Alan Tarney (born 19 November 1945) is an English record producer and musician. He was born in Northside,

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Loca ...

Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...

, but spent his teenage years in

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, Australia, where he met his songwriting and musical partner

Trevor Spencer Trevor Spencer (born 1947 in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian songwriter, record producer and drummer. He studied drums and percussion from the age of 10. By the age of 14, he was playing professionally in bands in Adelaide and Melbourne, w ...

. He is best known for his association with

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an Indian-born British musican, singer, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million s ...

and producing "

Take On Me "Take On Me" is a song by the Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha. The original version, recorded in 1984 and released in October of that same year, was produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff. The 1985 international hit version was p ...

" by

a-ha A-ha (usually stylised as ''a-''h''a''; ) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars and vocals), Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitars and vocals), and Morten Harket (lead vocals), the band ...

Career

Musician

Tarney was part of the influx of British migrants who settled in Adelaide during the height of the 1960s pop music boom. His first major group in Australia was

James Taylor Move James Taylor Move was a short-lived Australian/British psychedelic pop, progressive rock group from Adelaide. It was formed by Kevin Peek on guitar (ex-Hurricanes, The Twilights, John E. Broome and the Handels), Trevor Spencer on drums, Alan Tar ...

, a four-piece outfit regarded as one of Australia's first psychedelic rock bands; the original line-up in 1967 comprised Tarney on bass, his longtime collaborator

on drums,

Kevin Peek Kevin Peek (21 December 1946 – 11 February 2013) was an Australian guitarist, playing both rock and classical music, best known for his work with the progressive rock band Sky. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and initially p ...

on lead guitar and Robert (R.J.) Taylor on vocals. Both the James Taylor Move and their rising-star contemporaries

the Twilights The Twilights were an Australian rock band that formed in Adelaide in 1964. The band developed from a three-piece acapella group consisting of Glenn Shorrock, Mike Sykes and Clem "Paddy" McCartney, who merged with instrumental group the Hurric ...

were formed by various members of two earlier Adelaide bands, Johnny Broome and the Handels, and the Hurricanes. James Taylor Move's (JTM) early concerts were in support of the Twilights, who soon moved to Melbourne. JTM built up a solid following in Adelaide and in early 1967 they won the South Australian final of the

Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds was an annual national rock/pop band competition held in Australia from 1966 to 1972. The winners of the national finals were the Twilights (1966), the Groop (1967), the Groove (1968), Doug Parkinson in Focus (mai ...

. They headed to Melbourne in July for the national finals, and although they were defeated by

the Groop The Groop were an Australian folk, R&B and rock band formed in 1964 in Melbourne, Victoria and had their greatest chart success with their second line-up of Max Ross on bass, Richard Wright on drums and vocals, Don Mudie on lead guitar, Brian ...

they decided to remain there. Securing a deal with

Festival Records Festival Records (later known as Festival Mushroom Records) was an Australian recording and publishing company founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1952 and operated until 2005. Festival was a wholly owned subsidiary of News Limited from 1961 to ...

they released their debut single "And I Hear the Fire Sing" / "Magic Eyes" in August 1967. The

A-side The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record company ...

was apparently considered too radical for local radio, but the B-side was picked up, received plenty of airplay in the southern states and became a Top 40 hit in Melbourne. In October, Festival released their second and final single, "Baby Jane", backed by the

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-influenced "Still I Can Go On". Peek left the band in May 1968, and was replaced by two new members, John Pugh and organist Lance Dixon. Lead singer Robert Taylor left the following month, and he was replaced by the 18-year-old blues/soul singer

Wendy Saddington Wendy June Saddington (26 September 194921 June 2013), also known as Gandharvika Dasi, was an Australian blues, soul and jazz singer, and was in the bands Chain, Copperwine and the Wendy Saddington Band. She wrote for teen pop newspaper ''Go ...

. This second line-up lasted only a few more months and made no commercial recordings before their split at the end of 1968. Tarney and Spencer were next reunited with Kevin Peek in the Kevin Peek Trio (1968–69). They moved to the UK in 1969, where they recruited an old Adelaide friend

Terry Britten Terence Ernest Britten (born July 1947) is an English-Australian singer-songwriter and record producer, who has written songs for Tina Turner, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo and Michael Jackson amongst many others. Britten (along w ...

(ex Twilights) to join the group, which was then renamed Quartet (1969–70). Quartet recorded one album with

Decca Records Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American ...

which remains unreleased, but two singles were issued on Decca: "Joseph" / "Mama Where Did You Fail" (F13072, 1970) and "Now" / "Will My Lady Come" (F12974, 1970). After the demise of Quartet, the four members became

session musician Session musicians, studio musicians, or backing musicians are musicians hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances. The term sideman is also used in the case of live performances, such as accompanying a recording artist on a ...

s and songwriters, recording and writing for many top UK acts including

, Ray Martin Hoskins, GTO Records/the Springfield Revival and

Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...

. Around this time Tarney also joined

the Shadows The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the late 1950s and early 1960s, in the pre- Beatles era. They served as the backing band for Cliff Richard ...

and was a member from 1973 to 1977. In 1975 he was one half of

Tarney/Spencer Band Tarney/Spencer Band were a rock band formed in London in 1975 with Trevor Spencer on drums and Alan Tarney on lead guitar, bass guitar and lead vocals. Both had been in Australian bands, including James Taylor Move, prior to relocating to the U ...

along with Trevor Spencer. They signed a 10-album deal with

A&M Records A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was acquired by PolyGram in 1989 and began distr ...

, but met with little success and after three album releases, the group disbanded and discontinued their contract with agreement by the record label.

Producer

In 1979, Tarney began the biggest period of his career when he wrote and arranged the Cliff Richard No. 1, " We Don't Talk Anymore". This led to him becoming Richard's record producer of his next two albums, ''

I'm No Hero ''I'm No Hero'' is the 23rd studio album by Cliff Richard, released in 1980. The album includes three hit singles, of which " Dreamin'" and " A Little in Love"were top 20 hits in both the UK and the US. Background Following the success of hi ...

'' (1980) and ''

Wired for Sound ''Wired for Sound'' is the 24th studio album by Cliff Richard, released in September 1981. The album peaked at number 4 in the UK album charts upon release, and spent a total of 25 weeks on the chart in 1981–82. The album was certified P ...

'' (1981). At this time he also wrote and produced

Barbara Dickson Barbara Ruth Dickson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer and actress whose hits include 'I Know Him So Well', 'Answer Me' and 'January February'. Dickson has placed fifteen albums on the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a n ...

and

Leo Sayer Gerard Hugh "Leo" Sayer (born 21 May 1948) is an English-Australian singer and songwriter whose singing career has spanned five decades. He has been an Australian citizen and resident since 2009. Sayer launched his career in the United Kingdom ...

– his distinctive sound being heard on the hit singles "

January February "January February" is a song by Scottish singer Barbara Dickson released on 25 January 1980 by Epic Records. It peaked at #11 on the UK Singles Chart the week ending 12 April 1980, spending 10 weeks on the chart. It also made the Top 20 in the Ge ...

" and "

More Than I Can Say "More Than I Can Say" is a song written by Sonny Curtis and Jerry Allison, both former members of Buddy Holly's band the Crickets. They recorded it in 1959 soon after Holly's death and released it in 1960. Their original version hit No. 42 on Brit ...

". Tarney went on to bigger success in the mid-1980s when he teamed up with

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pop band

A-ha A-ha (usually stylised as ''a-''h''a''; ) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars and vocals), Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitars and vocals), and Morten Harket (lead vocals), the band ...

. Producing the second version (after

Tony Mansfield Tony Mansfield (born 19 January 1955) is an English songwriter, musician and record producer. Early work Mansfield was born in Wimbledon, London, and became best known as the main songwriter/producer for New Musik, a synthpop band that perfo ...

) of their first single "

" (1984), the song went on to become a worldwide hit. He worked on the band's biggest selling first three albums, being a co-Producer of ''

Hunting High and Low ''Hunting High and Low'' is the debut studio album by Norwegian new wave band A-ha, released on 1 June 1985 in the United States and 28 October 1985 in the United Kingdom by Warner Bros. Records. The album was a huge commercial success, reachin ...

'' (1985), and Producer of ''

Scoundrel Days ''Scoundrel Days'' is the second studio album by Norwegian new wave band A-ha, released on 6 October 1986 by Warner Bros. Records. A remastered edition with additional tracks was released in 2010. Production ''Scoundrel Days'' was the second lo ...

'' (1986) and ''

Stay on These Roads ''Stay on These Roads'' is the third studio album by Norwegian band A-ha, released on 3 May 1988 by Warner Bros. Records. Six singles were released from the album. Recording A Synclavier, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, Yamaha DX-7, Roland D-50, a ...

'' (1988). He renewed his working relationship with the band in the production of their album release ''

Cast in Steel ''Cast in Steel'' is the tenth studio album by Norwegian band A-ha. The album was released on 4 September 2015 by We Love Music and Polydor. It is their first studio album since ''Foot of the Mountain'' (2009), following their second reunion in ea ...

'' (2015). He produced

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's comeback 1985 album ''

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,'' which included the top ten hit "The Last Kiss" co-written by Raymond Hoskins and David Cassidy. The song had previously been written for

for his 1981 album ''

''. The Richard version however, contained different lyrics and was titled ''Young Love''. He returned again to write and produce for the Cliff Richard albums ''

Always Guaranteed ''Always Guaranteed'' is the 28th studio album by Cliff Richard, released in 1987. The album peaked at number 5 in the UK Albums Chart, and spent a total of 24 weeks on the chart over 1987–88. The album was certified Platinum by the BPI an ...

'' (1987) and '' Stronger'' (1989). Alan Tarney wrote two songs for the

Sky The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, ...

album ''

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'' (1983) - "Return to Me" and "A Girl in Winter" - at the request of long-time associate, and Sky member, Kevin Peek. Tarney's other production credits include

the Hollies The Hollies are a British pop rock band, formed in 1962. One of the leading British groups of the 1960s and into the mid-1970s, they are known for their distinctive three-part vocal harmony style. Allan Clarke (singer), Allan Clarke and Graham ...

Bow Wow Wow Bow Wow Wow are an English new wave band, created by manager Malcolm McLaren in 1980. McLaren recruited members of Adam and the Ants to form the band behind 13-year-old Annabella Lwin on vocals. They released their debut EP '' Your Cassette ...

the Dream Academy The Dream Academy were a British band consisting of singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist (chiefly oboe, cor anglais player) Kate St John, and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. The band is most noted for their 1985 hit singles ...

, Squeeze,

Matthew Sweet Sidney Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964) is an American alternative rock/power pop singer-songwriter and musician who was part of the burgeoning music scene in Athens, Georgia, during the 1980s before gaining commercial success in the 1990 ...

Voice of the Beehive Voice of the Beehive are an English American, Anglo-American Alternative rock, alternative pop rock band formed in London in 1986. The group featured Californian lead vocalist sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland (daughters of The ...

and the '' Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute'' album.

Personal life

Tarney lives in

Richmond, London Richmond is a town in south-west London,The London Government Act 1963 (c.33) (as amended) categorises the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames as an Outer London borough. Although it is on both sides of the River Thames, the Boundary Commiss ...

. He has a daughter, Mia, a professional artist painter; and a son, Oliver, who works in the film industry.

Selected discography

With the Tarney/Spencer Band

Albums: *1974 "Something out of a dream.Musical Rock Show Joe Brown & Introducing Ray Hoskins as Sparrow producer Alan Tarney Brian Eno.Polydor MGM Curb *1976 ''Tarney and Spencer'' (Bradley's) *1978 ''Three's a Crowd'' (A&M) *1979 ''Run for Your Life'' (A&M) *UICY-90680: ''A&M 60s & 70s Single Box'' apanese Import– features two tracks by the Tarney/Spencer band. 5-CD box set CD reissues *2003 ''Tarney and Spencer'' (Castle Communications plc), UK with four bonus tracks *1993 ''Run for Your Life'' (Polydor), German. 1,500 copies *19?? ''Three's a Crowd'', Canada *19?? ''Run for Your Life'', Canada *2009 ''Three's a Crowd'' (Tone Arm, Digipak), Sweden with four bonus tracks *2009 ''Run for Your Life'' (TONE TA 0004, Digipak), Sweden with four bonus tracks

Writer/Co-writer

All chart placings refer to

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

only unless indicated otherwise.
Singles: * "Living in Harmony" by

(1972, No. 12) * "

Hey Mr. Dream Maker "Hey Mr. Dream Maker" (in some releases as "Hey Mr. Dreammaker") is a song by Cliff Richard from his album ''Every Face Tells a Story'' and the first single to be released from the album. It was released as a single in 1976 reaching number 31 on th ...

" by

(1976, No. 31) * "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" by

John Farnham John Peter Farnham Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British born Australian singer. Farnham was a Teen idol, teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed then as Johnny Farnham, but has since forged a career as an Adu ...

(1977) * " Green Light" by

(1979, No. 57) * " We Don't Talk Anymore" by Cliff Richard (1979, No. 1, US No. 7)

Producer

All chart placings refer to

and

UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts C ...

only unless indicated otherwise.
Singles: * "Why don't you say it" by

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(1979, NCP) * "

" by

(1980, No. 11) * " Dreaming" by Cliff Richard (1980, No. 8, US No. 10) * "

" by

(1980, No. 2, US No. 2) * "

Pilot of the Airwaves "Pilot of the Airwaves" is a song by English singer-songwriter Charlie Dore. It was released as a single in 1979 from her album ''Where to Now''. The song reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and earned her the ''Re ...

" by

Charlie Dore Charlie Dore (born 1956) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and actress. Although best known as a singer-songwriter, Dore has a multi-faceted career that includes acting in film, TV and radio, comedy-improvisatio ...

(1980, No. 13) * " A Little in Love" by Cliff Richard (1981, No. 15, US No. 17) * "Living in a Fantasy" by Leo Sayer (1981, US No. 23) * "

" by Cliff Richard (1981, No. 4) * " Annie Get Your Gun" by Squeeze (1982, No. 43) * "

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" by Leo Sayer (1983, No. 16) * "You Don't Need Someone New" by the Lotus Eaters (1983, No. 53) * "

The Love Parade ''The Love Parade'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, involving the marital difficulties of Queen Louise of Sylvania (MacDonald) and her consort, C ...

" by

(1985, No. 68, US No. 40) * "The Last Kiss" by

(1985, No. 6) * "

" by

(1985, No. 2) * "

The Sun Always Shines on TV "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." is a song by Norwegian band A-ha, released as the third single from their debut studio album, ''Hunting High and Low'' (1985). The song was written by guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Pål Waaktaar. In some commerci ...

" by a-ha (1985, No. 1) * "

Train of Thought The train of thought or track of thought refers to the interconnection in the sequence of ideas expressed during a connected discourse or thought, as well as the sequence itself, especially in discussion how this sequence leads from one idea to ...

" by a-ha (1986, No. 8) * "

" by a-ha (1986, No. 5) * " I've Been Losing You" by a-ha (1986, No. 8) * " Cry Wolf" by a-ha (1986, No. 5) * "

Manhattan Skyline Manhattan Skyline is a Norwegian mathcore band based in Oslo, Norway. They are influenced by metal, hardcore, contemporary music, jazz, fusion and electronica. After their performance at the 2005 Bodø Hardcore festival, The Faceless Masses ...

" by a-ha (1987, No. 13) * "

My Pretty One "My Pretty One" is a song recorded by English singer Cliff Richard and released in the UK in June 1987 as the lead single from his ''Always Guaranteed'' album. The song reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Alan Tarney ...

" by Cliff Richard (1987, No. 6) * " Some People" by Cliff Richard (1987, No. 3) * " Remember Me" by Cliff Richard (1987, No. 35) * " Two Hearts" by Cliff Richard (1988, No. 34) * "

" by a-ha (1988, No. 5) * "

Touchy! "Touchy!" (also known simply as "Touchy") is a song by Norwegian band A-ha, released on 15 August 1988 as the third single from their third studio album, ''Stay on These Roads'' (1988). Critical reception Pan-European magazine ''Music & Media'' ...

" by a-ha (1988, No. 11) * "You Are the One" by a-ha (1988, No. 13) * "

Lean On You "Lean on You" is a song by British singer Cliff Richard, released as the third single from his 1989 album '' Stronger''. It was written and produced by Alan Tarney. The song peaked at No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart. Track listing UK single 7-in ...

" by Cliff Richard (1989, No. 17) * " Stronger Than That" by Cliff Richard (1990, No. 14) * "On my way home" by Alice (1990, NCP) * "

You're in a Bad Way "You're in a Bad Way" is a song by British pop group Saint Etienne (band), Saint Etienne, released in February 1993 as the second single from their second album, ''So Tough'' (1993). The song is a deliberately old-fashioned throwback to 1960s pop ...

" by Saint Etienne (1993, No. 12) * " Disco 2000" (7" remix) by

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(1995, No. 7) * " Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"

What a Wonderful World "What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single. It topped the pop chart in the United Kingdom, but performed poor ...

" medley by Cliff Richard (2001, No. 11) * "Let Me Be the One" by Cliff Richard (2002, No. 29) Albums: * ''

Living in a Fantasy ''Living in a Fantasy'' is the eighth album by the English singer-songwriter Leo Sayer. It was released on 22 August 1980. Although the album was not a huge commercial success, the single that it spawned, a cover version of Bobby Vee's "More Tha ...

'' by Leo Sayer (1980, No. 15) * ''

The Barbara Dickson Album ''The Barbara Dickson Album'' is a 1980 album released by Scottish singer Barbara Dickson. The album was released following her return to the top 20 with the single "January February". Produced by Alan Tarney, the album was a success, reaching ...

'' by Barbara Dickson (1980, No. 8) * ''

'' by Cliff Richard (1980, No. 4) * '' You Know it's Me'' by Barbara Dickson (1981, No. 39) * ''

'' by Cliff Richard (1981, No. 4) * ''

'' by David Cassidy (1985, No. 20) * ''

'' by a-ha (1985, No. 2) * ''

'' by a-ha (1986, No. 2) * ''

'' by Cliff Richard (1987, No. 5) * ''

Fortune and Men's Eyes ''Fortune and Men's Eyes'' is a 1967 play and 1971 film written by John Herbert about a young man's experience in prison, exploring themes of homosexuality and sexual slavery. Plot of the play The plot follows Smitty, a 17-year-old, after he ...

'' by

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(1987) * ''

'' by a-ha (1988, No. 2) * '' Stronger'' by Cliff Richard (1989, No. 7) * ''

Cool Touch ''Cool Touch'' is an album by English singer-songwriter Leo Sayer released in 1990. It was only released in the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. It was his first album release since 1983's ''Have You Ever Been in Love (album), Have You Eve ...

'' by Leo Sayer (1990) * '' Wanted'' by Cliff Richard (2001, No. 11) * 3 songs on ''

Cast In Steel ''Cast in Steel'' is the tenth studio album by Norwegian band A-ha. The album was released on 4 September 2015 by We Love Music and Polydor. It is their first studio album since ''Foot of the Mountain'' (2009), following their second reunion in ea ...

'' by a-ha (2015, No. 8): "Door Ajar", "Shadow Endeavors", "Goodbye Thompson" Studio session musician for: *

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1983 Album "What Goes Around" (guitar and keyboards) *

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Cilla Black Priscilla Maria Veronica White (27 May 1943 – 1 August 2015), better known as Cilla Black, was an English singer, actress and television presenter. Championed by her friends the Beatles, Black began her career as a singer in 1963. Her ...

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The New Seekers The New Seekers are a British pop group, formed in London in 1969 by Keith Potger after the break-up of his group, The Seekers. The idea was that the New Seekers would appeal to the same market as the original Seekers, but their music would hav ...

* Squeeze *

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References

External links

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