Blair MacKichan

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Blair MacKichan is a British musician and songwriter.

He started his musical career playing drums, then later progressed to the piano. [1] As a musician he fronts a band named Blair and Friends. [1]

MacKichan writes a lot of his own material. [1] He won a Brit Award for the 2004 song "Your Game" after it became a hit for Will Young. [1] He also wrote for Lily Allen. [1]

Blair's 1995 single "Have Fun, Go Mad" reached number 37 in the UK Singles Chart, [2] number 81 on The Australian ARIA Charts [3] and number 41 on the New Zealand Charts in 1998. [4] It was included on the soundtracks of the films The Daytrippers , Dunston Checks In (1996), Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie (1997), and Sliding Doors (1998).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Homan, Juanita (March 2008). "April Review The Blair Project". Jazz World. Hastingsjazzclub.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  2. "BLAIR - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 33.
  4. "BLAIR - HAVE FUN, GO MAD! (SONG)". Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.