Pete Wingfield
Pete Wingfield ( born May 7, 1948 in Hampshire, England ) is a British music producer, keyboardist and journalist.
Career
In the late 1960s founded Wingfield student at Sussex University, the Blue Band Jelly Bread, which released two LPs. After he had left the band, he made his name as a session musician with BB King, Freddie King, the Hollies or Maggie Bell. He played in the bands of Colin Blunstone and Van Morrison, before he was given a solo contract with Iceland Records. In 1975 he released the acclaimed LP " Breakfast Special " on which he himself sang, and had the song " Eighteen with a Bullet " a Top Ten hit in the UK charts.
As a specialist in soul music Wingfield wrote in the 1970s, regular articles and reviews, including for the British music magazines Let It Rock and Melody Maker. As a musician, he played with the British soul band The Olympic Runners who brought the late 1970s, a few singles in the British charts, and with Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes.
In the early 1980s he worked mainly as a producer. He produced in 1980 the first album by Dexy 's Midnight Runners and their number -one hit " Geno ". Other bands he worked with during this period, were Blue Rondo a la Turk, Locomotiv GT, Second Image and Kane transition.
In 1982 he was one of the musicians on Phil Everlys solo album, and since the reunification of the Everly Brothers in 1983, he was the keyboard player. As a session musician, he played for the Housemartins and The Beautiful South. As a producer and musician, he was jointly responsible for the successes of the Proclaimers and Paul Young. In 1999 he played on Paul McCartney's album " Run Devil Run".