everything)", which won an Ivor Novello Award, " Rise to the Occasion", "This Is Me" and more. Concurrent with his time in Climie Fisher, Climie continued with songwriting, landing another big hit in 1988 with

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's recording of "

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". After leaving EMI and the final Climie Fisher album ''Coming in for the Kill'', Climie signed to Sony's

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, releasing an album called ''Soul Inspiration'' in 1992. In the mid-1990s Climie expanded to production, while continuing his songwriting career, producing and writing songs for a number of artists, including Eternal, Louise Redknapp, B.B. King, and Zucchero Fornaciari. As the 90s progressed, Climie began a long-time collaboration with

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beginning with his albums '' Pilgrim'', ''

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'', '' Riding with the King'', ''Me And Mr. Johnson'', ''Back Home'' and '' The Road to Escondido''. In addition, he embarked on a similar musical partnership with Michael McDonald, producing McDonald's ''

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'', '' Motown II'' and ''

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'' albums. The third of these featured collaborations with

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and Toni Braxton, while the Grammy-nominated ''Motown'' spawned the US hit cover of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". Climie's songwriting success continued into the 2010s, with Sara Evans cracking the American country music charts for more than six months with her cover of "My Heart Can't Tell You No", while

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– who had already reached number one in a number of territories around the world with his first single – collaborated with Climie on his second single, "One More Time", and several songs on the album ''What Are Words''. Together with U2 member Larry Mullen, Jr., Climie has co-written the film score and theme for ''Man on the Train'' (2011 TriBeCa Productions film) in which Larry stars with Donald Sutherland. In 2013, he worked on production and mixing of Eric Clapton's album ''

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'', which shot to number one in the American Billboard Independent Chart in March 2013 after hitting number seven in the Billboard 200 In 2014, Climie was co-producer again with Eric Clapton of the album '' The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale, a tribute to Clapton's long time friend, the late singer/songwriter

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''. In 2016, Climie was the co-producer with Clapton on the album '' Live in San Diego'' which was recorded during the "Doyle & Derek World Tour" in 2007. As a producer, Climie has won two Grammys for the albums '' Riding with the King'' in 2000 and '' The Road to Escondido'' in 2007. He received another Grammy nomination for '' Pilgrim'' in 1998.

Personal life

Climie is the son of David Climie, co-writer of the 1960s and 1970s television comedy series, '' Oh, Brother!'', which starred Derek Nimmo. as well as ''Lulu's Back in Town'' ( see Lulu), the comedy series '' Bootsie and Snudge'', '' Backs to the Land'', '' Wodehouse Playhouse'', '' That Was The Week That Was'', '' The Army Game'', the sci-fi series '' Out of the Unknown'', the radio version of '' Whack-O!'' and the comedy film '' Desert Mice''.

Discography

Includes songs and albums Climie has written, performed and/or produced.

Albums

* '' Everything'' (as part of Climie Fisher - 1987) * ''

Coming In for the Kill ''Coming In for the Kill'' is the second and last album by British pop duo Climie Fisher, released in October 1989. The album was less successful than its predecessor ''Everything'', peaking at #35 in the United Kingdom. The track "Facts of Love" ...

'' (as part of Climie Fisher - 1989) * ''Soul Inspiration'' (solo - 1992) – (Soul Inspiration / Does Your Heart Still Break / Love in the Right Hands / Dream With Me / Oh How The Years Go By / Don’t Give Up So Easy / Spell / Don’t Waste Time (Make Your Move) / Losing You / Life Goes On) * ''Retail Therapy - T.D.F. (Production & Writing) * '' Pilgrim'' – Eric Clapton (1998, Production & Writing) * '' Riding with the King'' – BB King & Eric Clapton (2000, Production) * ''Motown I'' - Michael McDonald - (Production) * ''

'' – Eric Clapton (2001, Production & Writing) * '' One More Car, One More Rider'' – Eric Clapton (2002, Production & Writing) * ''Motown II'' - Michael McDonald - (Production) * ''

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'' – Eric Clapton (2004, Production) * '' Back Home'' – Eric Clapton (2005, Production & Writing) * ''Soul Speak'' - Michael McDonald (Production & Writing) * ''Lara Fabian'' - TLFM * ''Chris Medina'' - What Are Words * '' Live in San Diego'' – Eric Clapton (2016, Production)

Singles

* Pat Benatar – " Invincible" (US Top Ten) * Maxine – 1984 * Westlife – " World of Our Own" * Climie Fisher – " Love Changes (Everything)" * Climie Fisher – "Rise to the Occasion" * Climie Fisher – "This Is Me" *

– " My Father's Eyes" (won Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1999) *

– "

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and

- " I knew you were waiting (for me)" (1987) (co-writer) * Michael McDonald – " Ain't No Mountain High Enough" * Eternal – "

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" * Zucchero Fornaciari " Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" * "Soul Inspiration" * "Does Your Heart Still Break" * " Oh How the Years Go By" *

, Sara Evans - "

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– "One More Time"

T.D.F.

T.D.F. was a

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act project featuring Climie and Eric Clapton, with Clapton working under the name of x-sample. "TDF" is an acronym for Totally Dysfunctional Family. The project released one album called ''Retail Therapy'' on the Reprise record label. The title supposedly alludes to Clapton's "addiction" to buying clothes. Eric Clapton states in his autobiography that he persuaded Giorgio Armani, a friend of Clapton's, to let them do the music for one of his fashion shows. The track "Seven" from the album contains a

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's " How Blue Can You Get".

Discography

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