Pierre Tubbs (born Pierre Richard Roman Tubbs, 1942) is a British

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

and album sleeve designer. One of his biggest successes is "

Right Back Where We Started From "Right Back Where We Started From" is a song written by Pierre Tubbs and J. Vincent Edwards, which was first recorded in the middle of 1975 by British singer Maxine Nightingale for whom it was an international hit. In 1989, a remake by British- ...

", which he co-wrote with J. Vincent Edwards. The song was recorded by

Maxine Nightingale Maxine Nightingale (born 2 November 1952) is a British R&B and soul music singer. She is best known for singing hits in the 1970s, with the million seller " Right Back Where We Started From" (1975, UK #8 & 1976, U.S. #2), "Love Hit Me" (1977 ...

and used in the movie ''

Slap Shot ''Slap Shot'' is a 1977 American sports comedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd, and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean. It depicts a minor league ice hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity ...

''. He also co-wrote, with J.J. Jackson, " But It's Alright", which was a hit for Jackson when originally released in 1966, and also when re-released in 1969. In 1965, Tubbs recorded the band "the Silence" (pre- John's Children), which was not released at the time. In 1966, he was a producer a
Strike Records
where, under the pseudonym Peter Richards, he recorded and released '' Sophisticated Beggar'', the first album by Roy Harper. In 1967, Tubbs became an A&R person. in the role of creative manager, for

United Artists Records United Artists Records was an American record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks. The label expanded into other genres, such as easy listening, jazz, pop, and R&B. History Genres In 1958 ...

. In 1999, a compilation album
Plastic Dream - The Basement Tapes 1966-1968''
was released by

Market Square Records Market Square Records was a music promotion and record label company, which operated between 1999 and 2020 based in Buckingham, England. It released the back catalogues of British folk artists and expanded into other genres such as rock, blue ...

. The album contained performances b
Our Plastic Dream
where Tubbs was the lead singer,

The Silence Silence is the lack of audible sound. Silence or The Silence may also refer to: Places *Silence, a district of southern Brussels, Belgium People with the name *Silence Dogood, a pen name of Benjamin Franklin * Silence Mabuza (born 1977), South ...

, The Jeeps and The Owl. The album included two songs with J.J. Jackson and The Jeeps, including a version of "But It's Alright".Album particulars - Pierre's Plastic Dream

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. Retrieved 2017-07-27. The album is described as "an extremely rare compilation...an amazing range of musical style, from pop through R 'n' B and psychedelic".''

Record Collector ''Record Collector'' is a British monthly music magazine focussing on rare and collectable records, and the bands who recorded them. It was founded in September 1979 and distributes worldwide. It is promoted as "the world’s leading authority o ...

''
Review of ''Pierre's Plastic Dresm''
April, 2000, as reprinted i
The Music Index
Retrieved 2017-07-27.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tubbs, Pierre English record producers English male songwriters Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1942 births