Trevor Spencer (born 21 May 1947 in

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, 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, where he met his songwriting and musical partner

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Career

In 1967 Trevor Spencer (born: 21 May 1947) was a founding member of

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group James Taylor Move. In 1969 he moved to Ham in England and after forming his first band, Quartet, he became a studio drummer for acts such as

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, Marvin and Farrar and

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. Quartet recorded one album with Decca records which remains unreleased but two singles were released on Decca: "Joseph"/"Mama where did you fail" (1970) F13072 and "Now"/"will my lady come" (1970) F12974. During the 1970s, he was a house songwriter for ATV Music London. In 1976 he was one half of Tarney-Spencer Band along with

(ex-James Taylor Move). They signed a ten-album deal with A & M Records, but met with little success and after three album releases, the group disbanded and discontinued their contract with agreement by the record company. In 1973 he was part of

's Eurovision song contest entry in 1973 along with

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and

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with six songs in which "

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" was chosen and came second. He then moved into record production and worked for many major labels as a freelance producer before moving to Perth. In 1986 he bought the Sh-boom studios in Perth with co-owner Gary Taylor. Soon after, Hank Marvin bought his own studio within the Sh-boom complex, The Nivram studios. During his career, Spencer has been involved in the performing, production and composing with various artists which has resulted in the sales of over 20 million records worldwide.

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) Singles: * 1976 I'm Your Man Rock n Roll/ (Bradley's) * 1976 If You Knew/ (Bradley's) * 1979 " No Time to Lose" (A&M) * 1979 "Cathy's Clown"/"Anything I Can Do" (A&M) Notable singles: * 1979 Cliff Richard – We Don't Talk Anymore Notable albums: * 1979 Charlie Dore – ''Where to Now''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spencer, Trevor Australian record producers Australian male songwriters Australian drummers Australian male drummers Living people musicians from Adelaide Australian session musicians 1947 births

Career

Selected discography

With The Tarney-Spencer Band

See also

References