Eg White

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Francis Anthony 'Eg' White (born November 22, 1966) is a British musician, songwriter and producer.

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[edit] Biography

He started his career in the bands Yip Yip Coyote and, with his brother David, Brother Beyond in the late 1980s, leaving the latter when they became involved with the songwriting team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman and just prior to their chart successes.

In 1990 White teamed up with London model and BMX champion Alice Temple, and together they recorded the critically acclaimed pop album 24 Years of Hunger, which was released in 1991 under the name Eg and Alice. It was described by All Music Guide as "one of the finest, most refined and fully realized recordings of the era, employing a much more sophisticated and romantic style than anything else out of England at the time". In spite of the critical acclaim (the album featured in many major music publications top 50 albums of 1991) and two well received singles "Indian" and "Doesn't Mean That Much to Me", the album failed to enter the UK Albums Chart.

In 1992 White produced the debut, self titled album by Kinky Machine, then disappeared from the music industry until 1996 when he released his debut solo album Turn Me On, I'm a Rocket Man, again critically acclaimed, although the singles "Stay Home" (written by Andy Sturmer, originally recorded by Jellyfish) and "Made My Baby Cry" failed to chart. In 1997 White provided instrumentation for the sessions of Suggs' solo album The Three Pyramids Club, but in 1999 his career really started to take off as he became an in-demand songwriter, musician and producer. He collaborated with Alice Temple again for her solo debut album Hang Over, and with Icelandic/Italian singer Emiliana Torrini on her debut album Love In The Time Of Science.

In 2002, White co-wrote the track "Say It" from the Alison Moyet album Hometime. He also co-wrote produced and provided the majority of instrumentation on Through My Eyes, the debut album from Nicole Russo, and Dive Deeper by Jade Anderson. White also worked extensively on Javine's debut album Surrender in 2003.

White's song "Leave Right Now" was recorded by Will Young in 2003, and reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. In recognition, White was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically in 2004. White also co-wrote two other tracks on Young's Fridays Child album, "Going My Way" and "Out Of My Mind". In 2004, White worked on the tracks "Legend" and "U've Only Got 1" from the Tamyra Gray album The Dreamer, and co-wrote "You Had Me", the lead single from Joss Stone's second album, Mind, Body & Soul.

White continued to be in demand as a songwriter, and was largely responsible for the lead single "Shiver" from the Natalie Imbruglia album Counting Down the Days, as well as the track "Slowdown". He also worked on the albums Set the Tone by Nate James (track and second single "Universal"), Tissues and Issues by Charlotte Church (second single "Call My Name"), R3MIX by Sara Jorge (single "Dirty Business") and In The Red by Tina Dico (tracks "Use Me" and "Give In").

He has since co-written tracks for albums by Simon Webbe ("Free") and Will Young, including "Keep On", "Save Yourself" and "Think About It", as well as a White/Lucie Silvas co-write that was the Number 11 UK Hit "Who Am I". In addition to the Will Young single, he co-wrote and produced the debut Top 10 hit for James Morrison called "You Give Me Something", and the follow up single "Wonderful World". White has also collaborated with Jamelia on her track "Go" from the album Walk With Me, Take That on the track "Mancunian Way" from their comeback album Beautiful World, Beverley Knight on the track "No Man's Land" from the album Music City Soul, and James Blunt with "I'll Take Everything", on his album All The Lost Souls. He also co-wrote and produced "Just A Little Bit" for Mutya Buena and "Cosmic", a track from the Kylie Minogue album X.

Most recently, White has co-written three tracks on Adele's debut album 19, which was released by XL Recordings in January 2008 and went straight to #1. These include the hit single "Chasing Pavements" as well as "Tired" and "Melt My Heart To Stone", all three of which he produced. White has co-writing credits on the debut album Rockferry from Duffy, released in March 2008 on A&M ("Warwick Avenue", "Delayed Devotion", "Hanging On Too Long"). White has also co-written a few tracks called Alice In Wonderl and Jones on Brian McFadden's fourth-coming album Set In Stone .

Whilst White is first and foremost a songwriter/producer, he has signed a recording contract with Parlophone Records and will be releasing a second album of his own material in 2008.

[edit] Eg and Alice - Discography

[edit] Singles

  • "Indian" (WEA Records 1991) - did not chart
  • "Doesn't Mean That Much to Me" (WEA Records 1991) - did not chart

[edit] Album

  • 24 Years Of Hunger (WEA Records 1991) - did not chart
Track listing
  1. "Rockets"
  2. "In a Cold Way"
  3. "Mystery Man"
  4. "And I Have Seen Myself"
  5. "So High, So Low"
  6. "New Years Eve"
  7. "Indian"
  8. "Doesn't Mean That Much to Me"
  9. "Crosstown"
  10. "IOU"
  11. "I Wish"

[edit] Eg - Discography

[edit] Singles

[edit] Album

  • Turn Me On, I'm a Rocket Man (WEA Records, 1996)
Track listing
  1. "Nothing Comes Easy"
  2. "Made My Baby Cry"
  3. "What Can I Do"
  4. "Stay Home"
  5. "Mr Cool"
  6. "Do It for Myself"
  7. "Sister Blue"
  8. "Holding It In"
  9. "I Wish You Could Be Happy Too"
  10. "Angel"
  11. "My Lovely Valentine"