| 词条 | Mike Redway |
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|name = Mike Redway |image = |caption = |image_size = |background = solo_singer |birth_name = Michael Reddyhoff |alias = |birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1939}} |origin = Hunslet, Yorkshire, England |instrument = |genre = {{hlist|Pop|comedy}} |occupation = Singer, songwriter, record producer, musician |years_active = 1957-present |label = Embassy |associated_acts = Ken Barrie, Ray Pilgrim, The Shadows, Ralph Siegel, Chris Roberts |website = }} Mike Redway (born 1939 in Hunslet) is the stage name for Michael Reddyhoff an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He began his career in the late 1950s as a backing vocalist for Embassy Records. Life and careerRedway was the son of a pub landlord and a baker. He was educated at All Saints School and began singing at a young age - touring the local working men's clubs alongside his brother. In 1959, he was signed onto Embassy Records as a backing vocalist.[1] Having worked as a backing vocalist, Redway recorded his first single for Embassy in 1962 alongside Ray Pilgrim, however the single issued failed to reach the charts. During the sixties he was asked to understudy Frank Sinatra on a Tony Hatch producing record, which was never released commercially.[2] In 1967 Redway was approached by Burt Bacharach to perform the vocal on the song Have No Fear, James Bond is Here - which was used for the credit-roll of the 1967 spoof film Casino Royale. He also achieved #1 chart success in Germany with the single Du Kannst Nicht Immer Siebszehn, which he co-wrote with Ralph Siegel, and which was sung by Chris Roberts. He also produced Terry Wogan's hit The Floral Dance, which reached #21 in April 1978. Redway has also represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest on two occasions. In 1975 he co-penned the song The House Runs On Sunshine with Brian Bennett for The Shadows. At the Song For Europe final held on February 15 the song finished third.[3] Ten years later he again represented the UK with his own entry So Do I with Fiona Kennedy, however the song finished joined last in the national final.[4] Redway also composed the music to the children's television show Charlie Chalk, which was produced by Woodland Animation and featured the voice of Michael Williams. The theme music to the show, which was penned by Redway was performed by his close friend Ken Barrie, whom he had met at Embassy in the early sixties. In 1973 Redway formed his own production company Redrock Music Ltd, known for producing radio advertisements and jingles. In 2016 he wrote the music for the musical comedy Seriously Dead.[5]For its second year of touring the show was renamed Right Place Wrong Time[6] In 2019 Redway was the driving force behind the launch of a website offering ready- made jingles to the advertising, TV and Media markets called Redrock Production Music. He also wrote all the original songs used in [https://thepauldunn.co.uk/home/about/ Paul Dunn's][7] 2019 touring adaptation of Catharine Cookson's[8] [https://thepauldunn.co.uk/2019/01/12/cinderpath2/ The Cinder Path][9] DiscographyAlbums
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References1. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/music/mike-redway-the-man-behind-the-music-1-8169177 | work=Yorkshire evening post | first=Yorkshire | last=Evening Post | title=Mike Redway: The Man Behind The Music}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Roxburgh|first=Gordon|title=Songs For Europe – The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest Volume Two: The 1970s|publisher=Telos Publishing|location=UK|year=2014|page=171|isbn=978-1-84583-065-6}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Roxburgh|first=Gordon|title=Songs For Europe – The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest Volume Two: The 1970s|publisher=Telos Publishing|location=UK|year=2014|page=171|isbn=978-1-84583-065-6}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Roxburgh|first=Gordon|title=Songs For Europe – The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest Volume Thre: The 1980s|publisher=Telos Publishing|location=UK|year=2017|page=220|isbn=978-1-84583-118-9}} 5. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/music/mike-redway-the-man-behind-the-music-1-8169177 | work=Yorkshire evening post | first=Yorkshire | last=Evening Post | title=Mike Redway: The Man Behind The Music}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://thepauldunn.co.uk/projects/future-projects/rightplace/|title=Right Place Wrong Time|date=2018-12-13|website=PAUL DUNN|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-18}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://thepauldunn.co.uk/home/about/|title=About|date=2018-07-29|website=PAUL DUNN|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-18}} 8. ^{{Citation|title=Catherine Cookson|date=2019-01-09|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cookson&oldid=877533058|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2019-03-18}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://thepauldunn.co.uk/2019/01/12/cinderpath2/|title=Another walk down the Cinder Path|last=Dunn|first=Paul|date=2019-01-12|website=PAUL DUNN|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-18}} External Links
7 : 1939 births|Living people|People from Hunslet|English male singers|English songwriters|English television composers|English male voice actors |
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