Simon Climie
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Simon Climie (right) with Rob Fisher at the Montreux Pop Festival in Switzerland 1988.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Simon Crispin Climie |
| Born |
7 April 1957 (age 59) Fulham, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, keyboards, vocals |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | EMI, Columbia |
| Associated acts | Climie Fisher, Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, TDF, Chris Medina, Larry Mullen, Jr. of U2 |
| Website | Simon Climie Songs |
Simon Climie (born 7 April 1957) is an English songwriter/producer and the former lead singer of the UK duo Climie Fisher.
Climie was born in London. He formed Climie Fisher together with Rob Fisher, whom he had met when they were both session musicians at Abbey Road Studios. Climie Fisher had hits in more than 35 territories – and number ones in some – with "Love Changes (Everything)", which won an Ivor Novello Award, "Rise to the Occasion", "This Is Me" and many other songs.
After leaving EMI and the final Climie Fisher album Coming in for the Kill, Climie signed to Sony's Columbia label as a solo artist, releasing an album called Soul Inspiration in 1992.
From the mid-90s Climie expanded to production, producing and writing songs for a number of artists, including Eternal, Louise Redknapp, B.B. King, Michael McDonald and Zucchero Fornaciari.
In Climie's first couple of years as a songwriter, he had songs recorded by George Michael and Aretha Franklin, Pat Benatar, Smokey Robinson and Jeff Beck, which established him as a world-class international talent. Then, on the fringes of session work, he did the Fairlight programming for Scritti Politti's legendary album Cupid & Psyche.
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