Ashley Hicklin
| Ashley Hicklin | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ashley Hicklin |
| Born | 1985 (age 31–32) |
| Origin | Scarborough, England |
| Genres | Pop, Acoustic |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, Producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Piano |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | EMI (2008–) Warner Music (2010–) |
| Website | www.hitmyheartsongs.com |
Ashley Hicklin (born 1985) is a Multi-Platinum English singer, songwriter, and producer. He owns Hit-My-Heart-Songs, a UK based music publishing company and has written songs for artists such as Tiësto, Tom Dice and Waylon, including more than Ten No.1 chart releases and over twenty Top-10 chart releases.
Biography
Early life
Ashley Hicklin was raised in his parent's pub on the North-East coast of England in Scarborough, North Yorkshire and completed his secondary education at Lady Lumley's School in Pickering, North Yorkshire and Caistor Grammar School in Lincolnshire.[1][2] He first began to perform at open mic nights in the pub, at the age of 13 and recorded early demos on a 4-track tape machine.[3][4]
As a musician Hicklin plays the guitar, piano, clarinet and drums.[5] He studied at Leeds College of Music where he began performing on the live circuit, winning the Leeds "Bright Young Things" Award in 2006.[6]
As a writer
In late 2008, the European CEO of EMI Publishing (Peter Ende) saw a live video of Hicklin performing for BBC Introducing.[4] Hicklin signed a deal with EMI Publishing and in less than six months had co-written several chart hits for other artists across Europe, including Johan Palm's single Emma-lee which reached No. 1 in Sweden.[7][8]
In 2010, he also co-wrote the Belgium entry for the Eurovision Song Contest "Me and My Guitar", sung by Tom Dice.[9] It was a No.1 hit in Belgium and also a top-ten chart hit in many countries across Europe.[10] Hicklin has collaborated with the teams behind Lana Del Rey, Felix Jaehn, Tiesto, Natasha Bedingfield, James Morrison, Hurts, Amy Winehouse, Sugababes and various other international acts.[4] He writes under various pseudonyms collectively known as Hit-My-Heart-Songs.[11]
Discography
Credits as a writer
References
- ↑ Lady Lumley's School
- ↑ http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/Deal-right-song-Ashley/story-11548659-detail/story.html
- ↑ http://ashleyhicklin.com/Release/
- 1 2 3 http://www.mopo.de/hamburg-rockt/unsere-jury-stellt-sich-vor-ashley-hicklin,7151002,8274560.html
- ↑ https://www.myspace.com/ashleyhicklin
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/articles/2005/12/07/ashleys_troubadours_band_feature.shtml
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ↑ http://www.lcm.ac.uk/news/leeds-college-of-music-ashley-hicklin-pop-idol.htm%5B%5D
- ↑ http://www.eurovision.tv/event/artistdetail?song=25063&event=1503
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ↑ http://hitmyheart.tk/newsflash.html
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- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
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- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-08.