Steve Lee (songwriter)

Steve Lee is an English songwriter/vocalist/musician and Ivor Novello judge. He has written for artists worldwide and had numerous international hits.

In the mid-1980s, as a lead vocalist, he worked on an original project with Anne Dudley (Art of Noise) but failed to secure a record deal. In 1985, as a sax player, he toured with the band B-Movie. He then fronted the band Krew, comprising mainly Nik Kershaw's band, and released the single 'Paper Heroes' on WEA Records in April 1986, written by Tim Moore, Dennis Smith and Lee. The band was short lived however, and from there he toured with The Duel as a sax player, supporting 5 Star on their British tour of 1987.

In 1988 Lee signed to IRS Records with writing/production partner Gary Miller as Big Smile and released one single, 'Crocodile Tears' – remixed by William Orbit – after which they split. Steve returned to session work, including providing backing vocals on Diane Tell's French album 'Degriffe-Moi'. For the whole of 1989 Steve toured with Then Jerico as backing vocalist/alto sax player after which he was recruited by Joan Armatrading for her UK and American tour of 1990, playing alto and tenor sax, guitar, percussion and backing vocals. As an addition to the tour, they headlined at the King's Trust Concert in Swaziland.

In 1991, in partnership with Simon Ellis, he wrote and produced the single 'People of the World' by Sorell Johnson – a Gary Davies' Radio 1 Record of the Week – and wrote 'Crying in the Rain' for Randy Crawford with Judy Cheeks. During this period Lee worked as a session musician, playing sax and/or backing vocals for Kym Mazelle, Jaki Graham, Jason Donovan, Nick Berry and the DJ Sasha. Steve then produced and co-wrote the single 'D’Jilawendie' for Portuguese singer Teresa Maiuko, for whom he was also bassist and Musical Director on her Portuguese tour of 1993. It was also in this year that Jason Donovan released 'Shout About' written by Lee and Dina Taylor.

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