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ERIC WOOLFSON Biography
Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1945, Eric Woolfson has been a successful
songwriter for more than twenty years.
He was first signed as a writer, aged eighteen, by Andrew Loog Oldham the
legendary producer of the Rolling Stones.
Before 1975 and the advent of the Alan Parsons Project, Eric's songs had
been covered by more than one hundred artistes, including such names as:
Marianne Faithful, Frank Ifield, Joe Dassin, The Tremeloes, Marmalade, Dave
Berry, Peter Noone, and the US group Music Explosion. Eric's song "Baby
Make It Soon", sung by Chris Farlowe, was Mick Jagger's first production
and the French artist Marie's recording of his composition "Soleil"
won the Antibes Song Festival in 1971 and reached number one in the French
charts.
As a record producer, Eric's credits included artists such as The Equals,
Freddy Garrity (of The Dreamers), The Tremeloes, Dave Berry, and Graham Gouldman
of 10cc.
In the early seventies, Eric turned his hand to management and was instantly
successful. His first two signings were Carl Douglas, (whose record "Kung
Fu Fighting" was one of the biggest selling hits of all time) and
engineer/record producer Alan Parsons.
Eric devised and formed The Alan Parsons Project and the collaboration with
Alan became a creative as well as business one.
During the last fifteen years, Eric has conceived and written all ten Alan
Parsons Project albums, which have achieved world-wide sales in excess of forty
million. In addition, Eric is the pianist on Alan Parsons Project albums and
has sung on many of the hit singles including "Eye In The Sky" and "Time",
both of which have achieved awards for million plus performances in America
alone.
Eric has always found musical inspirations in great creative minds. These
have been as diverse as the writer Edgar Allan Poe and the architect Antonio
Gaudi. In 1985 he hit upon the idea of researching the works of Sigmund Freud,
undoubtedly one of the greatest of creative minds.
The result of the last five years of intensive research, writing and
recording is Eric's most ambitious venture to date... Freudiana.
This biography was written for the "Freudiana" press kit in
1992. Catch the latest Eric Woolfson musical "Gambler", now running
in Germany.
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