Bruce Martin Woolley was born on 11 November 1953 and is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
15 Facts About Bruce Woolley
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Bruce Woolley wrote songs with artists such as the Buggles and Grace Jones, including "Video Killed the Radio Star" and "Slave to the Rhythm", and co-founded the Radio Science Orchestra.
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Bruce Woolley lived in Shepshed, playing the UK pub and club circuit extensively for some years, before landing his first professional engagement in 1974, with Ivor Kenney's Dance Band at Leicester Palais.
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Bruce Woolley's first hit was "Dancing with Dr Bop" for Australian group the Studs, followed by his first English hit "Baby Blue" for Dusty Springfield, co-written with Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes.
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In 1979, Bruce Woolley established the new wave music outfit the Camera Club, with Thomas Dolby on keyboards, Matthew Seligman on bass, Dave Birch on guitar and Rod Johnson on drums.
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In 1979, Bruce Woolley co-wrote the Ivor Novello Award-nominated "Video Killed the Radio Star", together with Horn and Downes, who later became the Buggles.
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In 1985, Bruce Woolley co-wrote Grace Jones' Slave to the Rhythm.
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In 1989, Bruce Woolley co-wrote the ambient piece "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld" by the Orb.
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Bruce Woolley's songs have been covered by John Farnham, Shirley Bassey, the Feeling, Divine, Cliff Richard, Tori Amos, Tom Jones, Cher, and Bebel Gilberto.
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In 2006, Bruce Woolley wrote and co-produced tracks for Grace Jones's album Hurricane, together with Brian Eno, Ivor Guest, Pamelia Kurstin, and Sly and Robbie.
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In 2004, Bruce Woolley performed for a Prince's Trust concert at Wembley Arena celebrating Horn's production career and 25 years of "Video Killed the Radio Star".
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Bruce Woolley performed the theremin on Thomas Dolby's song "Simone", which was released on Dolby's Oceanea EP in November 2010, and subsequently on the studio album A Map of the Floating City in October 2011.
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In 2011, Bruce Woolley contributed to The Emperor's Nightingale, an album by the Stereo MCs featuring performances and songs written and produced by Bruce Woolley and his son Kit.
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On 4 October 2011, Bruce Woolley received a Gold Medal Award from the BMI in recognition of airplay for "Check It Out", a track by Nicki Minaj and will.
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In 2018, Bruce Woolley sang backing vocals on Trevor Horn's debut album.