Paul Staveley O'Duffy

Paul Stavely O'Duffy
Born	December 31, 1963
Origin	London, England
Genres	Synthpop, soul, film score, electronica
Occupation(s)	Record producer
Labels	Imagem Music
Associated acts	Swing Out Sister John Barry Lisa Stansfield Dusty Springfield Amy Winehouse

Paul O'Duffy (born 1963, London) is a British record producer, composer, mixer. He is best known for producing Swing Out Sister's Grammy-nominated multi-platinum debut album, for his BMI nomination as 'Producer of the Year' in 1987, his work with John Barry and his work with Amy Winehouse, which resulted in his co-writing one of the tracks on her multi-platinum album Back to Black. In 2015, Paul co-wrote with XL Recordings' artist "Låpsley", with two of his co-writes/productions featuring on her 2016 debut album Long Way Home

O'Duffy started out his music career at Marcus Music Studios London, and by the age of 17 was engineering sessions for War, Yes and Marvin Gaye. He moved to New York in 1984, establishing himself as a club remixer working on remixes for artists such as KC and The Sunshine Band, Man Parrish, Stephanie Mills, The System, Animotion, The Bar-Kays, Patti Labelle, Ian Dury and the Blockheads and Freeez.

O'Duffy returned to London in the late eighties where his remixing successes took him into record production. His first production success was the debut album by Scottish group Hipsway which included the top twenty hit on both sides of the Atlantic, "Honeythief". He followed this up with production on the number one platinum selling debut album by Curiosity Killed the Cat Keep Your Distance.

His BMI nomination for Producer of the Year in 1987 came from his work on the multi-platinum debut album It's Better To Travel by Manchester group Swing Out Sister, which included the worldwide hit "Breakout". The album was also nominated in the US for a Grammy Award and led to more work for him and his distinctive retro sound with US acts.

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