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Brian Alexander Robertson (born 12 September 1956)[citation needed] is a Scottish musician, composer and songwriter. He had a string of hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s characterised by catchy pop tunes and jaunty humorous lyrics, including "Kool in the Kaftan, Knocked It Off", "To Be or Not to Be" and "Bang Bang", a tongue-in-cheek commentary on famous historical and fictional couples. He wrote with Mike Rutherford of Genesis the Grammy-nominated and Ivor Novello Award-winning "The Living Years".[3] It was a number one hit in the US, Canada, Australia and Ireland and reached number 2 in his native UK. He has also written music for films and been a television presenter.

BA Robertson
Birth nameBrian Alexander Robertson
Born (1956-09-12) September 12, 1956 (age 67)[1]
Glasgow, Scotland
GenresRock, pop, new wave
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • producer
Instrument(s)Vocals, keyboards
Years active1960s–present
LabelsArdent, Asylum, Epic, Swan Song[2]
WebsiteBarobertson.com

Early life Edit

Born in Glasgow,[4] Robertson was educated at the former Allan Glen's School, Glasgow,[5] and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama.

Career Edit

He released his debut album Wringing Applause, recorded with Terry Manning, on the Ardent Records label (also home of Big Star) in 1973, but it was to be a further six years until he found success in the United Kingdom chart.[6]

Robertson had hits between 1979 and 1981 in the UK Singles Chart, the first of which – "Bang Bang" – reached number 2 in August 1979.[7] Follow-up singles "Knocked It Off", "Kool in the Kaftan" and "To Be or Not to Be" reached chart positions 8, 17 and 9 respectively.[7] All the singles came from his third album Initial Success, which reached number 32 in the UK Albums Chart.[7] In 1981 he had his last top 40 hit under his own name (to date) performing a duet with Maggie Bell, of a cover version of "Hold Me" which reached number 11.[7]

He co-wrote the hit songs "Carrie" and "Wired for Sound" for Cliff Richard and seven of the 12 songs on Richard's Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile (1979) album. Robertson wrote and sang the theme music to the television series Maggie and Multi-Coloured Swap Shop ("Hello, Hello"), and wrote and sang backing vocals for the Swap Shop spin-off group Brown Sauce's UK top 20 hit, "I Wanna Be a Winner". In 1982, Robertson composed "Down at the Superstore", the theme to the BBC1 children's television series Saturday Superstore. It was released as a single by The Assistants, a supergroup featuring Robertson, Dave Edmunds, Cheryl Baker, Junior and Suzi Quatro.

Robertson was a guest presenter on Top of the Pops on 28 August 1980, alongside then-BBC Radio 1 DJ Peter Powell. In October 1980, Robertson appeared as a guest on the BBC Television chat show Friday Night, Saturday Morning. In the sixth and final series of the same show, Robertson appeared on one programme (January 1982) as the show's host. In February 1981 Robertson appeared playing live in concert on the BBC joint television and radio programme Rock Goes to College. He appeared at the then Preston Polytechnic, Lancashire. He also appeared as one of the Entertainers in the movie The Monster Club starring Vincent Price, John Carradine, and Donald Pleasence.

Robertson presented a two-part documentary, Jock 'n' Roll Parts I & II charting the history of pop music in Scotland and also presented a short-lived television programme, B. A. in Music, which featured contributions from musician guests. The show made Channel 4's 2000 list 100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell after Robertson's guest Bow Wow Wow singer Annabella Lwin took exception to his comments about her, calling Robertson an 'old hippie' and the programme a 'pretty shit show' before walking out in disgust.[8]

Robertson wrote "We Have a Dream" for the 1982 World Cup Scotland squad,[6] and played the lead in the film Living Apart Together, directed by Charlie Gormley. In 1983 Robertson, along with co-songwriters Terry Britten and Sue Shifrin, won a Razzie Award for the Worst 'Original' Song for "Pumpin' and Blowin'" as featured in the 1982 film The Pirate Movie.

Beginning in 1985, Robertson regularly wrote songs with Mike Rutherford for Rutherford's band Mike + The Mechanics. He contributed to all the albums released by the original configuration of the band, from Mike + The Mechanics to Rewired. Among the songs Robertson and Rutherford wrote together are the hits "Silent Running" and "The Living Years". The latter was written after Robertson's father died twelve weeks before the birth of his own son, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1990.

In 1987, Robertson co-wrote several and produced two tracks on the Eddie and the Tide album Looking for Adventure. In 1991, Robertson was billed as the co-producer and executive musical producer for Simply Mad About the Mouse: A Musical Celebration of Imagination (ISBN 1-55890-217-1), a 1991 direct-to-video release featuring top contemporary singers performing "classic Disney songs".[9]

Robertson's stage name was often mentioned in the BBC Two satirical sketch comedy programme The Fast Show, during the recurring sketch "Chanel 9", a parody of Mediterranean TV channels. The joke was based on occasionally intelligible (to English speaking audiences) names appearing in foreign broadcast speech.

Robertson appeared on the Scottish segment of BBC's Children in Need telethon on 14 November 2008, performing a re-worked version of "We Have a Dream" alongside Edwyn Collins, The Gospel Truth Choir, the Tartan Army, and a host of Scottish celebrities. On 16 January 2010, he performed with a live band in Glasgow for the first time since 1981 as part of the Celtic Connections Festival. "A Scottish Songbook" featured a number of diverse artists performing songs written by Scots, and Robertson performed "Twisted" (written by Annie Ross and Wardell Gray) and his own "The Living Years" – backed by house band Session A9 and The Gospel Truth Choir. The event was filmed for subsequent broadcast by BBC Scotland.

A new version of "The Living Years" was released as a single in July 2020, under his own name.[10] A newly released version of "Silent Running" by Robertson was issued on 22 July 2022, with all proceeds from the recording for the Mail Force-Ukraine Appeal.

Discography Edit

Albums Edit

Year Album Label UK
[7]
1973 Wringing Applause
(released as Alexander Robertson)
Ardent
1976 Shadow of a Thin Man
(released as Alexander Robertson)
Arista
1980 Initial Success Asylum 32
1981 Bully for You 61
1982 R&BA[6]
2005 The Platinum Collection Warner
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles Edit

Year Single Chart Positions Certifications Album
AUS
[11]
AUT
BEL
GER
ICE
IRE
NED
UK
[7]
1973 "Moira's Hand" (released as Brian Alexander Robertson) x Wringing Applause
1976 "All the Thin Men" (released as Alexander Robertson) x Shadow of a Thin Man
1979 "Goosebumps" x Initial Success
"Bang Bang" 53 13 15 6 x 5 42 2
"Knocked It Off" x 8 8
1980 "Kool in the Kaftan" x 20 17
"To Be or Not to Be" 82 34 x 7 29 9
"Flight 19" 1[14] 26 Bully for You
1981 "Sucker for Your Love" (7-inch promo) Non-album single
"Saint Saens" listen Bully for You
"Hold Me" (with Maggie Bell) 31 11 11 R&BA
1982 "Ready or Not" (with The Memphis Horns)
"Dot Dot Dot"
1983 "Now and Then" 82
"Time"
(with Frida) (ABBA's instrumental track "Arrival", with added lyrics)
45 ABBAcadabra
1986 "Ceud Mìle Failte"
("A Hundred Thousand Welcomes") (BBC Commonwealth Games Theme)
Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. "x" denotes that chart did not exist at the time.

Songs written for others Edit

Excludes covers of songs originally sung by Robertson

Year Title Artist Co-writer(s) Notes
1974 "To Get a Laugh" Ronnie Corbett
1976 "Dancing at Danny's" Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers
1977 "News"
1978 "Don't Take My Bass Away" Herbie Flowers
"Circus Clown" Patti Boulaye Mike McNaught
"Start All Over Again" Cliff Richard Terry Britten
1979 "Here in L.A." Filmstars Phil Wainman
"Under Fire" Clout Terry Britten
"Magic Rhythm" Christie Allen
"All Australian Female"
"Only Yes Will Do"
"He's My Number One"
"Carrie" Cliff Richard
"Hot Shot" Richard released the original version, with Robertson releasing a live version in medley with "Language of Love" on the B-side to "To Be or Not to Be" in 1980
"My Luck Won't Change"
"Cities May Fall"
"Sci-Fi"
"Falling in Luv"
"Language of Love" Richard released the original version, with Robertson releasing a live version in medley with "Hot Shot" on the B-side to "To Be or Not to Be" in 1980
1980 "Switchboard" Christie Allen Georg Kajanus
"Only Yes Will Do" Mary Stävin Terry Britten
"Teacher"
1981 "Wired for Sound" Cliff Richard Alan Tarney
"I Wanna Be a Winner" Brown Sauce Noel Edmonds
"Hello Hello"
1982 "Croque Monsieur" N.E.R.O. (Noel Edmonds Radio Orchestra)
"Slice 2" Terry Britten
"Spring Has Sprung" The Saucers (Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philbin) Billy Livsey Performed in last ever episode of Swap Shop
"Major Breakthrough"
"We Have a Dream" The Scottish World Cup Squad
"Wrap Up the Cup"
"Pumpin' & Blowin'" Kirsty McNichol Terry Britten and Sue Shifrin From the soundtrack to the film The Pirate Movie
"Happy Ending" The Peter Cupples Band
"Down at the Superstore" (Theme from Saturday Superstore) The Assistants Alec and Pearl Robertson was part of 'The Assistants'
"Half Day Closing (Down at the Superstore)"
1984 "Little Angel" Dolly Dots Pete Bellotte
1985 "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" Mike + the Mechanics Mike Rutherford
"Hanging By a Thread" Mike Rutherford and Christopher Neil
"Take the Reins"
"A Call to Arms" Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil, Phil Collins and Tony Banks
"The Other Side of the World" Chaka Khan Mike Rutherford From the soundtrack to the film White Nights
1986 "Silhouette" Albert Hammond and Albert West Albert Hammond
1987 "Power Play" Eddie & the Tide Phil Pickett From the soundtrack to the film The Lost Boys
"Waiting for the One" Steve "Eddie" Rice
"Stand a Little Rain"
"Making History"
"Bitter Harvest"
"Let It Be Love"
1988 "Nobody's Perfect" Mike + the Mechanics Mike Rutherford
"The Living Years"
"Seeing Is Believing"
"Why Me?"
"Black & Blue" Mike Rutherford and Paul Young
1989 "People All over the World" Pete Frampton Pete Frampton Also performed some backing vocals and synthesisers
"Now and Again" Pete Frampton and John Regan Also performed some guitar
1990 "Barrière des générations" Richard Anthony Mike Rutherford and Jean-Pierre Lang
1991 "A Time and Place" Mike + the Mechanics Mike Rutherford
"Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow"
"Everybody Gets a Second Chance"
"Let's Pretend It Didn't Happen"
"I Think I've Got the Message"
1993 "With Your Hand on My Heart" Michael Crawford and Patti LaBelle Jeremy Lubbock and Melissa Vardey
1994 "I Believe" David Hasselhoff and Laura Branigan John Lewis Parker Theme song for season 5 of Baywatch
1995 "Somewhere in Time" Michael Crawford John Barry
"Open Your Eyes" Michael Crawford and Don Grady
"A Beggar on a Beach of Gold" Mike + the Mechanics Mike Rutherford
"The Ghost of Sex and You"
"Plain and Simple"
"A House of Many Rooms"
1999 "Across the Bridge of Hope" Omagh Community Youth Choir Also performed piano and was the producer
"All The Light I Need" Mike + the Mechanics Mike Rutherford
"What Will You Do"
"My Little Island"
"Look Across at Dreamland"
2003 "One Small Step Paul Carrack Paul Carrack
2004 "If I Were You" Mike + the Mechanics Mike Rutherford and Paul Carrack
"Perfect Child"
"Somewhere Along the Line

Filmography Edit

Film Edit

Year Title Role Notes
1981 The Monster Club Entertainers
1982 Living Apart Together Ritchie Hannah
1986 Heavenly Pursuits Wrote filmscore

Television Edit

Year Title Role Notes
1979–1981 Top of the Pops Himself Performed in 3 episodes and guest co-presented in 1
1980 Ask Aspel 1 episode
Jim'll Fix It
1980–1981 Cheggers Plays Pop 2 episodes[15][16]
1980, 1982 Friday Night, Saturday Morning 2 episodes
1981 Rock Goes to College 1 episode
The Kenny Everett Video Cassette
Saturday Night at the Mill
Six Fifty-Five Special[17]
Jock and Roll[18] Television film
1981–1982 Multi-Coloured Swap Shop 2 episodes
1981–1983 Pop Quiz 3 episodes
1982 Dear Heart 6 episodes
The Kenny Everett Television Show Himself 1 episode
B.A. in Music 7 episodes[19]
1982–1983 Saturday Superstore 3 episodes
1983 Diane Solomon Entertains[20][21] Television film
1985 Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol Bob Cratchit
2000 100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell Himself Archive footage

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ "B.A. Robertson".
  2. ^ "B. A. Robertson & Maggie Bell Hold Me".
  3. ^ (18 March 2000) with Mike Rutherford. "newsline...". Billboard (New York).
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  5. ^ "BA Robertson : Biography". Barobertson.com. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 1020/1. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 465. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  8. ^ . Archived from the original on 19 October 2007.
  9. ^ Simply Mad About the Mouse: A Musical Celebration of Imagination (Video cassette).
  10. ^ "The Living Years". Open.spotify.com. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  11. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 254. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  12. ^ "B.A. Robertson - Bang Bang". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  13. ^ "B.A. Robertson - Knocked It Off". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Vísir - 108. Tölublað (15.05.1981) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Cheggers Plays Pop". The Radio Times. No. 2952. 5 June 1980. p. 33. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Cheggers Plays Pop". The Radio Times. No. 2995. 2 April 1981. p. 36. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Six Fifty-five Special". The Radio Times. No. 3011. 23 July 1981. p. 57. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Jock and Roll | Big Muff". Johnmartyn.info. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  19. ^ "Search Results - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  20. ^ "Diane Solomon Entertains". The Radio Times. No. 3113. 7 July 1983. p. 39. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  21. ^ . BFI. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

External links Edit

  • Official website

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US Canada Australia and Ireland and reached number 2 in his native UK He has also written music for films and been a television presenter BA RobertsonBirth nameBrian Alexander RobertsonBorn 1956 09 12 September 12 1956 age 67 1 Glasgow ScotlandGenresRock pop new waveOccupation s MusiciansingersongwriterproducerInstrument s Vocals keyboardsYears active1960s presentLabelsArdent Asylum Epic Swan Song 2 WebsiteBarobertson com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Discography 3 1 Albums 3 2 Singles 3 3 Songs written for others 4 Filmography 4 1 Film 4 2 Television 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksEarly life EditBorn in Glasgow 4 Robertson was educated at the former Allan Glen s School Glasgow 5 and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music amp Drama Career EditHe released his debut album Wringing Applause recorded with Terry Manning on the Ardent Records label also home of Big Star in 1973 but it was to be a further six years until he found success in the United Kingdom chart 6 Robertson had hits between 1979 and 1981 in the UK Singles Chart the first of which Bang Bang reached number 2 in August 1979 7 Follow up singles Knocked It Off Kool in the Kaftan and To Be or Not to Be reached chart positions 8 17 and 9 respectively 7 All the singles came from his third album Initial Success which reached number 32 in the UK Albums Chart 7 In 1981 he had his last top 40 hit under his own name to date performing a duet with Maggie Bell of a cover version of Hold Me which reached number 11 7 He co wrote the hit songs Carrie and Wired for Sound for Cliff Richard and seven of the 12 songs on Richard s Rock n Roll Juvenile 1979 album Robertson wrote and sang the theme music to the television series Maggie and Multi Coloured Swap Shop Hello Hello and wrote and sang backing vocals for the Swap Shop spin off group Brown Sauce s UK top 20 hit I Wanna Be a Winner In 1982 Robertson composed Down at the Superstore the theme to the BBC1 children s television series Saturday Superstore It was released as a single by The Assistants a supergroup featuring Robertson Dave Edmunds Cheryl Baker Junior and Suzi Quatro Robertson was a guest presenter on Top of the Pops on 28 August 1980 alongside then BBC Radio 1 DJ Peter Powell In October 1980 Robertson appeared as a guest on the BBC Television chat show Friday Night Saturday Morning In the sixth and final series of the same show Robertson appeared on one programme January 1982 as the show s host In February 1981 Robertson appeared playing live in concert on the BBC joint television and radio programme Rock Goes to College He appeared at the then Preston Polytechnic Lancashire He also appeared as one of the Entertainers in the movie The Monster Club starring Vincent Price John Carradine and Donald Pleasence Robertson presented a two part documentary Jock n Roll Parts I amp II charting the history of pop music in Scotland and also presented a short lived television programme B A in Music which featured contributions from musician guests The show made Channel 4 s 2000 list 100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell after Robertson s guest Bow Wow Wow singer Annabella Lwin took exception to his comments about her calling Robertson an old hippie and the programme a pretty shit show before walking out in disgust 8 Robertson wrote We Have a Dream for the 1982 World Cup Scotland squad 6 and played the lead in the film Living Apart Together directed by Charlie Gormley In 1983 Robertson along with co songwriters Terry Britten and Sue Shifrin won a Razzie Award for the Worst Original Song for Pumpin and Blowin as featured in the 1982 film The Pirate Movie Beginning in 1985 Robertson regularly wrote songs with Mike Rutherford for Rutherford s band Mike The Mechanics He contributed to all the albums released by the original configuration of the band from Mike The Mechanics to Rewired Among the songs Robertson and Rutherford wrote together are the hits Silent Running and The Living Years The latter was written after Robertson s father died twelve weeks before the birth of his own son and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1990 In 1987 Robertson co wrote several and produced two tracks on the Eddie and the Tide album Looking for Adventure In 1991 Robertson was billed as the co producer and executive musical producer for Simply Mad About the Mouse A Musical Celebration of Imagination ISBN 1 55890 217 1 a 1991 direct to video release featuring top contemporary singers performing classic Disney songs 9 Robertson s stage name was often mentioned in the BBC Two satirical sketch comedy programme The Fast Show during the recurring sketch Chanel 9 a parody of Mediterranean TV channels The joke was based on occasionally intelligible to English speaking audiences names appearing in foreign broadcast speech Robertson appeared on the Scottish segment of BBC s Children in Need telethon on 14 November 2008 performing a re worked version of We Have a Dream alongside Edwyn Collins The Gospel Truth Choir the Tartan Army and a host of Scottish celebrities On 16 January 2010 he performed with a live band in Glasgow for the first time since 1981 as part of the Celtic Connections Festival A Scottish Songbook featured a number of diverse artists performing songs written by Scots and Robertson performed Twisted written by Annie Ross and Wardell Gray and his own The Living Years backed by house band Session A9 and The Gospel Truth Choir The event was filmed for subsequent broadcast by BBC Scotland A new version of The Living Years was released as a single in July 2020 under his own name 10 A newly released version of Silent Running by Robertson was issued on 22 July 2022 with all proceeds from the recording for the Mail Force Ukraine Appeal Discography EditAlbums Edit Year Album Label UK 7 1973 Wringing Applause released as Alexander Robertson Ardent 1976 Shadow of a Thin Man released as Alexander Robertson Arista 1980 Initial Success Asylum 321981 Bully for You 611982 R amp BA 6 2005 The Platinum Collection Warner denotes releases that did not chart Singles Edit Year Single Chart Positions Certifications AlbumAUS 11 AUT BEL GER ICE IRE NED UK 7 1973 Moira s Hand released as Brian Alexander Robertson x Wringing Applause1976 All the Thin Men released as Alexander Robertson x Shadow of a Thin Man1979 Goosebumps x Initial Success Bang Bang 53 13 15 6 x 5 42 2 BPI Silver 12 Knocked It Off x 8 8 BPI Silver 13 1980 Kool in the Kaftan x 20 17 To Be or Not to Be 82 34 x 7 29 9 Flight 19 1 14 26 Bully for You1981 Sucker for Your Love 7 inch promo Non album single Saint Saens listen Bully for You Hold Me with Maggie Bell 31 11 11 R amp BA1982 Ready or Not with The Memphis Horns Dot Dot Dot 1983 Now and Then 82 Time with Frida ABBA s instrumental track Arrival with added lyrics 45 ABBAcadabra1986 Ceud Mile Failte A Hundred Thousand Welcomes BBC Commonwealth Games Theme Non album single denotes releases that did not chart x denotes that chart did not exist at the time Songs written for others Edit Excludes covers of songs originally sung by Robertson Year Title Artist Co writer s Notes1974 To Get a Laugh Ronnie Corbett 1976 Dancing at Danny s Herbie Flowers Herbie Flowers1977 News 1978 Don t Take My Bass Away Herbie Flowers Circus Clown Patti Boulaye Mike McNaught Start All Over Again Cliff Richard Terry Britten1979 Here in L A Filmstars Phil Wainman Under Fire Clout Terry Britten Magic Rhythm Christie Allen All Australian Female Only Yes Will Do He s My Number One Carrie Cliff Richard Hot Shot Richard released the original version with Robertson releasing a live version in medley with Language of Love on the B side to To Be or Not to Be in 1980 My Luck Won t Change Cities May Fall Sci Fi Falling in Luv Language of Love Richard released the original version with Robertson releasing a live version in medley with Hot Shot on the B side to To Be or Not to Be in 19801980 Switchboard Christie Allen Georg Kajanus Only Yes Will Do Mary Stavin Terry Britten Teacher 1981 Wired for Sound Cliff Richard Alan Tarney I Wanna Be a Winner Brown Sauce Noel Edmonds Hello Hello 1982 Croque Monsieur N E R O Noel Edmonds Radio Orchestra Slice 2 Terry Britten Spring Has Sprung The Saucers Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philbin Billy Livsey Performed in last ever episode of Swap Shop Major Breakthrough We Have a Dream The Scottish World Cup Squad Wrap Up the Cup Pumpin amp Blowin Kirsty McNichol Terry Britten and Sue Shifrin From the soundtrack to the film The Pirate Movie Happy Ending The Peter Cupples Band Down at the Superstore Theme from Saturday Superstore The Assistants Alec and Pearl Robertson was part of The Assistants Half Day Closing Down at the Superstore 1984 Little Angel Dolly Dots Pete Bellotte1985 Silent Running On Dangerous Ground Mike the Mechanics Mike Rutherford Hanging By a Thread Mike Rutherford and Christopher Neil Take the Reins A Call to Arms Mike Rutherford Christopher Neil Phil Collins and Tony Banks The Other Side of the World Chaka Khan Mike Rutherford From the soundtrack to the film White Nights1986 Silhouette Albert Hammond and Albert West Albert Hammond1987 Power Play Eddie amp the Tide Phil Pickett From the soundtrack to the film The Lost Boys Waiting for the One Steve Eddie Rice Stand a Little Rain Making History Bitter Harvest Let It Be Love 1988 Nobody s Perfect Mike the Mechanics Mike Rutherford The Living Years Seeing Is Believing Why Me Black amp Blue Mike Rutherford and Paul Young1989 People All over the World Pete Frampton Pete Frampton Also performed some backing vocals and synthesisers Now and Again Pete Frampton and John Regan Also performed some guitar1990 Barriere des generations Richard Anthony Mike Rutherford and Jean Pierre Lang1991 A Time and Place Mike the Mechanics Mike Rutherford Yesterday Today Tomorrow Everybody Gets a Second Chance Let s Pretend It Didn t Happen I Think I ve Got the Message 1993 With Your Hand on My Heart Michael Crawford and Patti LaBelle Jeremy Lubbock and Melissa Vardey1994 I Believe David Hasselhoff and Laura Branigan John Lewis Parker Theme song for season 5 of Baywatch1995 Somewhere in Time Michael Crawford John Barry Open Your Eyes Michael Crawford and Don Grady A Beggar on a Beach of Gold Mike the Mechanics Mike Rutherford The Ghost of Sex and You Plain and Simple A House of Many Rooms 1999 Across the Bridge of Hope Omagh Community Youth Choir Also performed piano and was the producer All The Light I Need Mike the Mechanics Mike Rutherford What Will You Do My Little Island Look Across at Dreamland 2003 One Small Step Paul Carrack Paul Carrack2004 If I Were You Mike the Mechanics Mike Rutherford and Paul Carrack Perfect Child Somewhere Along the LineFilmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes1981 The Monster Club Entertainers1982 Living Apart Together Ritchie Hannah1986 Heavenly Pursuits Wrote filmscoreTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes1979 1981 Top of the Pops Himself Performed in 3 episodes and guest co presented in 11980 Ask Aspel 1 episodeJim ll Fix It1980 1981 Cheggers Plays Pop 2 episodes 15 16 1980 1982 Friday Night Saturday Morning 2 episodes1981 Rock Goes to College 1 episodeThe Kenny Everett Video CassetteSaturday Night at the MillSix Fifty Five Special 17 Jock and Roll 18 Television film1981 1982 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 2 episodes1981 1983 Pop Quiz 3 episodes1982 Dear Heart 6 episodesThe Kenny Everett Television Show Himself 1 episodeB A in Music 7 episodes 19 1982 1983 Saturday Superstore 3 episodes1983 Diane Solomon Entertains 20 21 Television film1985 Kenny Everett s Christmas Carol Bob Cratchit2000 100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell Himself Archive footageSee also EditList of songs that retell a work of literature List of performers on Top of the Pops List of performances on Top of the PopsReferences Edit B A Robertson B A Robertson amp Maggie Bell Hold Me 18 March 2000 with Mike Rutherford newsline Billboard New York Larkin Colin ed 2011 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music London Omnibus Press ISBN 9780857125958 BA Robertson Biography Barobertson com Retrieved 9 July 2022 a b c Colin Larkin ed 1997 The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music Concise ed Virgin Books pp 1020 1 ISBN 1 85227 745 9 a b c d e f Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 465 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 The 100 Greatest Moments from TV Hell Archived from the original on 19 October 2007 Simply Mad About the Mouse A Musical Celebration of Imagination Video cassette The Living Years Open spotify com Retrieved 29 July 2020 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 254 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 B A Robertson Bang Bang bpi co uk Retrieved 20 July 2022 B A Robertson Knocked It Off bpi co uk Retrieved 20 July 2022 Visir 108 Tolublad 15 05 1981 Timarit is timarit is Retrieved 17 September 2020 Cheggers Plays Pop The Radio Times No 2952 5 June 1980 p 33 ISSN 0033 8060 Retrieved 16 October 2020 Cheggers Plays Pop The Radio Times No 2995 2 April 1981 p 36 ISSN 0033 8060 Retrieved 16 October 2020 Six Fifty five Special The Radio Times No 3011 23 July 1981 p 57 ISSN 0033 8060 Retrieved 16 October 2020 Jock and Roll Big Muff Johnmartyn info Retrieved 16 October 2020 Search Results BBC Genome genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 16 October 2020 Diane Solomon Entertains The Radio Times No 3113 7 July 1983 p 39 ISSN 0033 8060 Retrieved 16 October 2020 Diane Solomon Entertains 1983 BFI Archived from the original on 6 May 2021 Retrieved 16 October 2020 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title BA Robertson amp oldid 1180306869, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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