Alan Hawkshaw
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Alan Hawkshaw
Real Name:
William Alan Hawkshaw
Profile:
British pianist, composer and producer.
Born 27 March 1937 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, U.K.
Father of dance vocalist Kirsty Hawkshaw.
He is known for composing themes for movies and TV programs.
He has extensive session work for artists such as Olivia Newton John, David Bowie, Cliff Richard, and others.
He was a key-musician in the disco scene with his group Love De-Luxe, his work with Alec R. Costandinos's Love & Kisses, Donna Summer and Madeline Bell.
Publishing companies.
Alan Hawkshaw Publishing
Alan Hawkshaw Music Ltd.
Born 27 March 1937 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, U.K.
Father of dance vocalist Kirsty Hawkshaw.
He is known for composing themes for movies and TV programs.
He has extensive session work for artists such as Olivia Newton John, David Bowie, Cliff Richard, and others.
He was a key-musician in the disco scene with his group Love De-Luxe, his work with Alec R. Costandinos's Love & Kisses, Donna Summer and Madeline Bell.
Publishing companies.
Alan Hawkshaw Publishing
Alan Hawkshaw Music Ltd.
Sites:
Aliases:
In Groups:
Alan Hawkshaw & His Orchestra,
Bizarre (4),
Bullet (7),
Collage (6),
Emile Ford & The Checkmates,
Geodave Baralnek,
Hawk & Co.,
Hawkshaw's Discophonia,
Jon Watts,
Love De-Luxe,
Mike Cox (3),
Rumplestiltskin,
The Checkmates (6),
The Graham Walker Sound,
The Mohawks,
The Rhythm Section (4),
The Shadows,
The Tony Visconti Orchestra,
Vic Lewis And His Orchestra
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Alan Hawkshaw Discography
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Reviews Show All 4 Reviews
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JonFalgate
October 19, 2011
We have organized a meetup and live interview with Alan and the other musicians from 'The Mohawks'!
Come along or submit questions to ask them if you can't make it.
http://www.facebook.com/whosampled#!/event.php?eid=160230597401728
Come along or submit questions to ask them if you can't make it.
http://www.facebook.com/whosampled#!/event.php?eid=160230597401728
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Alain_Patrick
August 25, 2007
edited over 9 years ago
Composer, keyboardist, arranger & performer Alan Hawkshaw had what we would call a prolific career as a music artist on the sixties, seventies and eighties on the most diverse funtions.
Despite his 'Souler' reputation for being a member of a band behind the classic "The Champ", Alan also made a career working on themes for movies and television programmes and was part of many bands (from Rock & Roll band Emile Ford And The Checkmates in the sixties to The Shadows in the seventies); he also work for other well-known artists (Olivia Newton-John, Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg) using his talent as pianist, arranger and musical director.
In the USA, as part of the project Love De-Luxe in 1979 (on Hawkshaw's Discophonia), one of his productions reached a first ranking on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts - the single "Here Comes That Sound Again".
Alan was a key member on the legendary Soul-Funk project The Mohawks (the one behind the timeless classic "The Champ", largely sampled by Breakbeat-based genres such as Hip Hop, R&B and Jungle-Drum n'Bass since the eighties. This magic moment of his artistic journey under the band named The Mohawks would take place on the end sixties; The Mohawks would never do any official tour or major performances, but their ground breaking relase "The Champ" would stand the test of time as a Breakbeat standard for an incredible amount of music since then. The number of samples generated and the re-releases from that all-time classic "The Champ" is something Alan would never imagine himself at that time, not even on his wildest dreams.
Despite his 'Souler' reputation for being a member of a band behind the classic "The Champ", Alan also made a career working on themes for movies and television programmes and was part of many bands (from Rock & Roll band Emile Ford And The Checkmates in the sixties to The Shadows in the seventies); he also work for other well-known artists (Olivia Newton-John, Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg) using his talent as pianist, arranger and musical director.
In the USA, as part of the project Love De-Luxe in 1979 (on Hawkshaw's Discophonia), one of his productions reached a first ranking on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts - the single "Here Comes That Sound Again".
Alan was a key member on the legendary Soul-Funk project The Mohawks (the one behind the timeless classic "The Champ", largely sampled by Breakbeat-based genres such as Hip Hop, R&B and Jungle-Drum n'Bass since the eighties. This magic moment of his artistic journey under the band named The Mohawks would take place on the end sixties; The Mohawks would never do any official tour or major performances, but their ground breaking relase "The Champ" would stand the test of time as a Breakbeat standard for an incredible amount of music since then. The number of samples generated and the re-releases from that all-time classic "The Champ" is something Alan would never imagine himself at that time, not even on his wildest dreams.
NY_Club_Classics
August 21, 2016