Kevin Godley

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Kevin Godley
Kevin Godley with 10cc 6 April 1976
Background information
Birth name	Kevin Michael Godley
Born	(1945-10-07) 7 October 1945 Prestwich, Lancashire, England
Genres	Rock
Occupations	Musician, music video director
Instruments	Vocals, drums, synths, percussion
Years active	Late 1960s–present
Associated acts	10cc Hotlegs Godley & Creme Doctor Father The Magic Lanterns

Kevin Godley (born Kevin Michael Godley, 7 October 1945,^[1] Prestwich, Lancashire, England) is a British musician and music video director.

He was born in a family of Jewish descent, and went to North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham. The first band Kevin was part of was Group 17 which had its origins in the Jewish Lads Brigade (The JLB). The members were Henri Shalam, Bernard Suffrin, Sydney Kaye and Jeffrey Baker, whose father was probably "Sergeant Baker" in Rubber Bullets. While attending art college in Manchester he met Lol Creme. They became part of several bands together, most notably Hotlegs and 10cc, and eventually became known as Godley & Creme in acting together as musicians and directors. They were jointly nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form for: The Police: Synchronicity Concert in 1986.^[2]

Godley writes, sings, and plays drums and percussion. In 1990, his charity production One World One Voice was released on CD in the UK. It was a CD that focused on environmental and ecological crises. Godley became a vegetarian during this period.

Kevin reunited with another former 10cc member, Graham Gouldman, to form the band GG/06. Together they have recorded a number of new songs which are currently available via their website – GG06.co.uk.

Recently, Kevin has moved into developing a music platform for the iPad, that combines audio and video to create a global recording studio in the cloud called "WholeWorldBand".^[3] The company was nominated for the "SXSW Music Accelerator Award" in 2013 and was one of eight finalists selected from a pool of over 500.^[4]

Music videos

Since he split from his long-time working partner Creme, Godley forged a career directing music videos and films on his own.

1989

Fine Young Cannibals – "Don't Look Back"
Band Aid 2 – "Do They Know It's Christmas"
Wet Wet Wet – "Sweet Surrender"

1990

Erasure – "Blue Savannah"
One World, One Voice – short movie

1991

Bryan Adams – "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" / "Though I'd Died And Gone to Heaven" / "All I Want Is You"
U2 – "Even Better Than The Real Thing"

1992

Garland Jeffreys – "The Answer"
Moodswings & Chrissie Hynde – "Spiritual High"
U2 – Zoo TV Concert Video

1993

Frank Sinatra & Bono – "I've Got You Under My Skin"
Paul McCartney – "C'Mon People"
Sting – "Fields of Gold"
U2 – "Numb"

1994

Blur – "Girls and Boys"
Bono & Gavin Friday – "In the Name of The Father"
Dave Stewart – "Heart of Stone"
East 17 – "Steam"
Larry Adler & Kate Bush – "The Man I Love"

1995

Deep Forest – "Deep Forest"
U2 – "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
Whale – "I'll do ya"

1996

Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen – "Theme from Mission: Impossible"
Bryan Adams – "Star"
Gavin Friday – "You Me and World War Three"
Phil Collins – "Dance into the Light"
The Beatles – "Real Love"
Tonic – "Soldiers Daughter"

1997

1998

Boyzone – "When The Going Gets Tough" / "You Needed Me"
Eric Clapton – "My Father's Eyes"
Helicopter Girl – "Subliminal Punk"
Kele Le Roc – "My Love"
Phil Collins – "You'll Be in My Heart"
Sting – "After The Rain Has Fallen"
Black Crowes – "By Your Side"
Charlatans – "Forever"
U2 – "Sweetest Thing"

1999

Ronan Keating – "When You Say Nothing at All"
Wyclef Jean featuring Bono – "New Day"

2000

Alabama 3 – "Woke Up This Morning"
Gabrielle – "Rise"
Rod Stewart – "Run Back into Your Arms"

2001

Gabrielle – "Out of Reach"
HIM – "Pretending"
Marti Pellow – "Smile (Marti Pellow album)|Close To You"
U2 – "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
Zucchero – "Baila" / "I'm in Trouble"

2002

Ronan Keating – "If Tomorrow Never Comes" / "We've Got Tonight"
Scarface featuring Faith Evans – "Someday"
Charlatans – "A Man Needs To Be Told"

2003

The Rapture – "Sister Saviour"
Will Young – "Leave Right Now"

2004

Bryan Adams – "Flying"
Haven – "Wouldn't Change A Thing"
Kealer – "Cry"
Lisa Stansfield – "Treat Me Like A Woman"
Ronan Keating – "Father And Son"
Corrs – "Summer Sunshine"

2005

Ben Adams – "Sorry"
Katie Melua – "Nine Million Bicycles" / "I Cried for You"
Jamie Cullum – "Mind Trick"

2006

Brothermandude – "Automatic"
Keane – "Is It Any Wonder?"
Mojo Fury – "The Man"

2008

Boyzone – "Better"
Snow Patrol – "Crack The Shutters"

2010

Katie Melua – "The Flood"

2011

Gavin Friday – "Able"

Quotations

“

If I was to pick one track from everything we've done, "I'm Not in Love" would be my favourite. It's got something that none of our other tracks have at all. It's not clever in a conscious way but it says it all so simply in, what, six minutes.

”

NME – February 1976^[5]

References

↑ Kevin Godley at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
↑ Awards for Kevin Godley at the Internet Movie Database
↑ WholeWorldBand – http://www.wholeworldband.com
↑ Hot Press Publication, (January 2013), WholeWorldBand: SXSW Accelerator Award Finalist – http://www.hotpress.com/archive/9519051.html
↑ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 285. CN 5585.

External links

Kevin Godley at the Internet Movie Database

v t e 10cc

Graham Gouldman Eric Stewart Kevin Godley Lol Creme Paul Burgess Rick Fenn Stuart Tosh Duncan Mackay Tony O'Malley

Studio albums	10cc Sheet Music The Original Soundtrack How Dare You! Deceptive Bends Bloody Tourists Look Hear? Ten Out of 10 Windows in the Jungle …Meanwhile Mirror Mirror

Live albums	Live and Let Live The Best of 10cc Live King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Alive

Compilations	Changing Faces - The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme Greatest Hits ... And More The Very Best of 10cc Greatest Hits 1972-1978 Strawberry Bubblegum

Box sets	Greatest Songs and More (Great Box) Tenology

Singles	"Donna" "Johnny Don't Do It" "Rubber Bullets" "The Dean and I" "Headline Hustler" "The Worst Band in the World" "The Wall Street Shuffle" "Silly Love" "I'm Not in Love" "Life Is a Minestrone" "Art for Art's Sake" "I'm Mandy Fly Me "The Things We Do for Love" "Good Morning Judge" "People in Love" "Dreadlock Holiday" "Reds in My Bed" "For You and I" "One Two Five" "It Doesn't Matter at All" "Les Nouveaux Riches" "Don't Turn Me Away" "The Power of Love" "Run Away" "Memories" "We've Heard It All Before" "24 Hours" "Feel the Love" "Food for Thought" "Woman in Love" "Welcome to Paradise" "I'm Not in Love (Acoustic Session '95)"

Related articles	Discography Doctor Father Godley & Creme Hotlegs Wax/Wax UK

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 76512737 LCCN: n92018417 ISNI: 0000 0000 6311 3564 GND: 134386574 BNF: cb140145217

v t e Godley & Creme

Kevin Godley Lol Creme

Studio albums	Consequences L Freeze Frame Ismism Birds of Prey The History Mix Volume 1 Goodbye Blue Sky

Compilations	Changing Faces - The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme Images Greatest Hits ... And More The Very Best of 10cc

Singles	"Five O'Clock in the Morning" "Sandwiches of You" "An Englishman in New York" "Submarine" "Wide Boy" "Wedding Bells" "Under Your Thumb" "Snack Attack" "Save a Mountain for Me" "Samson" "Golden Boy" "Cry" "H.E.A.V.E.N./A Little Piece of Heaven" "10,000 Angels"

Related articles	10cc

Persondata
Name	Godley, Kevin
Alternative names	Godley, Kevin Michael (birth name)
Short description	British musician and music video director
Date of birth	7 October 1945
Place of birth	Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England
Date of death
Place of death

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