Dave Stewart

David Allan Stewart born 9 September 1952 is an English musician songwriter and record producer best known for Eurythmics his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox He won Best British Producer at the 1986 1987 and 1990 Brit Awards Stewart along with Lennox was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020 and the duo were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022 Outside of Eurythmics Stewart has written and produced songs for artists such as Ringo Starr Stevie Nicks Mick Jagger and Tom Petty Stewart was born in 1952 in Sunderland England son of John Jack and Sadie Stewart Distantly related both to the Dukes of Northumberland and to pirates Stewart was from a middleclass welloff family with accountant parents he always wanted to play with the workingclass kids but theyd always call him richie and whack him on the head with cricket bats and things His father was a keen harmonica player with a dedication to music of all types having invested in the latest hitech stereo system and wired it up to every room in the house He attended Barnes Infants and Junior School and Bede Grammar School for Boys Stewart began dropping acid by the age of 15 and carried on taking it up to 3 times a week during his teenage years He later told The Guardian newspaper Everything changed at that moment Its a speededup version of sitting on a mountain for 60 years and meditating Ah now I get it The trouble is it doesnt last Whilst still in his teens he secured a record deal as part of folkrock band Longdancer Despite being signed to Elton Johns record label The Rocket Record Company they did not achieve commercial success He also collaborated with Brian Harrison to produce an EP on the Sunderland Multicord label label number MULTSH1 producer Ken McKenzie recording two songs Girl and Green She Said from a school musical production written by English teacher Dick Bradshaw one traditional number A Blacksmith Courted Me and a song written by Dave and Brian Deep December After leaving Wearside Stewart spent several years living in squats in London In late 1976 he was introduced to Annie Lennox by Paul Jacobs Soon Stewart and Lennox became romantically involved By 1977 the pair had teamed up with Sunderland musician Peet Coombes releasing a single on Logo Records as the Catch The band then developed into the Tourists who enjoyed modest success including a hit in 1979 with a cover of the Dusty Springfield hit I Only Want to Be with You The Tourists split up in 1980 as did Stewart and Lennox though the pair continued to work together They formed a new musical project named Eurythmics After a string of hit singles and albums the duo split in 1990 but reunited in 1999 for the album Peace and another world tour Lennox and Stewart worked together again in 2005 recording two new tracks for the greatest hits package Ultimate Collection released to coincide with Eurythmics 25th anniversary Source Article Dave Stewart Eurythmics from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA