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Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, Stevie Nicks and more sign letter calling on Boris Johnson to ...
NME 20 Apr 2021
Some of the UK’s biggest musical stars have signed a new open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for a reform to the streaming economy – see it in full below ... Among the 156 signees of the letter are Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, Damon Albarn, Chris Martin, Noel Gallagher and Wolf Alice ... Credit. Alamy Stock Photo ... Credit ... Nicky Chinn ... Kano.
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Suzi Quatro: ‘If he’d done that backstage he’d have been singing soprano for the rest of his life’
The Irish Times 25 Jan 2021
Suzi Quatro is remembering a “pivotal moment” ... “When I said leather he said that was old-fashioned, but I stuck to my guns,” she says ... I didn’t go out there to change the world ... “At 70 ... After an uncertain period, the “Chinnichap” hit machine of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman wrote and produced 10 of her 11 UK top-40 singles between 1973 and 1980 ... .
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Suzi Quatro: 'At 70, I zip up the jumpsuit and feel like me'
The Observer 21 Jan 2021
Suzi Quatro is remembering a “pivotal moment” ... “When I said leather, he said that was old-fashioned, but I stuck to my guns,” she recalls ... He said. ‘Come and look.’ And I just went ‘Oh …’” ... After an uncertain period, the “Chinnichap” hit machine of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman wrote and produced 10 of her 11 UK Top 40 singles between 1973 and 1980 ... .
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OPINION | CRITICAL MASS: 'Armed Forces' re-release sends us back to '79
Arkansas Online 13 Dec 2020
"Kiss You All Over" was notably written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, who wrote a slew of hits songs in the '70s and '80s for acts as diverse as The Sweet (including "Fox on the Run," "Ballroom Blitz," "Little Willy" and "Wig-Wam Bam"), Suzi Quatro ("Devil Gate Drive," ...
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Daily American
12 Dec 2020
'Mickey' by Toni Basil
Daily American
12 Dec 2020
Most people probably think Toni Basil penned this snappy pop hit, but Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn actually wrote it about a girl named Kitty. Basil's cover made it to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, selling 1 million singles ... .
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‘Suzi Q’ Film Review: Rock Documentary Makes a Case for Suzi Quatro
The Wrap 29 Jun 2020
“Can the Can” was the first in a string of songs that were hits in England, throughout Europe and in Australia and New Zealand – others, all written by Chapman and his partner Nicky Chinn, included “48 Crash,” “Daytona Demon,” ...
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'Suzi Q': Film Review
The Hollywood Reporter 29 Jun 2020
Trailblazer Suzi Quatro, the first female bass player to front a high-profile rock band, is the subject of Liam Firmager's documentary. It's become a Hollywood cliché ... chart and was the first of many of hits she'd make with the songwriting-producing team of Mike Chapman (who appears in the film) and producer Nicky Chinn ... Distributor ... .
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New Doc Finally Gives Suzi Quatro Her Due
Houston Press 25 Jun 2020
The documentary unfolds Quatro’s story from her teen years in bands with her sisters, to her move to England and musical collaborations with songwriters/producers Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, the debut of her trademark onstage black leather cat suit (inspired by the ...
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The Sweet bassist Steve Priest dies aged 72
BBC News 05 Jun 2020
Following a few line-up changes and a false start on Parlophone Records, the band signed to RCA in 1971 and teamed up with songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, whose bubblegum melodies and power-pop riffs propelled them into the charts ... Warning ... Report ... Sweet parted ways with Chinn and Chapman in 1974, determined to write their own material ... .
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Sweet Bassist Steve Priest Dead at 72
Rollingstone 05 Jun 2020
One of the signature acts of the Seventies glam rock scene, Sweet released a string of hit singles over the course of the decade, which the band partly spent as the studio entity for the songwriting duo Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, who wrote the band’s hits “Wig-Wam ...
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