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Steely Dan
Steely Dan
American rock band
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Mike and the Mechanics
Mike and the Mechanics
English pop/rock band
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Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald
American recording artist; singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer
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Spooner Oldham
Spooner Oldham
American songwriter and session musician
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Tony Macaulay
Tony Macaulay
English author, composer for musical theatre, and songwriter
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David Paich
David Paich
American musician
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Allen Ritter
Allen Ritter
musical artist
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Mark Ralph
Mark Ralph
British record producer
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Gavin Rossdale
Gavin Rossdale
British musician
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Geoff Stephens
Geoff Stephens
English songwriter and record producer
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Leiber-Stoller
Leiber-Stoller
American songwriting and record producing duo
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Laura Mvula
Laura Mvula
British recording artist, songwriter and composer
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Justin Hayward
Justin Hayward
British musician; songwriter, lead singer, guitarist for Moody Blues
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The Amboy Dukes
The Amboy Dukes
American rock band
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Roger Nichols
Roger Nichols
American record producer and audio engineer
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Hugh McCracken
Hugh McCracken
American session musician
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Rick Nowels
Rick Nowels
American songwriter and record producer
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Donald Fagen
Donald Fagen
American recording artist, musician, best known as co-founder and lead singer of the rock band Steely Dan.
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Peter Sarstedt
Peter Sarstedt
Musician chronicling noblesse oblige
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Dave Townsend
Dave Townsend
British songwriter, lyricist, and singer
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Tom Scott
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
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Ozark Henry
Ozark Henry
Belgian musician
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Pete Ham
Pete Ham
Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Leon Russell
Leon Russell
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and session musician
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Kim Stockwood
Kim Stockwood
Canadian musician
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Joe Vitale
Joe Vitale
American singer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist
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Meli'sa Morgan
Meli'sa Morgan
American singer
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Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood
English recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter
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Alan Hawkshaw
Alan Hawkshaw
British composer
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Walter Becker
Walter Becker
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
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Ellie Greenwich
Ellie Greenwich
American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer (1940-2009)
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Patrice Rushen
Patrice Rushen
American musician
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Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn
British record producer and musician
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Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett
American singer and songwriter
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Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
English singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist and actor
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Roger Cook
Roger Cook
English singer, songwriter and record producer
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Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb
American songwriter, composer, and singer
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Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer
English singer-songwriter and musician
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Chris Braide
Chris Braide
British singer-songwriter
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Jay Graydon
Jay Graydon
American musician songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer, producer, arranger, and record engineer
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Walter Afanasieff
Walter Afanasieff
Brazilian-American musician, songwriter, record producer and composer
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Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash
American singer-songwriter
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Eurythmics
Eurythmics
British music duo
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Shannon
Shannon
American recording artist and singer
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
British singer-songwriter
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Richard Darbyshire
Richard Darbyshire
English singer, songwriter, producer and songwriting coach
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Shea Taylor
Shea Taylor
American songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist
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Roger Greenaway
Roger Greenaway
English songwriter and record producer
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Louis Bell
Louis Bell
American recording producer, songwriter and composer
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Mike Chapman
Mike Chapman
Australian record producer and songwriter
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Barry Gibb
Barry Gibb
British singer, songwriter, record producer, and co-founder of the group Bee Gees
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Johnny Nash
Johnny Nash
American pop singer-songwriter
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Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
American musician, record producer, and songwriter (1937-1990)
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Tony Mortimer
Tony Mortimer
Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer
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Nitin Sawhney
Nitin Sawhney
British Indian musician, producer and composer
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Biddu
Biddu
Indian singer
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Gary Osborne
Gary Osborne
British singer-songwriter
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Marsha Ambrosius
Marsha Ambrosius
English singer-songwriter
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Nicky Chinn
Nicky Chinn
English songwriter and record producer
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Kim Carnes
Kim Carnes
American singer-songwriter
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Nik Kershaw
Nik Kershaw
English singer-songwriter
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The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
American musical group
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Keith Urban
Keith Urban
New Zealand-born Australian country music singer
Frank Musker
British songwriter

Frank Musker

Intro
British songwriter
Nominated For
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song

Frank John Musker (born 1951) is a British songwriter and composer. Most prolific in the 1980s and 1990s, he worked with artists such as Sheena Easton, The Babys, Robert Miles, Jennifer Rush, Bucks Fizz, Air Supply, Lucio Battisti, Zucchero, Lisa Stansfield and Brian May (for the Queen song "Too Much Love Will Kill You"). His collaboration with May was awarded Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the 1997 Ivor Novello Awards.

One of Musker's earlier successes was the 1977 North American hit "Heaven On The 7th Floor", written with co-writer Dominic Bugatti. It became a hit for Paul Nicholas and The Mighty Pope. Musker and Bugatti then collaborated with John Waite, frontman for The Babys at the time, to compose "Back on My Feet Again", which would become The Babys' last top 40 hit, peaking at #33 in 1980. Two years later, Musker and Bugatti recorded their duo album on Atlantic Records, entitled The Dukes. The album was produced by Arif Mardin and recorded and mixed by Gary Skardina at The Music Grinder Studios (Hollywood, California), Chelsea Sound and Atlantic Studios (New York), Maison Rouge, and Odyssey Studios (London).

In 1984, Musker, as a solo artist, recorded the song "Steely Man", which was featured in the comedy film Grandview, U.S.A. and also released as a single.

In 1998, Musker was a director at the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.