Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)

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Dave Stewart
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Stewart performing live in 2011
Background information
Birth nameDavid Allan Stewart
Also known asDavid A. Stewart, Jean Guiot
Born (1952-09-09) 9 September 1952 (age 72)
Sunderland, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
  • bass
  • keyboards
Years active1971–present
Labels
Formerly of

David Allan Stewart (born 9 September 1952) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for Eurythmics, his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox. [2] Sometimes credited as David A. Stewart, he won Best British Producer at the 1986, 1987 and 1990 Brit Awards. [3] Stewart (along with Lennox) was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020 and the duo were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. [4] [5] Outside of Eurythmics, Stewart has written and produced songs for artists such as Ringo Starr, Stevie Nicks, Mick Jagger and Tom Petty.

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Early life

Stewart was born in 1952 in Sunderland, England, son of John ("Jack") and Sadie Stewart. [6] Distantly related both to the Dukes of Northumberland and to pirates, Stewart was from a middle-class, "well-off family", with accountant parents; he "always wanted to play with the working-class kids, but they'd always call [him] 'richie' and whack [him] on the head with cricket bats and things." His father was a "keen harmonica player" with a "dedication to music of all types", having "invested in the latest hi-tech stereo system and wired it up to every room in the house." [7] He attended Barnes Infants and Junior School and Bede Grammar School for Boys. [8]

Whilst still in his teens, he secured a record deal as part of folk-rock band Longdancer. Despite being signed to Elton John's record label, The Rocket Record Company, they did not achieve commercial success. He also collaborated with Brian Harrison to produce an EP on the Sunderland Multicord label (label number MULT-SH-1, producer Ken McKenzie), recording two songs ("Girl" and "Green She Said") from a school musical production written by teacher Dick Bradshaw, one traditional number ("A Blacksmith Courted Me") and a song written by Dave and Brian ("Deep December"). After leaving Wearside, Stewart spent several years living in squats in London. In late 1976, he was introduced to Annie Lennox by Paul Jacobs. Soon, Stewart and Lennox became romantically involved. By 1977, the pair had teamed up with Sunderland musician Peet Coombes, releasing a single on Logo Records as the Catch. The band then developed into the Tourists, who enjoyed modest success, including a hit in 1979 with a cover of the Dusty Springfield hit "I Only Want to Be with You". [9]

Eurythmics

The Tourists split up in 1980, as did Stewart and Lennox, though the pair continued to work together. They formed a new musical project named Eurythmics. After a string of hit singles and albums, the duo split in 1990, [10] but reunited in 1999 for the album Peace and another world tour. Lennox and Stewart worked together again in 2005, recording two new tracks for the greatest hits package Ultimate Collection , released to coincide with Eurythmics' 25th anniversary.

Post-Eurythmics

When Eurythmics dissolved in 1990, Stewart moved to France and immediately released a self-titled album with his new band, The Spiritual Cowboys, which reached No. 38 on the UK album charts. [11] The song "Party Town" was featured in the 1990 film Flatliners . [12] A second album, Honest , followed in 1991. [13] Both records went Gold in France, where Stewart concentrated his efforts.

In 1992, Stewart collaborated with singer Terry Hall (formerly of The Specials, The Fun Boy Three and The Colourfield) on the project Vegas. The duo released one self-titled album but this was commercially unsuccessful, though one of the singles from the album ("Possessed") made the UK Top 40.

In 1993, Stewart appeared in an Apple Inc. advertisement for the Power Macintosh in which he riffed on the word "power". He also had a small cameo as a computer hacker in the 1995 film Hackers.

In 1994, Stewart released a solo album, Greetings from the Gutter. The album was not a commercial success, though Stewart scored a minor UK hit with the single "Heart Of Stone" which reached number 36. He then released another album, Sly-Fi, first on the internet.

In 1995, Stewart appeared in an advert for BT in which he sang the track 'Secrets' which was made specifically for BT to be used in the advert. [14]

In November 2002, Stewart worked with former South African president Nelson Mandela. Stewart came up with the idea of turning Mandela's prison number into a telephone number [10] then wrote and recorded songs with Paul McCartney, Bono and Edge and various others that you could only hear if you dialled this number and whilst listening you were donating. He then began organising the 46664 campaign and series of concerts in the fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa.

In 2007, Stewart announced on his MySpace page that he would be playing live concerts showcasing his entire career. According to the announcement, he was to be accompanied by various guest musicians as well as a 30-piece orchestra. Additionally, Stewart has stated that for the first time in many years, he has been writing new songs on his guitar, although he had no plans at that time for a new solo album.

On the project, The Dave Stewart Songbook, he wrote a large coffee table-size book full of stories and photographs and also re-recorded 21 hit songs which have been co-written or co-produced by him during the past decades and were originally released by artists such as No Doubt, Shakespears Sister, Bryan Ferry, Celine Dion, Bob Geldof, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Jon Bon Jovi and Eurythmics. Also included is the song "American Prayer" written by Stewart with Bono of U2, for which Dave Stewart shot a video clip in support of the campaign of US presidential candidate Barack Obama, featuring various film and music stars, which premiered on YouTube on 23 August 2008. Stewart also released a new solo track, Let's Do It Again, in 2008. In July 2010, Stewart recorded his first solo album of new material since 1998's Sly-Fi. Entitled The Blackbird Diaries after the Nashville, Tennessee studio where it was recorded, the album includes duets with Stevie Nicks, Martina McBride, Colbie Caillat and The Secret Sisters. [15] Stewart has made a film of the making of the album and also filmed a live concert in Nashville at The Belcourt Theatre on 9 December 2010.

In May 2011 it was announced that Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones had formed a new supergroup called SuperHeavy which includes Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, Damian Marley and A. R. Rahman. [16]

In May 2012 it was announced that Stewart would be playing four UK shows in September 2012 to support the release of his new album The Ringmaster General. [17]

In 2013, Stewart released the album Lucky Numbers, which was recorded on a boat in the South Pacific for 12 days. [18]

In October 2017 Stewart appeared on a German TV programme marking the 40th year of the stage career of the German singer Nena with whom he performed their jointly written track, "Be My Rebel". [19]

Other projects

Writer and producer

Stewart produced or co-produced all of Eurythmics' albums and, once the band became established, he also became a producer of other artists. In 1985, as well as producing Eurythmics' hit album Be Yourself Tonight , Stewart co-produced the album Southern Accents for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, as well as co-writing several songs for the album including the hit "Don't Come Around Here No More". The same year, Stewart also produced the debut solo album by Feargal Sharkey, which included the UK number one hit "A Good Heart". Due to these accomplishments, Stewart won "Best Producer" at the 1986 BRIT Awards in London.

Stewart would go on to write and produce for a variety of other artists throughout the years. In 1986, he collaborated with Bob Geldof on tracks for his debut solo album Deep in the Heart of Nowhere . Working together, the duo named themselves "The Brothers of Doom". Also in 1986, he co-produced the album Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine by Daryl Hall. The same year, he co-wrote and produced the song "Is This Love?" by Alison Moyet, a UK number 3.

Stewart also co-wrote and co-produced several tracks for Mick Jagger's 1987 album Primitive Cool .

In 1989, Stewart produced the debut album by Russian singer-songwriter Boris Grebenshchikov, Radio Silence .

In 1992, along with Marcella Detroit, he co-wrote the Shakespears Sister hit single "Stay" with his then-wife, Siobhan Fahey (with Stewart credited under the pseudonym "Jean Guiot") as well as several other tracks for their second album Hormonally Yours . In this year Fahey also provided vocals on "Walk into the Wind" for Stewart's group Vegas with Terry Hall, Olle Romö and Emmanuel 'Manu' Guiot. [20]

In 1993, Stewart co-wrote two tracks for German punk rock-singer Nina Hagen which were published on her sixth solo studio album Revolution Ballroom . He can also be heard on keyboards and contributed background vocals.

In 1996, Stewart produced the debut album by Alisha's Attic, Alisha Rules the World , and wrote a few tracks on the third Shakespears Sister album #3 (actually a solo album by Siobhan Fahey, which Fahey ended up releasing in 2004).

In 1997, Stewart co-produced the album Destination Anywhere for Jon Bon Jovi, [21] and also co-wrote two tracks. The same year, he produced and co-wrote the album Come Alive with the actress and singer Rhona Mitra, [22] who was in character as Lara Croft for the recording, because she was the official model for the character at that time. [23] In 1999, Stewart and Mitra collaborated on a second Lara Croft album, titled Female Icon.

Stewart collaborated with Bryan Ferry on his 2002 album Frantic , co-writing several tracks and co-producing one of them.

He also co-wrote "Friend or Foe" for the Russian pop duo t.A.T.u., which is on their 2005 album Dangerous and Moving .

In 2008, Stewart was brought in by Ringo Starr to produce his album Liverpool 8 , after Starr dismissed the album's original producer, Mark Hudson. Hudson's work on some tracks earned both Stewart and Hudson credits as co-producers (along with Starr himself).

In 2010, Stewart announced on his Twitter account he was co-writing and producing the new studio album by Stevie Nicks. The album, entitled In Your Dreams , was co-produced by Glen Ballard and released in May 2011.

In 2010, Stewart co-wrote and co-produced two songs with writer and composer Mark Warford 'Lover Earth' and 'Time, Faith, Love' for the charity-focused dramatised audio production, 'A Voyage For Soldier Miles'. [24]

On 24 February 2011, Stewart tweeted that he had just produced a new album by Joss Stone, stating that they also wrote 10 songs together. [25]

On 10 October 2011, Stewart released a new song called "Leap of faith" in collaboration with Greek singer Anna Vissi. The official clip of the song was released in Anna's fan club YouTube channel. [26] Two days later, the Stewart produced Fire EP for artist Orianthi was released as an iTunes download.

He has worked occasionally with American ska-punk band No Doubt, co-writing "Underneath It All" for their 2001 release Rock Steady and "Sparkle" for their 2012 release Push and Shove .

In 2013, he worked with singer Lauren Harris on the pop rock project Kingdom of I. [27] [28] The track Crying at the Disco was released as a free download on Soundcloud later that year. [29] [30]

Stewart co-wrote and produced New Zealand singer Jon Stevens' album called Starlight, [31] which was released in March 2017 and features a blues and soul influenced rock / powerpop sound. [32] [33] Parallel to that, Stewart co-wrote and produced Australian singer Vanessa Amorosi's studio album, [34] which features "soul gospel" music. [33] [34] The album, Memphis Love, was released in November 2023 on Stewart's independent label, Bay Street Records. [35]

Film, television and soundtrack work

Stewart co-wrote, with Mick Jagger and Daryl Hall, the theme song for the 1986 comedy film Ruthless People . [36] He took a greater involvement in the film industry in 1989 by writing and producing the soundtrack Lily Was Here for the Dutch film De Kassière (English title Lily Was Here). The single, also called "Lily Was Here" and featuring saxophone player Candy Dulfer, [37] topped the Dutch charts for five weeks. The single also reached the UK Top 10 and peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1990.

Though he had previously directed music videos, he made his feature film directorial debut in 2000 with Honest , a black comedy set in Swinging London in the late 1960s featuring three members of the British girl group All Saints. [38]

Stewart also performed the song "Everybody, All Over The World (Join The Celebration)" for the 2004 film Around the World in 80 Days .

Stewart, in conjunction with his brother John J. Stewart of Oil Factory Productions, and in collaboration with music critic and author Robert Palmer and documentary filmmaker Robert Mugge made a documentary dealing with Delta Blues music. Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads , released in 1991, was filmed in Memphis, Tennessee and various north Mississippi counties. Palmer narrated. [39]

Stewart was the main interviewer for the HBO series Off the Record, which is a show that highlights songwriting and features prominent musicians. The pilot aired on HBO on 24 November 2006 and featured Bono and The Edge from U2.

He collaborated with Mick Jagger to record songs which appear on the soundtrack to the movie Alfie , released in 2004. The soundtrack includes the critically acclaimed song "Old Habits Die Hard", which won a Golden Globe award for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture.

In 2010 the song Love Lives, originally from the 2009 EP Let's Do It Again, is included in the soundtrack of the movie Repo Men . [40]

In 2012, together with Rosemary Reed, Stewart was the executive co-producer of Living The Life series on Sky Arts. He also recorded an exclusive soundtrack for the new episodes. [41]

Stewart is the co-creator and executive producer of the 2012 ABC sitcom Malibu Country starring Reba McEntire.

Stewart created and executive produces the NBC unscripted series Songland , which gives new songwriters a chance to have their original compositions recorded by an established artist, with a single released immediately following each episode. The panel of judges on Songland include Ryan Tedder, Ester Dean and Shane McAnally. The series premiered in the summer of 2019 and averaged 5.1 million viewers per episode, the most for a new unscripted series that summer. NBC announced that the series had been renewed for a second season in September 2019. [42]

Musical theatre

Stewart wrote the musical Barbarella , based on the 1968 film, which premiered in Vienna on 11 March 2004. Stewart later wrote music and lyrics (with Glen Ballard) for Ghost the Musical , which premiered at the Manchester Opera House in March 2011, ahead of a transfer to the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End in June the same year; the show subsequently opened on Broadway in 2012.

In 2021 Stewart teamed up with Joss Stone to write and produce a new stage production of The Time Traveller's Wife, based on the Audrey Niffenegger novel of the same name. The show received its premiere in September 2022 at the Storyhouse in Chester, before transferring to London's west end, where it began previews at the Apollo Theatre in October 2023. [43]

Record label

Though most of Stewart's own music (specifically with Eurythmics) was released via the RCA/BMG label, he also formed his own record label in the 1980s called Anxious Records. The label has included a roster of artists such as Terry Hall, Londonbeat, Chris Braide and Curve vocalist Toni Halliday.

Platinum Weird

In 2006, Stewart resurrected Platinum Weird, a band he purportedly formed in the early 1970s in London with singer Erin Grace, but which was in reality created in 2004. [44] [45] According to the fictional account, Erin was moody and mysterious, and disappeared shortly before the band's eponymous album was due to be released in 1974. Platinum Weird features noted songwriter Kara DioGuardi on vocals and the band has re-recorded some of the fictional original band's songs and some new ones as well for an upcoming album. The album was produced by John Shanks.

In July 2006, VH1 premiered a mockumentary entitled Rock Legends – Platinum Weird, an examination of the band's unusual story, complete with cameo appearances from such rock legends as Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox, Ringo Starr and Elton John, all reminiscing about the former band's short-lived heyday and their impressions of the mysterious Erin Grace. The album was further promoted by a series of bogus World Wide Web fan sites, some of which are registered by the New Media Department of Interscope Records and hosted on the same server as interscope.com, [46] [47] [48] and related false documents for the "lost" group.

Web3 Music

In 2021 Stewart a co-founded SongBits, a web3 music platform that focuses on fan-artist engagement. [49]

Bibliography

Personal life

Stewart was married from 1972 to 1977 to Pamela Wilkinson. [55] [56]

He was in a relationship with Annie Lennox for three years in the late 1970s, before they formed the Eurythmics. [57]

Stewart married former Bananarama member Siobhan Fahey (who later formed Shakespears Sister) in 1987. The couple have two sons, Sam and Django. They divorced in 1996.

On 4 August 2001, Stewart married Dutch photographer Anoushka Fisz, with whom he has two daughters, Kaya and Indya. In 2004, Stewart and Fisz moved to Hollywood so Stewart could concentrate on his soundtrack work. They renewed their marriage vows in 2013. [58]

He is a Sunderland A.F.C. supporter and still watches their games. As a child, his ambition was to play for the club. [59] [60]

He accompanied his daughter, Kaya, during her audition for the 21st season of American Idol , which aired on March 26, 2023. [61]

Awards and recognition

In 2000, Stewart received the O2 Silver Clef Award. [62] He was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, and won the Music Producers Guild Outstanding Contribution to UK Music Award in 2015. Eurythmics were nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. [63] Eurythmics were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. [64]

Grammy Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1983Eurythmics Best New Artist Nominated
1984Sweet Dreams (Video album)Grammy Award for Best Music Video
Long Form		Nominated
1985"Would I Lie to You?"Best Rock Performance by Group
or Duo with Vocal		Nominated
"Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"Best R&B Performance by a Group
or Duo with Vocal		Nominated
1986"Missionary Man"Best Rock Performance by a Group
or Duo with Vocal		Won
1989"Savage"Grammy Award for Best Music Video
Long Form		Nominated
1990"We Too Are One"Grammy Award for Best Music Video
Long Form		Nominated

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Brit Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1984EurythmicsBest British GroupNominated
1986EurythmicsBest British GroupNominated
Be Yourself Tonight (Eurythmics)Best British AlbumNominated
StewartBritish Producer of the YearWon
1987EurythmicsBest British GroupNominated
StewartBritish Producer of the YearWon
1990EurythmicsBest British GroupNominated
We Too Are One (Eurythmics)Best British AlbumNominated
StewartBritish Producer of the YearWon
"Don't Ask Me Why" (Eurythmics)Best British VideoNominated
1992StewartProducer of the YearNominated
1999EurythmicsOutstanding Contribution to MusicWon

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Ivor Novello Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1984Lennox and StewartSongwriters of the YearWon
1987"It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" (Eurythmics)Best Contemporary SongWon
Lennox and StewartSongwriters of the YearWon

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Film, publishing and soundtrack awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2003"Underneath It All"BMI London Awards, Song of the YearWon [68]
2004"Old Habits Die Hard" from Alfie
Stewart with Mick Jagger		Best Song, Las Vegas Film Critics AwardWon [69]
2005"Old Habits Die Hard" from Alfie
Stewart with Mick Jagger		Best Song, Critics Choice AwardsWon [70]
"Old Habits Die Hard" from Alfie
Stewart with Mick Jagger		Golden Globe Award for Best SongWon [71]
"Old Habits Die Hard" from Alfie
Stewart with Mick Jagger		World Soundtrack Award
for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film		Won [72]

MTV Video Music Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1984"Sweet Dreams"Best New ArtistWon
1985"Would I Lie to You?Five nominations, including Best GroupNominated
1987"Missionary Man"Five nominations, including Best GroupNominated
1988"You Have Placed A Chill in My Heart"Best DirectionNominated
"I Need A Man"Best GroupNominated

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Discography

Studio albums

YearAlbumNotes
1989 Lily Was Here (soundtrack)David A. Stewart
1990Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys
1991HonestDave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys
1994Greetings from the Gutter
1998Sly-Fi
2008The Dave Stewart Songbook Vol. 1
2011The Blackbird Diaries
2012The Ringmaster General
2013Lucky Numbers [74] Guest stars on the album including Martina McBride, Karen Elson, Vanessa Amorosi, Holly Quin-Ankrah, Laura Michelle Kelly and Ann Marie Calhoun
2022Ebony McQueen [75]
2023Cloud WalkingDave Stewart & Hannah Koppenburg

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[76] 		NLD
[77] 		BEL
(FL)
[78] 		FRA
[79] 		GER
[80] 		AUT
[81] 		SWE
[82] 		NOR
[83] 		AUS
[84] [85] 		US
1989"Lily Was Here" (feat. Candy Dulfer)6121317181021011Lily Was Here
1990"Jack Talking"————————57—
1991"Love Shines"————————144—
"Crown of Madness"————————192—
"Jute City"——————————Jute City
1994"Heart of Stone"36———521231—190—Greetings from the Gutter
1995"Jealousy"86———83———169—
"Secret"89—————————single only
1998"Happy to Be Here"——————————SlyFi
"Cookie" (feat. Candy Dulfer)——————————Cookie's Fortune
1999"All Over the World" (Cricket World Cup '99 official theme song)——————————single only
2004"Old Habits Die Hard" (with Mick Jagger and Sheryl Crow)456010—62————— Alfie
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Collaborations

With Anastacia

With Jimmy Cliff

With Billy Ray Cyrus

With Bob Dylan

With Aretha Franklin

With Bryan Ferry

With Nina Hagen

With Daryl Hall

With Hall & Oates

With Geri Halliwell

With Mick Jagger

With Jon Bon Jovi

With Martina McBride

With Stevie Nicks

With Sinéad O'Connor

With Orianthi Panagaris

With Katy Perry

With Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

With Carina Round

With Feargal Sharkey

With Carly Simon

With Ringo Starr

With Joss Stone

With Shania Twain

With The Wilsons

With Robin Zander

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