Nigel Wright (record Producer)
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Nigel Wright (born 13 June 1955, in
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) is a record producer from England. His career as music producer,
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and songwriter has scored five number one singles, 31 Top 20 singles and a string of
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albums with
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as diverse as
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,
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, Mezzoforte,
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,
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, Sonia,
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, Sinitta,
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, Robson & Jerome, Michael Ball,
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, The Texas Tenors,
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,
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, Paul Potts,
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and Ray Quinn. Wright's career in theatre and film include serving as the music producer for
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, in a successful partnership that had, as of May 2009, lasted more than eighteen years.


Record production

Wright first rose to prominence as producer of the jazz-funk group
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. During the 1980s, he also produced medleys under various names. In 1981, Wright created "Ain't No Stopping", a rapid response to the success of
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consisting of parts of recent disco hits and taking its name from
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's "
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" which began and ended the medley. Released under the group name Enigma, it reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart and was followed by "I Love Music" which reached number 25. Through the 1980s, Wright continued to produce medleys under other names including
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, Mojo, and
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. Under the latter name, he created the popular "Jack Mix" series of medleys which included the 1987 top ten hit singles "Jack Mix II" (#4) and "Jack Mix IV" (#8) and albums ''Jack Mix '88'' and ''Jack Mix in Full Effect'' (both #7). In 1989, he produced
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s comeback EP For You including Welcome to My Party that charted in the Netherlands and Belgium. He continued to create medleys into the early 1990s, now under the name UK Mixmasters. Under this title, he produced three UK hit singles, the biggest of these being " The Bare Necessities Megamix", which peaked at No. 14 in 1991.


Mirage

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was a British pop music group active in the 1980s and specializing in
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s. It achieved particular success in 1987–8 with the "Jack Mix" series of singles and LPs. Mirage had its origins in Enigma, a 1981 project created by Nigel Wright to cash in on the success of Dutch medley group
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. Enigma's "Ain't No Stopping", a medley of disco hits played by session musicians, was released while ''Stars on 45'' was still climbing the charts. "Ain't No Stopping" peaked at number 11 in the UK singles chart and was followed up with "I Love Music", which peaked at number 25. Although the medley craze faded quickly, Wright continued to produce medleys, first under the name Mojo, before settling on Mirage. The first Mirage medley to make an impact was the 1984 release "Give Me The Night", a medley of
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songs sung by Leroy Osbourne (of Sade) under the guise of Roy Gayle. Other single-artist medleys followed: "Let's Groove" (
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), "Get Down on It" (
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) and the
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-fronted "Into The Groove Medley" (
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). Though popular in UK clubs, only "Give Me The Night" crossed over into the mainstream charts.


Jack Mix

Mirage came to much greater prominence in 1987 when Wright spotted an opportunity in the new
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style which was beginning to enter the mainstream. In January 1987,
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achieved the first house music number one hit in the UK with "
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". Wright quickly responded by releasing the 12" single "Jack Mix" under the Mirage name – a medley/montage of "Jack Your Body", "
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" and "
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". Following positive response from the clubs, an expanded version was released, titled "Jack Mix II". This became the first UK-produced house record to reach the British top ten, peaking at number 4. Unlike most medleys, which typically used sections of individual songs presented sequentially with brief transitions between them, the "Jack Mix" series took a different approach, layering elements of different songs to produce a dense montage effect similar to a
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. Despite being reliant entirely on medleys of other people's material, Mirage was one of the most successful house acts in 1987–8, placing several more singles on the charts, including the number eight hit "Jack Mix IV". Several TV advertised albums also charted, with the most successful being ''Jack Mix '88'' (actually released in 1987) and ''Jack Mix in Full Effect'', both of which reached number 7. Mirage's popularity faded in 1988, as a large number of British house music acts started to produce original material and sample-based records using the original recordings rather than session remakes.


UK Mixmasters

In 1991, Wright started releasing his mega-mixes under the name Mixmasters, scoring a hit for Simon Cowell's BMG subsidiary IQ Records with a mix of songs from the ''Saturday Night Fever'' soundtrack. "The Night Fever Megamix" was a medley of tracks such as "
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", "
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" and "Staying Alive" originally performed by the Bee Gees, with Nigel Wright's medley peaking at number 23 in the UK top 40. As there was already an Italian act trading under the name Mixmaster, Wright decided to amend his megamix act's name to UK Mixmasters for his next medley, a mix of Stock Aiken Waterman productions originally recorded for Kylie Minogue called "The Lucky 7 Megamix". Unlike "The Night Fever Megamix", this record charted outside the top 40 at number 43. The last UK Mixmasters hit came when Wright teamed up with British comedian
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for a medley featuring songs from the Walt Disney film ''
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''. " The Bare Necessities Megamix" was a medley of " "I Wanna Be Like You" and " The Bare Necessities" and reached the top 20 in 1991, peaking at number 14. This chart success gave the record a slot on BBC One's ''
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'', with Wilmot featuring in a clip used for the video breakers on the programme originally broadcast on 12 December 1991 and Gary Martin appearing as the vocalist instead of Wilmot, in the studio a week later.


Productions


Musical theatre

Wright has produced a number of
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s. Since 1990, he has co-produced, with the composer, the recordings of all Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals, including the film versions of ''Evita'' and ''The Phantom of the Opera''. * ''
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: London Revival Cast Recording'' featuring
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and
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(1991) * ''The New
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'' featuring Greg Ellis and Reva Rice (1993) * ''
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: World Premiere Recording'' featuring
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and Kevin Anderson (1993) * ''Sunset Boulevard: American Premiere Recording'' featuring
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and Alan Campbell (1994) * ''
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'' (1996) * ''
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: Original Cast Recording'' (1996) * '' Whistle Down the Wind: Original Cast Recording'' featuring Lottie Mayor and Marcus Lovett (1998) * ''
Saturday Night Fever ''Saturday Night Fever'' is a 1977 American Dance in film, dance Drama (film and television), drama film directed by John Badham and produced by Robert Stigwood. It stars John Travolta as Tony Manero, a young Italian Americans, Italian-America ...
'' featuring
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and Anita Louise Coombe (1998) * '' The Beautiful Game: Original Cast Recording'' featuring
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, David Shannon and
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(2000) * ''
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'' featuring
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(2006) * '' Grease'' (2007)


Film

Produced the soundtrack recordings for a number of films. *
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's '' Evita'' featuring Madonna and Antonio Banderas (1996) with
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and
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nominations for Best Sound *''Cats'' ( Really Useful Films) featuring
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, Ken Page and
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(1998) *''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' (Really Useful Films) featuring
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and Maria Friedman (1999) *''Jesus Christ Superstar'' (Really Useful Films, DVD) starring
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,
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, Renee Castle,
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(2000) *''
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'' featuring
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and
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(2004)


Television

At the
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, Wright conducted the orchestra for the Icelandic entry " Nei eða já" in
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and the United Kingdom entry "
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" in
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. In 2006, Wright was the musical director and arranger for the hit
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TV show, '' How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?'' as well as the
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version, '' Grease: You're the One that I Want!''. In 2007, he served as musical director for the follow-up to ''How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?'', '' Any Dream Will Do''. In 2008, he was also the musical director for the TV program where a Nancy and Oliver were selected '' I'd Do Anything'' and conducted the Orchestra on BBC's '' Eurovision: Your Country Needs You''. He is the musical director of the live heats of ''
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'' ( ITV), since it began in 2004. He has also worked on many hit American shows, with the latest being ''
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''.


Recent work

Wright is currently working on ''
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'', as well as co-producing '' Love Never Dies'',
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's sequel to ''
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''. Wright worked on ''
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'' as the musical director.


References


External links


Nigel Wright
Official Website *
Nigel Wright at Really UsefulInterview with Nigel Wright
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