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Graham Gouldman

Graham Keith Gouldman (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the co-lead singer and bassist of the art rock band 10cc. He has been the band's only constant member since its formation in 1972. Before 10cc, Gouldman worked as a freelance songwriter and penned many hits for major rock and pop groups, including the Yardbirds, the Hollies, Herman's Hermits and Ohio Express.

Graham Gouldman
Gouldman in 2021
Background information
Birth nameGraham Keith Gouldman
Born (1946-05-10) 10 May 1946 (age 76)
Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Bass guitar
  • vocals
  • guitar
Years active1963–present
Labels

Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968

Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England into a Jewish family. He played in a number of Manchester bands from 1963, including the High Spots, the Crevattes, the Planets and the Whirlwinds, which became a house band at his local Jewish Lads' Brigade.

The Whirlwinds – comprising Gouldman (vocals, guitar), Maurice Sperling (vocals/drums), Bernard Basso (bass), Stephen Jacobson (guitar, bongos), Malcolm Wagner and Phil Cohen – secured a recording contract with HMV, releasing a recording of the Buddy Holly song "Look at Me", backed with "Baby Not Like You", written by future 10cc bandmate Lol Creme, in June 1964.[citation needed]

Gouldman dissolved the Whirlwinds in late 1964, and the following February formed the Mockingbirds with Jacobson, Basso, and a former member of fellow Manchester band the Sabres, Kevin Godley (drums). The Mockingbirds signed with the Columbia label, which rejected Gouldman's first offering as a single – "For Your Love" (later a major hit for the Yardbirds) – and issued two singles, "That's How (It's Gonna Stay)" (February 1965, also issued in the US on ABC Paramount) and "I Can Feel We're Parting" (May 1965). The band switched to the Immediate label for "You Stole My Love" (October 1965) and Decca for "One By One" (July 1966) and "How to Find a Lover" (October 1966).[1]

The Mockingbirds also began a regular warm-up spot for BBC Television's Top of the Pops, transmitted from Manchester.[2] He recalled: "There was one strange moment when the Yardbirds appeared on the show doing 'For Your Love', which was a song that I'd written. Everyone clamoured around them – and there I was just part of an anonymous group. I felt strange that night, hearing them play my song."[3]

At the same time Gouldman signed a management agreement with Harvey Lisberg, and while working by day in a men's outfitters shop and playing by night with his semi-professional band, he wrote a string of hit songs, many of them million sellers. Between 1965 and 1967 alone, he wrote "For Your Love", "Heart Full of Soul" and "Evil Hearted You" for the Yardbirds, "Look Through Any Window" (with Charles Silverman) and "Bus Stop" for the Hollies, "Listen People", "No Milk Today" and "East West" for Herman's Hermits, "Pamela, Pamela" and "The Impossible Years" for Wayne Fontana, "Behind the Door" for St. Louis Union (later covered by Cher), "Tallyman" for Jeff Beck and "Going Home", which was a 1967 Australian hit for Normie Rowe.

In 1966–67, Gouldman recorded singles with two other bands, High Society and the Manchester Mob, both of which featured singer Peter Cowap.[4]

In March 1968, he stepped in as a temporary replacement for bassist Bob Lang in the Mindbenders, writing two of the band's final singles, "Schoolgirl" and "Uncle Joe, the Ice Cream Man". The band dissolved eight months later. Gouldman said his time with the band was depressing: "They were sliding down, they were pretty well finished by the time I joined them."[3]

He wrote briefly for publishing house Robbins Music and producer Mickie Most in 1967, and then shifted base to the Kennedy Street Enterprises show business management offices in Manchester. He remained there for four years, recalling: "It was like an office. I used to go in there every morning at 10 o'clock and stay there, working on my songs, until I finished every evening at six o'clock. It was self-discipline and I need that."[3]

A year later he released three singles as a solo artist, before recording his debut solo album, The Graham Gouldman Thing.[citation needed]

Writer for hire: 1969–1972

Gouldman's reputation as a hit songwriter attracted the attention of bubblegum pop producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz of Super K Productions, who invited him to New York City to write formula bubblegum songs. In what he later called a "creative lowpoint",[5] Gouldman accepted. He recalled: "They wanted me to write and produce for them, so I figured, why not? Nothing else was happening for me at the time. All told I worked for them for three or four periods over the course of a year, just writing and recording, and had no time for anything else. I was totally involved in the whole Kasenetz-Katz thing while I was with them."[6]

He said he was left exhausted and depressed by his dealings with Kasenetz and Katz. "In the mornings I would go into the office and start writing and after I had finished one song in a day, which was very high output for me, they'd come up to me and say: 'Give us another song!' And I'd say 'OK' – because I'm like that. They'd keep up the pressure so that I kept on writing. I was there in their offices working like that for six or eight weeks and when I flew home to Manchester I went straight round to see my doctor. I was feeling sick and could not eat. The doctor told me: 'You are totally over-worked.' I don't think I've ever felt so depressed as I did when I came back from New York."[3]

Gouldman said he was "grasping, sort of prostituting myself" in accepting the Kasenetz-Katz deal, which came with a cash advance. "That was a time when I had lost a little bit of confidence in my writing. I hadn't had any hits for some time. I felt awful. I just didn't seem to be keeping up with what other people were doing. It was very depressing."[3]

One of his first tasks for Super K was writing and singing lead vocals on "Sausalito (Is the Place to Go)", which was released in July 1969 under the name of the Ohio Express.[citation needed]

In December 1969, Gouldman convinced Kasenetz and Katz that the series of throwaway two-minute songs he was writing could all be performed and produced by him and three friends, Godley, Creme and former Mindbender Eric Stewart, at a fraction of the price of hiring outside session musicians. He proposed the quartet work at Strawberry Studios, a Stockport (Cheshire) recording studio in which he and Stewart were financial partners. Kasenetz and Katz booked the studio for three months.[citation needed]

Kevin Godley later recalled:[7]

We did a lot of tracks in a very short time – it was really like a machine. Twenty tracks in about two weeks – a lot of crap really – really shit. We used to do the voices, everything – it saved 'em money. We even did the female backing vocals.

When the three-months production deal with Kasenetz-Katz ended, Gouldman returned to New York to work as a staff songwriter for Super K Productions while the remaining three continued to dabble in the studio.[citation needed]

In late 1970, Gouldman returned to the UK to join Stewart, Godley and Creme – who had in the interim scored an international hit single with "Neanderthal Man" under the name of Hotlegs – on an abbreviated British tour supporting the Moody Blues.[citation needed]

10cc: 1972–1983

The four musicians continued work at Strawberry Studios, producing and backing artists including Cowap, Dave Berry, Wayne Fontana, Herman's Hermits and Neil Sedaka, as well as recording quite a number of one-off singles on many different labels (RCA, Pye, etc.) using many different performer names (including Festival, Tristar Airbus, The New Wave Band, and Grumble). In July 1972, they were signed by entrepreneur, producer and recording artist Jonathan King and given the name 10cc.

Over the course of the next 23 years, 10cc scored three UK No.1 singles and five Top 10 albums, with Gouldman co-writing some of their biggest hits, including "Rubber Bullets" "The Wall Street Shuffle" (1974), "I'm Not in Love" (1975), "I'm Mandy, Fly Me" (1976), "Art For Art's Sake" (1976), "The Things We Do for Love" (1977) and "Dreadlock Holiday" (1978).

When Kevin Godley and Lol Creme departed in 1976 to explore new musical territories, Gouldman remained with Stewart, continuing the band essentially as a two-piece, although with regular collaborators including Rick Fenn, Paul Burgess and Stuart Tosh. 1980's Look Hear? album marked the end of the band's run of chart success, and 1983's Windows in the Jungle became the last 10cc album for almost a decade.

In 1979, Gouldman scored a minor hit with his single "Sunburn", written for the Farrah FawcettCharles Grodin film of the same name. Two years later he produced the Pleasant Dreams album for the Ramones.

Gouldman produced the score for the film Animalympics in 1980, writing most of the soundtrack himself.

Wax tracks: 1984–1990

Between 1984 and 1990, Gouldman teamed with American singer Andrew Gold, with whom he had co-written material in 1981, to form Wax. They produced four albums. Gold described how the partnership began:[8][better source needed]

I was called by the (then) head of A&R at Warner Brothers Lenny Waronker, who I had known for years. He asked if I was a fan of 10cc, and I told him that indeed I was, very much. He said the band had a new album they were releasing called Ten Out of 10, and he was of the opinion that, although the album was very strong, it might benefit the US audience to have a few additional cuts tailored more for the American ear. As he knew I was an Anglophile, we might hit it off well.

I said it would be an honour if the band said OK. I spoke to Graham and Eric by phone and soon I was in the UK, co-writing and co-producing three tracks for the album, which was a blast to do and turned out very well. Soon they asked me to join the band, which was an extremely exciting offer. For various reasons, which now seem dumb to me, and after great consideration, I demurred in favour of pursuing my own career and returned to America.

But before long Graham and I were talking again, and he asked if I wanted to return to England to write and just kind of hang for a few weeks. I went and ended up staying for seven months. Eric had decided to take some time off from 10cc, and Graham, ever happy to be working, hunkered down with me, writing and recording in his home studio in Cheshire. Soon, we realised that what we were doing was basically writing and recording a homemade band album.

10cc again: 1992–1995

After a nine-year break, Gouldman and Stewart resurrected 10cc for 1992's …Meanwhile album, which also featured performances by Godley, Creme and Gold. Three years later came the final album by the band, Mirror Mirror.

By then, the decades-long partnership between Gouldman and Stewart was apparently over: the pair each wrote and recorded six songs separately, in different countries, playing together on just one song, an acoustic reworking of "I'm Not in Love". Two co-written songs were written during the ...Meanwhile sessions.

The final album featured a song, "Ready to Go Home", written by Gouldman in memory of his father, poet and playwright Hymie Gouldman, who had died in 1991. It was later covered by Morten Harket (singer of the Norwegian pop group A-ha) on his 1995 debut solo album Wild Seed.

In an interview with the Jewish Telegraph, Gouldman spoke of his father's influence on his life and career:

I'm always happy to talk about my father. He was the biggest influence on me. I always used to phone him during my 10cc days for help. Kevin called him "Hyme the Rhyme". He loved words. He always taught me to be original. He had high standards. He was a genius. What he did for a living was incidental, it was the writing that he lived for. And some of that has rubbed off on me.[citation needed]

During the late 1990s Gouldman wrote with a few different writers, including Paul Carrack on his minor 1997 hit "The Way I'm Feeling Tonight", and Kirsty MacColl on her final album Tropical Brainstorm in 2000.

Gouldman included a new version of "Ready to Go Home" on his 2000 solo album, And Another Thing.... On the liner notes of his solo album, he noted: "It reflects my feelings at the time. I suppose I was trying to put a positive slant on his passing, remembering all the things we had done together and his artistic legacy to me. The last verse of the song best reflects my feelings on this. This song has been recorded by many artists and remains one of my favourites. Very emotional." Gouldman regards the song as one of his favourites, explaining "It’s quite emotional really. It was written a few years after my Dad passed away, and Andrew had lost his Dad, and we were talking about the legacies – what we’re left with, what we’re going to do and where we’re going to go, and how we have to be accepting."[9]

10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and Friends/Godley and Gouldman: 1999–present

 
Gouldman performing with 10cc in 2010

Gouldman began touring as "10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and Friends", with his band comprising Rick Fenn, Paul Burgess, Mike Stevens and Mick Wilson. They first performed in 1999, at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Birmingham. After the release of his solo album, he got the lads back together to celebrate 30 years of 10cc in 2002, billed as "Graham Gouldman celebrates 30 years of 10cc".[citation needed]

In January 2004, he reconvened with Kevin Godley to write more songs. Godley explained:

In a nutshell … unfinished business. In all the years we've known each other we've only written three pure, Godley-Gouldman songs. That, and a desire to find out if the music muscle still worked with someone I enjoyed and didn't have to spend weeks getting to know.

In Gouldman's words:

Kevin and I have always stayed in touch even though we haven't actually worked together for many years, so I was delighted when he called to suggest we write some songs. When I asked "Why?" He said, "No reason … just to do it and see what happens." A good enough reason for me. What followed was a series of writing and recording sessions … Something like the early days when we wrote and recorded for ourselves with one ear half-cocked for something that broke the mould.
I always figured Mr. G had the best voice in the band, ironic then that he never sang lead on a 10cc single … Even I managed that. Now justice has been done. Kevin's voice and razor-sharp lyrics take us to places we haven't visited before… Always a good place to start.[10]

In July 2006, Godley and Gouldman's website offered four downloadable tracks: "The Same Road", "Johnny Hurts", "Beautifulloser.com" and "Hooligan Crane". The songs are the initial 'offering' of a group of songs they have been working on over the past two years. During this period, Gouldman wrote the main riff in the McFly song "I've Got You".

Gouldman and Friends toured the UK in 2009, simply billed as "10cc". In August 2010, 10cc featuring Graham Gouldman headlined the Sunday bill at the Rhythm Festival.[11]

While touring with 10cc Graham Gouldman formed an acoustic band named Heart Full of Songs aimed to perform acoustic versions of the songs throughout his career. The band took its first solo tour in 2013 and performs regularly ever since.[12]

In February 2014, it was announced that Gouldman would be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the 45th annual induction ceremony which was held in New York on 12 June at the Marriott Marquis Hotel.[13]

In 2017, a compilation album of music highlighting Gouldman as a songwriter was released under the name Listen People: The Graham Gouldman Songbook 1964-2005.[14]

In 2018, Gouldman joined Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band on tour. In November 2019, he announced a new album titled Modesty Forbids featuring Ringo Starr, which was released in March 2020 on the British indie label Lojinx.[15]

Discography

Albums

EPs

  • Play Nicely and Share (2017) Wienerworld, UK; WNRCD5102

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
UK
[16]
AUS NLD
[17]
1966 "Stop Stop Stop (or Honey, I'll Be Gone)"
b/w "Better to Have Loved and Lost"
Non-album single
1968 "The Impossible Years"
b/w "No Milk Today"
The Graham Gouldman Thing
"Upstairs, Downstairs"
b/w "Chestnut"
"Pamela, Pamela"
b/w "For Your Love"
1969 "Windmills of Your Mind"
b/w "Harvey's Tune"
(as The Graham Gouldman Orchestra)
Non-album singles
1972 "Nowhere to Go"
b/w "Growing Older"
1979 "Sunburn" 52 26 34 The Original Soundtrack Album From... Sunburn
1980 "Love's Not for Me (Rene's Song)" Animalympics
2000 "Dancing Days" And Another Thing...
2022 "Floating in Heaven" (with Brian May) Non-album single

References

  1. ^ "Graham's Early Projects". Tencc.fan-site.net. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Q Rock Stars Encyclopedia" by Dafydd Rees and Luke Crampton, Dorling Kindersley, 1999.
  3. ^ a b c d e George Tremlett (1976). The 10cc Story. Futura. ISBN 0-86007-378-5.
  4. ^ [1] 8 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ . Gg06.co.uk. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  6. ^ Liner notes for Strawberry Bubblegum CD written by David Wells, June 2003
  7. ^ [2] 14 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ . Archived from the original on 20 June 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  9. ^ Wyatt, Malcolm. "Wind and Rain and Shine – the Graham Gouldman interview"(2017)
  10. ^ "why". Gg06.co.uk. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Rhythm Festival". RhythmFestival.com. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  12. ^ "10cc's Graham Gouldman & Heart Full Of Songs". ents24.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Songwriters Hall Of Fame Announces 2014 Inductees". SongHall.org. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Listen People: The Graham Gouldman Songbook 1964-2005". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  15. ^ "10cc's Graham Gouldman New Solo Album and UK Tour Dates". Lojinx.com. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  16. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 232. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  17. ^ "Dutch Singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

External links

  • Graham Gouldman discography at Discogs
  • 10cc: Graham Gouldman and Friends tour dates 13 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  • 10cc Official Site
  • The Mockingbirds
  • Graham Gouldman at Harvey Lisberg
  • Graham Gouldman and Andrew Gold songs

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Graham Keith Gouldman born 10 May 1946 is an English singer songwriter and musician best known as the co lead singer and bassist of the art rock band 10cc He has been the band s only constant member since its formation in 1972 Before 10cc Gouldman worked as a freelance songwriter and penned many hits for major rock and pop groups including the Yardbirds the Hollies Herman s Hermits and Ohio Express Graham GouldmanGouldman in 2021Background informationBirth nameGraham Keith GouldmanBorn 1946 05 10 10 May 1946 age 76 Broughton Salford Lancashire EnglandGenresArt rock soft rock pop pop rockInstrument s Bass guitarvocalsguitarYears active1963 presentLabelsMercuryA amp MUKFontanaRCADeccaRhinoLojinxGouldman s voice source source source recorded February 2014 Contents 1 Early life and 1960s pop career 1946 1968 2 Writer for hire 1969 1972 3 10cc 1972 1983 4 Wax tracks 1984 1990 5 10cc again 1992 1995 6 10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and Friends Godley and Gouldman 1999 present 7 Discography 7 1 Albums 7 2 EPs 7 3 Singles 8 References 9 External linksEarly life and 1960s pop career 1946 1968 EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Graham Gouldman news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Gouldman was born in Broughton Salford Lancashire England into a Jewish family He played in a number of Manchester bands from 1963 including the High Spots the Crevattes the Planets and the Whirlwinds which became a house band at his local Jewish Lads Brigade The Whirlwinds comprising Gouldman vocals guitar Maurice Sperling vocals drums Bernard Basso bass Stephen Jacobson guitar bongos Malcolm Wagner and Phil Cohen secured a recording contract with HMV releasing a recording of the Buddy Holly song Look at Me backed with Baby Not Like You written by future 10cc bandmate Lol Creme in June 1964 citation needed Gouldman dissolved the Whirlwinds in late 1964 and the following February formed the Mockingbirds with Jacobson Basso and a former member of fellow Manchester band the Sabres Kevin Godley drums The Mockingbirds signed with the Columbia label which rejected Gouldman s first offering as a single For Your Love later a major hit for the Yardbirds and issued two singles That s How It s Gonna Stay February 1965 also issued in the US on ABC Paramount and I Can Feel We re Parting May 1965 The band switched to the Immediate label for You Stole My Love October 1965 and Decca for One By One July 1966 and How to Find a Lover October 1966 1 The Mockingbirds also began a regular warm up spot for BBC Television s Top of the Pops transmitted from Manchester 2 He recalled There was one strange moment when the Yardbirds appeared on the show doing For Your Love which was a song that I d written Everyone clamoured around them and there I was just part of an anonymous group I felt strange that night hearing them play my song 3 At the same time Gouldman signed a management agreement with Harvey Lisberg and while working by day in a men s outfitters shop and playing by night with his semi professional band he wrote a string of hit songs many of them million sellers Between 1965 and 1967 alone he wrote For Your Love Heart Full of Soul and Evil Hearted You for the Yardbirds Look Through Any Window with Charles Silverman and Bus Stop for the Hollies Listen People No Milk Today and East West for Herman s Hermits Pamela Pamela and The Impossible Years for Wayne Fontana Behind the Door for St Louis Union later covered by Cher Tallyman for Jeff Beck and Going Home which was a 1967 Australian hit for Normie Rowe In 1966 67 Gouldman recorded singles with two other bands High Society and the Manchester Mob both of which featured singer Peter Cowap 4 In March 1968 he stepped in as a temporary replacement for bassist Bob Lang in the Mindbenders writing two of the band s final singles Schoolgirl and Uncle Joe the Ice Cream Man The band dissolved eight months later Gouldman said his time with the band was depressing They were sliding down they were pretty well finished by the time I joined them 3 He wrote briefly for publishing house Robbins Music and producer Mickie Most in 1967 and then shifted base to the Kennedy Street Enterprises show business management offices in Manchester He remained there for four years recalling It was like an office I used to go in there every morning at 10 o clock and stay there working on my songs until I finished every evening at six o clock It was self discipline and I need that 3 A year later he released three singles as a solo artist before recording his debut solo album The Graham Gouldman Thing citation needed Writer for hire 1969 1972 EditGouldman s reputation as a hit songwriter attracted the attention of bubblegum pop producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz of Super K Productions who invited him to New York City to write formula bubblegum songs In what he later called a creative lowpoint 5 Gouldman accepted He recalled They wanted me to write and produce for them so I figured why not Nothing else was happening for me at the time All told I worked for them for three or four periods over the course of a year just writing and recording and had no time for anything else I was totally involved in the whole Kasenetz Katz thing while I was with them 6 He said he was left exhausted and depressed by his dealings with Kasenetz and Katz In the mornings I would go into the office and start writing and after I had finished one song in a day which was very high output for me they d come up to me and say Give us another song And I d say OK because I m like that They d keep up the pressure so that I kept on writing I was there in their offices working like that for six or eight weeks and when I flew home to Manchester I went straight round to see my doctor I was feeling sick and could not eat The doctor told me You are totally over worked I don t think I ve ever felt so depressed as I did when I came back from New York 3 Gouldman said he was grasping sort of prostituting myself in accepting the Kasenetz Katz deal which came with a cash advance That was a time when I had lost a little bit of confidence in my writing I hadn t had any hits for some time I felt awful I just didn t seem to be keeping up with what other people were doing It was very depressing 3 One of his first tasks for Super K was writing and singing lead vocals on Sausalito Is the Place to Go which was released in July 1969 under the name of the Ohio Express citation needed In December 1969 Gouldman convinced Kasenetz and Katz that the series of throwaway two minute songs he was writing could all be performed and produced by him and three friends Godley Creme and former Mindbender Eric Stewart at a fraction of the price of hiring outside session musicians He proposed the quartet work at Strawberry Studios a Stockport Cheshire recording studio in which he and Stewart were financial partners Kasenetz and Katz booked the studio for three months citation needed Kevin Godley later recalled 7 We did a lot of tracks in a very short time it was really like a machine Twenty tracks in about two weeks a lot of crap really really shit We used to do the voices everything it saved em money We even did the female backing vocals When the three months production deal with Kasenetz Katz ended Gouldman returned to New York to work as a staff songwriter for Super K Productions while the remaining three continued to dabble in the studio citation needed In late 1970 Gouldman returned to the UK to join Stewart Godley and Creme who had in the interim scored an international hit single with Neanderthal Man under the name of Hotlegs on an abbreviated British tour supporting the Moody Blues citation needed 10cc 1972 1983 EditThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Graham Gouldman news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message See also 10cc The four musicians continued work at Strawberry Studios producing and backing artists including Cowap Dave Berry Wayne Fontana Herman s Hermits and Neil Sedaka as well as recording quite a number of one off singles on many different labels RCA Pye etc using many different performer names including Festival Tristar Airbus The New Wave Band and Grumble In July 1972 they were signed by entrepreneur producer and recording artist Jonathan King and given the name 10cc Over the course of the next 23 years 10cc scored three UK No 1 singles and five Top 10 albums with Gouldman co writing some of their biggest hits including Rubber Bullets The Wall Street Shuffle 1974 I m Not in Love 1975 I m Mandy Fly Me 1976 Art For Art s Sake 1976 The Things We Do for Love 1977 and Dreadlock Holiday 1978 When Kevin Godley and Lol Creme departed in 1976 to explore new musical territories Gouldman remained with Stewart continuing the band essentially as a two piece although with regular collaborators including Rick Fenn Paul Burgess and Stuart Tosh 1980 s Look Hear album marked the end of the band s run of chart success and 1983 s Windows in the Jungle became the last 10cc album for almost a decade In 1979 Gouldman scored a minor hit with his single Sunburn written for the Farrah Fawcett Charles Grodin film of the same name Two years later he produced the Pleasant Dreams album for the Ramones Gouldman produced the score for the film Animalympics in 1980 writing most of the soundtrack himself Wax tracks 1984 1990 EditBetween 1984 and 1990 Gouldman teamed with American singer Andrew Gold with whom he had co written material in 1981 to form Wax They produced four albums Gold described how the partnership began 8 better source needed I was called by the then head of A amp R at Warner Brothers Lenny Waronker who I had known for years He asked if I was a fan of 10cc and I told him that indeed I was very much He said the band had a new album they were releasing called Ten Out of 10 and he was of the opinion that although the album was very strong it might benefit the US audience to have a few additional cuts tailored more for the American ear As he knew I was an Anglophile we might hit it off well I said it would be an honour if the band said OK I spoke to Graham and Eric by phone and soon I was in the UK co writing and co producing three tracks for the album which was a blast to do and turned out very well Soon they asked me to join the band which was an extremely exciting offer For various reasons which now seem dumb to me and after great consideration I demurred in favour of pursuing my own career and returned to America But before long Graham and I were talking again and he asked if I wanted to return to England to write and just kind of hang for a few weeks I went and ended up staying for seven months Eric had decided to take some time off from 10cc and Graham ever happy to be working hunkered down with me writing and recording in his home studio in Cheshire Soon we realised that what we were doing was basically writing and recording a homemade band album 10cc again 1992 1995 EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Graham Gouldman news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message After a nine year break Gouldman and Stewart resurrected 10cc for 1992 s Meanwhile album which also featured performances by Godley Creme and Gold Three years later came the final album by the band Mirror Mirror By then the decades long partnership between Gouldman and Stewart was apparently over the pair each wrote and recorded six songs separately in different countries playing together on just one song an acoustic reworking of I m Not in Love Two co written songs were written during the Meanwhile sessions The final album featured a song Ready to Go Home written by Gouldman in memory of his father poet and playwright Hymie Gouldman who had died in 1991 It was later covered by Morten Harket singer of the Norwegian pop group A ha on his 1995 debut solo album Wild Seed In an interview with the Jewish Telegraph Gouldman spoke of his father s influence on his life and career I m always happy to talk about my father He was the biggest influence on me I always used to phone him during my 10cc days for help Kevin called him Hyme the Rhyme He loved words He always taught me to be original He had high standards He was a genius What he did for a living was incidental it was the writing that he lived for And some of that has rubbed off on me citation needed During the late 1990s Gouldman wrote with a few different writers including Paul Carrack on his minor 1997 hit The Way I m Feeling Tonight and Kirsty MacColl on her final album Tropical Brainstorm in 2000 Gouldman included a new version of Ready to Go Home on his 2000 solo album And Another Thing On the liner notes of his solo album he noted It reflects my feelings at the time I suppose I was trying to put a positive slant on his passing remembering all the things we had done together and his artistic legacy to me The last verse of the song best reflects my feelings on this This song has been recorded by many artists and remains one of my favourites Very emotional Gouldman regards the song as one of his favourites explaining It s quite emotional really It was written a few years after my Dad passed away and Andrew had lost his Dad and we were talking about the legacies what we re left with what we re going to do and where we re going to go and how we have to be accepting 9 10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and Friends Godley and Gouldman 1999 present EditThis section about a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Graham Gouldman news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Gouldman performing with 10cc in 2010 Gouldman began touring as 10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and Friends with his band comprising Rick Fenn Paul Burgess Mike Stevens and Mick Wilson They first performed in 1999 at Ronnie Scott s Jazz Club in Birmingham After the release of his solo album he got the lads back together to celebrate 30 years of 10cc in 2002 billed as Graham Gouldman celebrates 30 years of 10cc citation needed In January 2004 he reconvened with Kevin Godley to write more songs Godley explained In a nutshell unfinished business In all the years we ve known each other we ve only written three pure Godley Gouldman songs That and a desire to find out if the music muscle still worked with someone I enjoyed and didn t have to spend weeks getting to know In Gouldman s words Kevin and I have always stayed in touch even though we haven t actually worked together for many years so I was delighted when he called to suggest we write some songs When I asked Why He said No reason just to do it and see what happens A good enough reason for me What followed was a series of writing and recording sessions Something like the early days when we wrote and recorded for ourselves with one ear half cocked for something that broke the mould I always figured Mr G had the best voice in the band ironic then that he never sang lead on a 10cc single Even I managed that Now justice has been done Kevin s voice and razor sharp lyrics take us to places we haven t visited before Always a good place to start 10 In July 2006 Godley and Gouldman s website offered four downloadable tracks The Same Road Johnny Hurts Beautifulloser com and Hooligan Crane The songs are the initial offering of a group of songs they have been working on over the past two years During this period Gouldman wrote the main riff in the McFly song I ve Got You Gouldman and Friends toured the UK in 2009 simply billed as 10cc In August 2010 10cc featuring Graham Gouldman headlined the Sunday bill at the Rhythm Festival 11 While touring with 10cc Graham Gouldman formed an acoustic band named Heart Full of Songs aimed to perform acoustic versions of the songs throughout his career The band took its first solo tour in 2013 and performs regularly ever since 12 In February 2014 it was announced that Gouldman would be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the 45th annual induction ceremony which was held in New York on 12 June at the Marriott Marquis Hotel 13 In 2017 a compilation album of music highlighting Gouldman as a songwriter was released under the name Listen People The Graham Gouldman Songbook 1964 2005 14 In 2018 Gouldman joined Ringo Starr amp His All Starr Band on tour In November 2019 he announced a new album titled Modesty Forbids featuring Ringo Starr which was released in March 2020 on the British indie label Lojinx 15 Discography EditAlbums Edit The Graham Gouldman Thing 1968 USA RCA Victor LPM 3954 mono LSP 3954 stereo Animalympics 1980 USA A amp M SP 4580 soundtrack And Another Thing 2000 Dome FLYCD14 Love and Work 2012 Wienerworld Modesty Forbids 2020 Lojinx RecordsEPs Edit Play Nicely and Share 2017 Wienerworld UK WNRCD5102Singles Edit Year Title Chart positions AlbumUK 16 AUS NLD 17 1966 Stop Stop Stop or Honey I ll Be Gone b w Better to Have Loved and Lost Non album single1968 The Impossible Years b w No Milk Today The Graham Gouldman Thing Upstairs Downstairs b w Chestnut Pamela Pamela b w For Your Love 1969 Windmills of Your Mind b w Harvey s Tune as The Graham Gouldman Orchestra Non album singles1972 Nowhere to Go b w Growing Older 1979 Sunburn 52 26 34 The Original Soundtrack Album From Sunburn1980 Love s Not for Me Rene s Song Animalympics2000 Dancing Days And Another Thing 2022 Floating in Heaven with Brian May Non album singleReferences Edit Graham s Early Projects Tencc fan site net Retrieved 29 June 2014 Q Rock Stars Encyclopedia by Dafydd Rees and Luke Crampton Dorling Kindersley 1999 a b c d e George Tremlett 1976 The 10cc Story Futura ISBN 0 86007 378 5 1 Archived 8 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine GG 06 Gouldman Biography Gg06 co uk 8 July 2006 Archived from the original on 5 February 2012 Retrieved 29 June 2014 Liner notes for Strawberry Bubblegum CD written by David Wells June 2003 2 Archived 14 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine Minestrone 10cc Godley amp Creme Fan Site Archived from the original on 20 June 2007 Retrieved 2 December 2018 Wyatt Malcolm Wind and Rain and Shine the Graham Gouldman interview 2017 why Gg06 co uk 7 July 2006 Retrieved 29 June 2014 Rhythm Festival RhythmFestival com Retrieved 29 June 2014 10cc s Graham Gouldman amp Heart Full Of Songs ents24 com Retrieved 29 March 2020 Songwriters Hall Of Fame Announces 2014 Inductees SongHall org 11 February 2014 Retrieved 29 June 2014 Listen People The Graham Gouldman Songbook 1964 2005 allmusic com Retrieved 29 March 2020 10cc s Graham Gouldman New Solo Album and UK Tour Dates Lojinx com 28 November 2019 Retrieved 18 April 2020 Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 232 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 Dutch Singles dutchcharts nl Retrieved 15 January 2020 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Graham Gouldman Graham Gouldman discography Graham Gouldman discography at Discogs 10cc Graham Gouldman and Friends tour dates Archived 13 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine 10cc Official Site The Mockingbirds Graham Gouldman at Harvey Lisberg Graham Gouldman and Andrew Gold songs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index 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