Bob Heatlie

Bob Heatlie born Robert Heatlie, 1946, (Craigmillar, Edinburgh) is a Scottish songwriter and producer and has collaborated with many leading music industry figures. He has also been successful in producing musical scores for the television entertainment industry.

His instrumental repertoire includes saxophone, drums, and piano.

His most successful and prominent songs are "Japanese Boy" and "Merry Christmas Everyone", both substantial 1980s pop chart hits across Europe and beyond. "Japanese Boy" (released by the German label Hansa) was a novelty hit recorded by Aneka, a fellow Scot. It sold in excess of 4.5 million copies.

Heatlie wrote arguably his finest pop songs in "Cry Just A Little Bit" in 1983 and "Breaking Up My Heart" for Shakin' Stevens in 1985. The song was another hit (helped in part by a music video). Coincidentally, it was also the song that Stevens performed for his record-setting 50th appearance on the BBC's Top of the Pops weekly UK music chart television programme on 7 March that year.

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