When John
Springate and Gerry Shephard get together they never fail to compose 'classic'
songs,
during
the 1970's when they were the front men of hit pop band 'The Glitter Band',
the two wrote
countless
hit records between them and were responsible for the Band's lasting longevity
in the pop world.
Today
John Springate is a well respected figure in the world of Hi-Energy disco
music, he has worked with
countless
top band's and written and produced numerous tracks, along with several
of his own solo projects.
John is
no stranger to Eurovision, being a finalist in the 1990 U.K. finals with
'Kelly'
Gerry
Shephard, has worked with some leading pop acts and when not composing
songs he still finds
time to
go out on the road with the original 'Glitter Band', when John suggested
that they get together
to write
songs for the first time in nearly 14 years, the result was phenomenal!!.
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December 10 1999, John Springate gets the call from Jonathan King,
the song is now selected to be one
of the very final eight out of the hundreds of entries originally
submitted. Listeners to Radio 2 now have the
hard job of selecting the last four songs in January.
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January 4th 2000, The song is sent on D.A.T. to Radio 2
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Well what a week!!, all the songs get played on both the Terry
Wogan & Ken Bruce shows (Radio 2)
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Friday 14th January, the final four songs are voted for by Radio
2 listeners and YOU
"We're through", shouts Gerry as the results are announced live
on Radio 2, John collapses
with exhaustion as he hasn't slept all week!!, now we look forward
to 20th February!.
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Rehearsals begin for the T.V. appearance, Nicki makes some successful
publicity appearances,
John loses a stone in weight, and Gerry considers that elusive
haircut!!
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Sunday 20 Feb. 2000, following dazzling performances from all artists,
and some strong competition
John, Gerry and of course Nicki are all off to Stockholm to represent
the U.K.
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The next few weeks are taken up by negotiating record deals, contracts
etc., but, John and Gerry lock themselves away in John's kitchen, armed
with their vital ingredient, "Tea & Biscuits"
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After finally getting the Record Deal finalized, the release date
of the single is announced, RCA records, now have a mammoth task of getting
the single out, a week late! John works through the night adding
final touches to
the special 'Dance Mixes', Prime Minister Tony Blair sends his
congratulations!
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The big day arrives, sadly the U.K. entry finishes 16th.
The Boys return home and sit back to watch the single storm the U.K. charts,
BUT there is always next year, and guess what?...................
EUROVISION
SONG
Gerry Shephard
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