• Ian Ralph Samwell (19 January 1937 – 13 March 2003) was an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the writer of...
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    guitar (1941), Ian Samwell on guitar and Harry Webb (before he became Cliff Richard) on guitar and vocals. They had no bass player. Samwell wrote their debut...
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  • Move It (category Songs written by Ian Samwell)
    "Move It" is a song written by Ian Samwell and recorded by Cliff Richard and the Drifters (the English band that would later become "The Shadows"). Originally...
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  • Ian Samwell. Hummingbird was the first of three albums recorded by the British rock band Hummingbird. The album was produced by Ian "Sammy" Samwell....
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    [citation needed] He co-wrote Richard's 1961 hit; "Gee Whizz It's You" with Ian Samwell. With Welch, Brian Bennett, and John Rostill, he wrote hits for Cliff...
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    A Horse with No Name (category Song recordings produced by Ian Samwell)
    chorus. A "waterfall"-type solo completes the arrangement. Produced by Ian Samwell on the day of final recording at Morgan Studios, when at first the group...
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  • Samwell is a surname or given name, and may refer to: David Samwell (1751–1798), Welsh naval surgeon and poet Ian Samwell (1937–2003), English musician...
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    London's Chalk Farm district. They were eventually taken on by producer Ian Samwell, best known for writing Cliff Richard's 1958 breakthrough hit "Move It"...
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  • the remaining tracks being written by artists such as Kenny Lynch and Ian Samwell, or being R&B covers that were parts of the group's early repertoire...
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    sounded like "cliff face", which suggested "Rock". It was "Move It" writer Ian Samwell who suggested the surname "Richard" as a tribute to Webb's musical hero...
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  • America (America album) (category Albums produced by Ian Samwell)
    electric guitar on "Children", steel guitar on "Rainy Day" Technical Ian Samwell – producer Jeff Dexter – executive producer Ken Scott – engineering Nigel...
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  • I Need You (America song) (category Song recordings produced by Ian Samwell)
    Length 3:04 Label Warner Bros. Songwriter(s) Gerry Beckley Producer(s) Ian Samwell Jeff Dexter America America singles chronology Licensed audio "I Need...
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  • the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and Europe and employed Ian Samwell as their producer. The original line-up included members of the second...
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  • The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (album) (category Albums produced by Ian Samwell)
    Retaliation Released July 1968 Recorded 1968 Genre Blues Rock Length 37:53 Label Liberty Producer Ian Samwell The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation chronology...
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    The next spring Mayall obtained his first recording date with producer Ian Samwell. The band, with Martin Hart at the drums, recorded two tracks: "Crawling...
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  • Small Faces (1966 album) (category Albums produced by Ian Samwell)
    providing keyboards and vocals on various tracks. Winston's replacement, Ian McLagan, appears on the album cover and plays on various tracks as well....
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  • (Leroy Lover - Bert) "A Day in the Life" (Barbara Dickson) Produced by Ian Samwell Keyboards and vocals: Barbara Dickson Fender bass guitar: Pete Zorn Drums...
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    Drifters (later renamed the Shadows) was written by original guitarist Ian Samwell. It was released in August 1958, and was the first British rock and roll...
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  • Cook, Ronnie Biggs Black Arabs 4:51 6. "Watcha Gonna Do About It?" Ian Samwell, Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane Johnny Rotten 1:55 7. "Anarchy in the UK"...
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    Somebody to Love". The lyrics were co-written by the Drifters band member Ian Samwell (who wrote one of the first British rock'n'roll records, "Move It") and...
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    that had gone undetected for some time. Isaac Guillory was produced by Ian Samwell, Jeff Dexter, Jim Fairs, and was released in 1974 by Atlantic Records...
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    recorded its debut album, Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo. Produced by Ian Samwell and engineered by Glyn Johns, the album was released in place of a planned...
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  • Whatcha Gonna Do About It (category Songs written by Ian Samwell)
    However they had no lyrics, so their manager, Don Arden, brought in Ian Samwell and Brian Potter to provide the words for the song. The song entered...
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  • v t e The Shadows Hank Marvin Bruce Welch Brian Bennett Ian Samwell Mark Griffiths Jet Harris Tony Meehan Brian 'Licorice' Locking Warren Bennett John...
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  • I've Got Mine (category Song recordings produced by Ian Samwell)
    that Jimmy Winston was released from the band and replaced by keyboardist Ian McLagan (formerly of The Muleskinners). Winston co-wrote the B-side "It's...
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  • From the Beginning (Small Faces album) (category Albums produced by Ian Samwell)
    – bass, backing and lead (3, 4) vocals Kenney Jones – drums, percussion Ian McLagan – keyboards/backing vocals (1–9, 11–13) Jimmy Winston – keyboards/backing...
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  • Boys. "What'cha Gonna Do About It" – 2:29 (Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Ian Samwell) "Accident" – 2:19 (Brian McMahon) "This Is Where I Belong" – 2:45 (Ray...
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  • You Can Never Stop Me Loving You (category Songs written by Ian Samwell)
    "You Can Never Stop Me Loving You" is a song written by Ian Samwell and Jean Slater, and released in 1963 by Kenny Lynch. Lynch's version spent 14 weeks...
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  • Night Lights "Never Mind" (Cliff Richard song), a 1959 song written by Ian Samwell "Never Mind", a 1987 song by the Replacements from Pleased to Meet Me...
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  • Lisa" (Donivan Cowart, Martin Cowart, Hank DeVito) – 3:38 "Dynamite" (Ian Samwell) – 2:33 "Queen of Hearts" (Hank DeVito) – 3:17 "Home in My Hand" (Ronnie...
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