Tim Hawes (born 30 April 1965) is an English born songwriter, record producer and

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who has achieved in excess of ten million record sales including five number one singles. He is also a recipient of the prestigious

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for songwriting. Hawes is known for his work with the

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, Jimmy Blue and Stefanie Heinzmann. Hawes is currently CEO /

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of Zebra1.

Early life

Hawes was born in

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, Surrey in 1965. Brought up on a heavy dose of

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and

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supplied by his mother, Hawes soon became switched on to pop music. Learning guitar at the age of 13 Hawes combined his already noticed talent for poetry with his newfound musicality and started writing songs.

Career

Songwriting and production

From the mid-1980s and through to the mid-1990s, Hawes toured extensively in bands and had a single release on

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with alternative rock band Fra. The single failed to surface but the writing talents of Hawes came to the attention of

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and

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, father and son management team Safe Management who invited him to write for their artists. Safe had been responsible for the development of Bros and went on to put together

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for whom Hawes penned three songs including "Sugar and Spice" the song which inspired Hawes to suggest the name "

". His involvement on the project led Hawes into a publishing deal with BMG and a period of writing which included the song "Satisfied" which featured on the 3.5 million selling debut album of boyband

. The song also appeared on the US single release of " Slam Dunk Da Funk" which was a top ten

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hit. Hawes's association with Safe Management led to an introduction to and subsequently long term writing and production partnership with

Pete Kirtley Peter Edward Kirtley (born 14 April 1972) is an English songwriter, record producer and music entrepreneur. He has produced over 200 records worldwide with sales exceeding 15 million and 100 million streams, including seven number-one hit sing ...

. Together they formed

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in 1999 and quickly made their mark with a release on

s 3 million selling album Aaron's Party. This was followed by two songs being recorded by

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star

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. In 2001 Hawes and Kirtley penned a song which was in the final for "A Song for Europe" and resulted in the signing of artist Anniq to

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. Telstar went bust before the release of "Skin Deep" but the song went on to be featured in a worldwide ad campaign for

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. 2001 also saw the release of the Hawes/Kirtley/Clarkson written " Pure and Simple" by Popstars winners

which

produced for

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. The song found its place in the

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that year as the fastest selling debut single of all time. It went on to sell 1.3 million copies and Hawes and his co writers each received an Ivor Novello for their work.

scored a second number one with

's "Show me the way", a co production with

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. A third number one came with

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released by German garland

. Hawes went on to work with

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and

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as well as having notable releases with the

and

. In 2006 Hawes scored a fourth number one with "

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" released by German band

and went on to write and produce songs for their album

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and subsequent albums Strictly Physical and

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. The

partnership of Hawes and Kirtley ended in 2007 and Hawes went on to form Zebra1 with songwriter and producer

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. The Zebra1 partnership saw Hawes writing and producing for

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, most notably the Hawes/Bachman written song "What is the Good in Goodbye". Further releases with

, Jimmy Blue,

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, Stefanie Heinzmann and

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cemented the Hawes/Mhondera writing and production partnership which continues to present.

Publishing company

In 2011, Zebra1 set up a

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company in partnership with Bucks Music. The company Zebra1/ Bucks Music Publishing have since signed writer/producer Willie Weeks, writer Harry Brooks and The White Collar Criminals, a prolific South African based team responsible for the music for many major films and TV adverts. Zebra1 currently develop many new writers, producers and artists as well as continuing to write and produce songs for many major artists.

References

External links

Hitquarters

Sound on Sound
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hawes, Tim 1965 births Living people People from Surrey English record producers English songwriters Ivor Novello Award winners Music publishers (people)