Ian Stuart Colman was an English musician, record producer and broadcaster.
15 Facts About Stuart Colman
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Stuart Colman was born into a musical family, took up piano and bass guitar, and enjoyed his first taste of success when he joined Pinkerton's Assorted Colours in 1966.
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In 1976, Stuart Colman jointly organised a march to the BBC, protesting about the lack of rock and roll music on BBC Radio 1.
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In 1982, Stuart Colman was voted the top singles producer of the year by Music Week magazine.
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Meanwhile, as a broadcaster, Stuart Colman was hosting Echoes on BBC Radio London, a unique forum with a guest list that included Paul McCartney, Dr John, Robert Plant and Steve Miller.
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Stuart Colman was in demand as a journalist writing a weekly column for the Melody Maker, as well as authoring a best-selling book, They Kept on Rockin'.
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Stuart Colman extended his chart successes by creating hits for Kim Wilde, The Jets and Alvin Stardust, and he made albums with his boyhood idols, Phil Everly and Little Richard.
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In 1986, Stuart Colman opened his own Master Rock recording studio in London, fitting the A room out with the first Focusrite recording console, and the B room with a state-of the-art Solid State Logic.
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Still pursuing his broadcasting career, Stuart Colman then joined London's newly launched Capital Gold, where he played rock and roll at the weekends and anchored the evening slot during the week.
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In 1995, geared by his love of American music, Stuart Colman decided to move with his family to Nashville, Tennessee, where he went on to record with a wide variety of artists including Victoria Shaw, Nanci Griffith, The Crickets and Linda Gail Lewis.
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Stuart Colman began by arranging and producing the country demo of the Faith Hill smash "This Kiss", then co-produced with Jim Ed Norman the original version of the Garth and Trisha duet, "Where Your Road Leads" by Victoria Shaw and Billy Dean.
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Stuart Colman delivered a well-received Texas-Swing album by Don Walser for Sire Records, as well as producing a fresh batch of tracks on The Osmond Brothers, a country album by Canadian diva Tracy Fidler, and the debut recordings by Brazilian newcomer, Leandro Beling.
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In 2002, Stuart Colman was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus and he was subjected to an intense course of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery.
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In January 2014, Stuart Colman returned to the UK to run his business from the Cotswolds.
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Stuart Colman died from cancer in a Cheltenham hospice on 19 April 2018 at the age of 73.