Alan Hewitt is an American
composer
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Etymology and Defi ...
,
producer,
recording
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and
performing artist
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. He served as
keyboardist
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for
The Moody Blues
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from 2010 until their break up in 2018.
Hewitt was born in
Petoskey, Michigan
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, United States, and attended
Berklee College of Music
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graduating in 1978.
Hewitt served as a producer for over half a decade alongside
Maurice White
Maurice White (December 19, 1941 – February 4, 2016) was an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was best known as the founder, leader, main songwriter, and producer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, and served as the ...
of
Earth Wind and Fire
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(EWF) with the ''
Greatest Hits
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'' album going
platinum
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Platinu ...
in 2000. Hewitt performed on the ''
Cherry Pie
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'' record with
Warrant, which went platinum in 2004.
Hewitt has released multiple solo albums and has written music for movies and television,; see below
*
Justin Hayward
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''Live at Buckhead''
*Alan Hewitt & One Nation ''Evolution''
*
John Lodge ''
10,000 Light Years Ago
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''
*Spirit Rising Vol.2 with Earth, Wind & Fire &
Beyonce – ''Columbia''
*Earth, Wind & Fire ''Greatest Hits''
*Earth, Wind & Fire ''The Promise''
*
Mary Fahl
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- co-production/arranging- Sony Classics
*Earth, Wind & Fire ''Mega Mix''
Burning Bush – Co-produced Remix featuring Earth, Wind & Fire – Sony Music
That's The Way Of The World “Live” Earth, Wind & Fire- keys- Sony Legacy
Warrant: “Cherry Pie” co-writer /arranger/keys- Columbia
Godai – Kikuma Music/Japan with Maurice White co-Producer/arranger/keys
John Waite
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: “City By The Sea” – Edgar Allan Poe Society - writer/producer/keys
Apollonia Kotero
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- writer/producer/keys BMG
Jonathon Butler: N2Encoded “Lost to Love”
Jonathon Butler “I Believe” NCoded.
Donny Osmond
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“Eyes Don’t Lie” – Capitol
The Morgans: Avex/Warner
Tanaka
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*, Japanese musician formerly known as Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi
*, Japane ...
: Avex/Warner
Fiona
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: Atlantic Records
Diajiman Brothers: produced with
Maurice White
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Columbia/Japan
Utherworlds-writer/producer/keys
Sakurako Mitsui: with Earth, Wind & Fire/Warner Bros. - producer/arranger (Gold in Japan)
Gavin Christopher
Gavin Christopher (May 1, 1949 – March 3, 2016) was an American R&B singer, songwriter, musician, and producer.
Early life and career
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he started out playing music at a very early age. Having been schooled by the li ...
: PANAM/Japan - producer/writer/keys
John Trudell
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: Ark 21/EMI writer/ produced with David Tickle
Ann Tickle: Ark 21/EMI with David Tickle (Included on Ark 21/EMI album “Out of the Blue” featuring Sting, Peter Gabriel, Madonna, Seal, Jackson Brown, Julian Lennon and others)
Steven Seagal
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- producer
Blake Aaron 215 Records produced/keys
The Ducks
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: (Best unsigned pop band –
LA Weekly
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) produced with
Dave Allard
“Not Here”: Musical Score for JFK Center writer/producer
Steve Oliver
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/ Global Kiss - SOM piano, vibes, marimba
Greg Adam’s East Bay Soul - co writer on “Awaken”
Steve Oliver/World Citizen-SOM B-3
Awards
Hewitt won
ESPY Award
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and a
Golden Planet Award.
Discography
Studio albums
* 1996 Native Heart
* 2000 Escape From Life
* 2004 Noche de Pasion
* 2006 Metropolis
* 2010 Retroactive
* 2012 High Fidelity
* 2015 Evolution (Alan Hewitt & One Nation)
Voyages Series
* 1996 Kalahari
* 1996 Amazon Rain Forest
* 1996 Big Sur
Compilations, covers
* 2008 Symphony in Rock
Soundtracks
* 2010 Utherworlds
Other credits
* A Fall From Freedom -PBS.
* San Francisco Ocean Film Festival winner.
* Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Universal) additional score.
* Gods and Generals (Warner Bros.) – arranger/instrumentalist.
* Swimming Upstream.
* Swimming Upstream – composer trailer.
* Held Up.
* She's So Lovely (Universal) – additional music for DVD.
* Happy Gilmore – additional music.
* Phenomenon – additional music.
* National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj –additional music.
* An Owl's Song.
* Plight of the Pilot Whales.
* Shadow of the Red Giants
* Ten Lives “A Feral Cat Odyssey.
* Justin Hayward “Live at Buckhead Theatre” keyboards, backing vocal.
Music for television
* Saturday Night Live - 2016.
* Taking it Off -Theme.
* Dancing With The Stars.
* ABC Primetime.
* E News Live.
* Twisted Tales Series.
* Good Guys.
* Naked Science.
* Nate Berkus Show.
* Dr. Oz.
* Oprah's Next Chapter.
* Rosie.
* What Would You Do.
* Made.
* Oprah.
* Oprah's Big Give.
* Comedy Central.
* Celebrity Adventure.
* Nature – PBS.
* Survivor – Latin America (season 1).
* The Osbournes.
* Dead Like Me.
* Room Raiders.
* Sky Sports-NFL.
* 24-Fox promo.
* Nature – PBS.
* Bands Reunited – VH1 Series.
* Turks – CBS primetime series.
* Home Improvement.
* Wyland's Ocean World – Animal Planet – 13-part series.
* Nearly Famous.
* Stylemaker.
* Shipmates.
* You've Gotta See This – Fox Sports.
* Reach for the Sky – PBS.
* Wild On – E Channel.
* The Emotional World of Farm Animals-Genesis Award.
* EXTRA.
* Entertainment Tonight.
* True Hollywood.
* The National Enquirer.
* Inside The NFL.
* Best Damn Sports Show.
* General Hospital.
* Kentucky Derby.
* Squigglevision.
* The Rock -promo.
* World News Now.
* Special Delivery.
* Weekend Flash – Playboy.
* Fix My Celebrity Life.
* TV Guide Magazine Top 25 Best.
* The Good Guys.
* Zhi Qiang Ji Jin Wang-series in Hong Kong.
* World Watch-Japan.
* Yummy Yummy-Singapore.
* NFL Total Access.
* My Super Sweet Sixteen-UK.
* Transformers Prime.
* Sonic X.
* Justice League.
* Clean House.
* Super Soul Sunday.
* New Adventures of Nanobo.
* World's Deadliest.
* Super Soul Sunday.
* Queen Latifah Show.
* Little Couple.
* Oprah Where Are They Now ?
References
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Living people
Songwriters from Michigan
Record producers from Michigan
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Petoskey, Michigan
21st-century American keyboardists
Berklee College of Music alumni