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At
United Artists Pierre signed The Scots of St James ( later known
as The Average White Band ), helped put on the musical "Hair"
(later asked by Galt McDermott to produce the sequel "Isobel's a Jezabel").
Pierre continued writing and producing ( although not actually asked to by United
Artists ) songs for Francoise Hardy, Billie Davis, Nana Mouscouri, Io Nomardi,
Wenke Myrre, Al Matthews and Maxine Nightingale. Whilst writing, found time
to work and design over 1000 album covers and campaigns for artists as
diverse as Shirley Bassey, Hawkwind, Amon Duul, Can, Dr Feelgood, Man, Brinzley
Schwartz, Slim Whitman, Busby Berkerley, Vicci Carr, Creedence Clearwater, Wives
of the Beach Boys, Lightnin Hopkins, The Flaming Groovies (nice one Cyril),
The Groundhogs, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Francoise Hardy, The Ventures, Bobby
Vee, Jackie Deshannon, Canned Heat, Maxine Nightingale and a few others.
Maxine's
song "Right Back Where We Started From" was to put it mildly a large
hit, the song went to number one in the USA and the album top 40, Pierre
made a follow up "Gotta Be The One" which did not do so well and spent
nearly a year organising Maxine's band for the USA tour, trying to make an
album in LA using guys from Santana, Earth Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonders
band etc whilst Maxine was going slowly out of control. Pierre said
goodbye to Maxine in New York one night and flew back in the morning to find
that UA had relocated his office in the corridor! Pierre has worked in studios
all around this world, and was the first western producer to work in Hungary
( a great band called Fonograph).
After
United Artists, Pierre turned to commercials or jingles and wrote and
produced over 150 30-second thrills including Yardley Cosmetics, Nescafe
Gold Blend, Audi, Kellogs, Weetabix, American Express, Tesco, Woolworths,
Ponds, Burgerking, Shreddies, Kiddicraft, Great Mills Stores, Tide, Camay,
Stella Artois and many others.
Films
include music for "Slapshot" with Paul Newman, "The World is Full
of Married Men" with Joan Collins, "Rough Cut" with Burt Reynolds,
"The Berkerly Sq Job" with David Niven, "The American Way" with
Dennis Hopper, Michael J Pollard, "Coast to Coast" Lenny Henry, Michael
Shay, "Soul Survivors" with Ian McShane, Isaac Hayes & Al Matthews
( which had Isaac miming to Pierre's songs!) & recently "Slums of Beverley
Hills".
Right
Back Where We Started Fromwas remade a hit by Sinitta a few years ago
and Pierre has now recieved about 5 awards by PRS & ASCAP award for
"But Its Allright" by Huey Lewis for one of the most played songs in
the USA.
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