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 in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The town is at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast, south-west of Carlisle and north-east of Whitehaven. At the 2021 census the ...

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, but spent his teenage years in

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, Australia, where he met his songwriting and musical partner

Trevor Spencer Trevor Spencer (born 21 May 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 Melbo ...

. He is best known for his association with

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer and actor. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and, as of 2012, was the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart histo ...

and producing "

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

" by

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Career

Musician

Tarney was part of the influx of British migrants who settled in Elizabeth during the height of the 1960s pop music boom. His first major group in Australia was James Taylor Move, 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 music, rock and classical music, best known for his work with the progressive rock band Sky (English/Australian band), Sky. Biography Peek wa ...

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, which formed in Adelaide in 1964 by Peter Brideoake on rhythm guitar, John Bywaters on bass guitar, Clem "Paddy" McCartney and Glenn Shorrock both on lead vocals. They were joined by Terry Britten o ...

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 music, folk, R&B and rock band formed in 1964 in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and had their greatest chart success with their second line-up of Max Ross on bass, Richard Wright on drums and vocals ...

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 subsidiary of News Limited from 1961 to 2005. The com ...

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

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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-S ...

. 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

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

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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

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

, Ray Martin Hoskins, GTO Records/the Springfield Revival and Australian Olivia Newton-John. Around this time Tarney also joined

the Shadows The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters between 1958 and 1959) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the pre-Beatles era from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. They served as the bac ...

and was a member from 1973 to 1977. In 1975, he was one half of Tarney/Spencer Band along with Trevor Spencer. They signed a 10-album deal with

A&M Records A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group and functions as a branch of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Interscope-Geffen-A&M. Established in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, the label initially operated independent ...

, 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, ''

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'' (1980) and ''

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'' (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" (a chart-topping duet with Elaine Paige), " Answer Me" and " January February". Dickson has placed fifteen albums on the UK ...

and

Leo Sayer Leo Sayer (born Gerard Hugh Sayer, 21 May 1948) is an English-Australian singer and songwriter who has been active since the early 1970s. He has been an Australian citizen and resident since 2009. Sayer launched his career in the United Kingd ...

– his distinctive sound being heard on the hit singles " January February" 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 reached No. 42 on ...

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

. Producing the second version (after

Tony Mansfield Anthony Charles Mansfield (born 19 January 1955) is an English songwriter, musician and record producer. He first gained prominence as the frontman of the synth-pop band New Musik, which he formed in 1977. Throughout his career, Mansfield has ...

) 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 ''

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'' (1985), and producer of ''

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'' (1986) and ''

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

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'' (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 basics of that 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 ''

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

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

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

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, Squeeze,

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

Personal life

Tarney lives in

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

(1972, No. 12) * " Hey Mr. Dream Maker" by

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

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(1977) * "

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" by

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

Producer

All chart placings refer to UK Singles Chart and

UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for album, albums. Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the O ...

only unless indicated otherwise.
Singles: * " Pilot of the Airwaves" by

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(1979, No. 66, US No. 13), co-produced with

Bruce Welch Bruce Cripps (born 2 November 1941), known professionally as Bruce Welch, is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a founding member of the Shadows. Early life Bruce Welch was born in Bognor Regis in ...

* "Why don't you say it" by

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(1980, NCP) * " January February" by

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

" by

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

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" 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) * "

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" 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 synth-pop 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 som ...

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

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" 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" 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 Remember Me may refer to: Film and television Film * ''Remember Me'' (1979 film), an American documentary short by Dick Young * ''Remember Me'' (1985 film), an Australian TV movie * ''Remember Me?'' (film), a 1997 British comedy by Nick Hurran ...

" 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" by Cliff Richard (1989, No. 17) * "

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" by Cliff Richard (1990, No. 14) * "On My Way Home" by Alice (1990, NCP) * "

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" by

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

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(1995, No. 7) * "

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"/"

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 on August 16, 1967. In April 1968, it topped the pop chart in the United Kingdom, but performed p ...

" medley by Cliff Richard (2001, No. 11) * "Let Me Be the One" by Cliff Richard (2002, No. 29) Albums: * ''Skin Deep'' by Peter Doyle (1977) * '' Living in a Fantasy'' by Leo Sayer (1980, No. 15) * '' The Barbara Dickson Album'' 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) * ''

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'' by

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(1987) * ''

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

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'' 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, keyboards and production) *

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* The Real Thing *

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* Squeeze *

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References

External links

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