Pip Williams is best known for producing albums for Status Quo and The Moody Blues, but has worked with a large number of well-known musicians.
18 Facts About Pip Williams
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Pip Williams has supervised the orchestra parts and orchestra arrangements for the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.
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Philip Pip Williams was born on 7 October 1947 in Hillingdon, Middlesex.
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Pip Williams became inspired to play the guitar after listening to records by The Shadows and Buddy Holly, and trained as a musician.
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Pip Williams produced more than 170 recordings, in many genres of music, including successful collaborations with Status Quo and The Moody Blues.
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Pip Williams started his musical career as a guitarist and session musician in 1962, playing in Hamburg, Germany.
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Pip Williams worked with American soul singer Jimmy Ruffin, as his musical director.
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Pip Williams became lead guitarist of west London touring band, The Sovereigns, formed in mid-1965.
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Pip Williams moved into record production in the late 1970s.
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Pip Williams produced a further nine albums for the group, including In Search of the Fourth Chord.
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Pip Williams is known for producing The Moody Blues albums Long Distance Voyager and The Present, the former being a huge hit in the United States.
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Pip Williams produced Kiki Dee's 1981 album Perfect Timing, which included her duet with Elton John, "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever", and a hit single, "Star".
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Pip Williams produced and co-wrote a number of tracks on Sweet's 1980 album, Waters Edge, and worked with their singer, Brian Connolly, on a number of his solo efforts.
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Pip Williams is a prolific arranger, from the string arrangements for the Moody Blues and Colin Blunstone, to the oriental ostinato patterns on Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting".
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Pip Williams worked on the band's leader's first solo album, Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge.
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Pip Williams recorded, produced and mixed a live album for the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Wrestle Poodles.
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Pip Williams orchestrated several songs for Indica on their 2010 album A Way Away.
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Since 2004 Pip Williams has been a course leader teaching music technology at University of West London, Ealing, London.