Simon Britton is an English record producer, songwriter and actor. He has sold over 50 million singles and albums worldwide.

Music

Red Rhythm

Britton was one half of Red Rhythm, the production, songwriting and

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team whose credits include: Ashanti,

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Tara McDonald Tara Jane McDonald (born 9 September 1976) is an English singer-songwriter and vocalist. She is signed to Play Two/Warner Music. McDonald achieved success working and co-writing with Armand van Helden and Axwell on the chart hits " My My My" ...

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, Usher,

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and the US R&B hit "

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" by

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. They were commissioned to compose and produced music for advertising campaigns for brands such as

Christian Dior Christian Ernest Dior (; 21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Dior, Christian Dior SE. His fashion house is known all around the world, having gained promi ...

, Nat West, and Puma along with official soundtracks to motion pictures for Universal Pictures,

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and Disney.

Producer and writer

Britton has gone on to Produce & Work with Artists & Writers including David Gray,

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, Nasri,

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, Nomfusi,

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and

Phil Rudd Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd (born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis, 19 May 1954) is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of AC/DC across three stints (1975–1983, 1994–2015, 2018–present). On the 1977 departure of bass g ...

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. In October 2014 Britton was asked to produce the charity version of The Farm’s hit All Together Now under the name of The Peace Collective.

Red Songs

In 2001, Red Rhythm signed a joint venture publishing deal (Red Songs) with

Kim Glover Kim Glover is an English music manager best known for overseeing the careers of PJ & Duncan (Ant & Dec), B*Witched, New Kids on The Block, Snap, Tiffany, Let Loose and D-Side, as well as helping to manage and develop the careers of Whitney H ...

Awards

As Red Rhythm, they were recipient to multiple platinum, gold and silver sales. Britton won the 2010/11

British Television Advertising Awards The British Arrows (formerly the British Television Advertising Awards (BTAA)) is an advertising awards body in London, which honours the best moving image advertising in the UK. Founded in 1976, the British Arrows awards advertising agencies and ...

for Best Use of Recorded Music in the PUMA "Hardchorus" television advertising campaign created by the

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Advertising Agency, New York. The video became a worldwide internet hit, landing 130 million media impressions and spawning an international singing competition between France, England, Germany and Italy, which was also named "Hardchorus".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Britton, Simon Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English record producers English male songwriters English male television actors