Ian Alec Harvey Dench was born on 7 August 1964 and is an English songwriter and musician.
12 Facts About Ian Dench
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Ian Dench is the guitarist and principal songwriter for EMF, who scored a major international hit reaching number 1 in the United States with "Unbelievable" in 1991.
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Ian Dench attended The Crypt School in Gloucester from 1975, where one year at Prizegiving, his chosen prize of "100 Greatest Rock Licks" was somewhat frowned upon, compared to the preferred academic tomes of others.
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Ian Dench then formed the Gloucester-based band Apple Mosaic, who were signed to Virgin Records and released the single "Honey If".
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In 1989, Ian Dench met the other members of EMF, and within a few months of playing together, they were signed to a major label.
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In 2007, Ian Dench wrote the duet "Beautiful Liar" for Beyonce and Shakira, and "Tattoo" for American Idol winner Jordin Sparks with Amanda Ghost, with whom he had worked since 1995 when they wrote for Ghost's Ghost Stories album.
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Ian Dench co-wrote "Colours" on the Prodigy's 2009 album, Invaders Must Die, and "Red" a top 5 hit for Daniel Merriweather in the UK in May 2009.
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The singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum sang two Ian Dench-penned songs in the ITV series The Halcyon in 2016.
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In 2017, it was announced that Ian Dench was heading up a new record label, LGM Records, with former Goldheart Assembly frontman James Dale, where the two developed and signed indie pop band Friedberg.
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In 2018, Ian Dench worked with Amanda Ghost and Marius de Vries on the song "The Wonder" for the musical King Kong on Broadway.
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Ian Dench won an Ivor Novello Award for "Beautiful Liar" in the Best Selling British Song Category in 2008.
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Ian Dench was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2010, one as co-producer of two tracks on Beyonce's album I Am.