Nick Heath | |
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Born |
Nicholas Heath 25 March 1949 Wimbledon, London, England |
Nick Heath (born 25 March 1949 in Wimbledon, London) is an English music producer, publisher, designer and film producer. He is a son of British big band leader Ted Heath.
Heath joined Robbins Music Corporation, the music publishing division of MGM, in the A&R department. He was initially responsible for managing the company’s film soundtrack division, including: The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, Kiss Me Kate, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Guys and Dolls, High Society, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Gigi, Ben-Hur, North by Northwest, How the West Was Won, Doctor Zhivago, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Thomas Crown Affair, Shaft and Ken Russell’s production of The Boy Friend with Twiggy and Timothy Buttons.
Establishing and leading a contemporary song writing division for Robbins, and subsequently setting up EMI Music Publishing, Heath worked with John Sebastian,Tim Hardin, Peter Frampton, Rod Stewart, Soft Machine, Mickey Gallagher, John Turnbull, Alan Parsons, Roy Thomas Baker, David Paton, Billy Lyall and Ian Bairnson.