Biography

MARTIN PAGE, who hails from Southampton, England, first gained recognition as a songwriter in the early 80’s with Top-40 hits for Kim Carnes and Earth, Wind & Fire, among others.   With Bernie Taupin (whose usual partner was Elton John), plus Dennis Lambert & Peter Wolf, Page wrote “WE BUILT THIS CITY,” a worldwide Number One Hit for Starship (their first) in 1985.  Page and Taupin returned to Number One the following year with “THESE DREAMS,” recorded by Heart (also Heart’s first chart topper). 

Teaming up with Peter Cox and Richard Drummie of the UK group Go West, Page wrote “KING OF WISHFUL THINKING,” featured in the movie “PRETTY WOMAN,” which became a Top Ten hit for GO WEST in 1990, and “FAITHFUL,” another hit for Go West.  With Robbie Robertson, Page penned the critically acclaimed “FALLEN ANGEL,” featured in Robbie’s first solo album.  Page has also written for, produced, had his songs cut by, and/or otherwise worked with such artists as The Commodores, Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones, Paul Young, Earth, Wind & Fire, Brian Ferry, Phil Collins, Josh Groban, Colin Bluntsone, Robbie Williams and Elaine Paige, among many others. 

As a Songwriter/Recording Artist, Page gained success in America for his own band Q-Feel, with the classic dance hit, “DANCING IN HEAVEN,” which brought him to this country in the early 80’s; and later, Page’s debut solo LP “IN THE HOUSE OF STONE AND LIGHT” (Mercury Records) was released in 1994.  In 1995, its title track became a substantial pop hit and a No.1 adult contemporary hit – breaking the record as the longest charting single in Billboard’s A/C Chart history, and garnering Billboard’s “1995 Top Adult Contemporary Single Of The Year” Award.  It earned one of ASCAP’s top 5 “most played” Awards for 1995, and again for 1996, at ASCAP’s ANNUAL POP AWARDS.  In 2008, Page released his 2^nd solo album, “IN THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSE” (available at CD Baby and iTunes), the first release from Page’s independent label, IroningBoard Records, which quickly reached No.1 on CD Baby’s Top Selling Albums Pop/Rock chart, and remained in the Top 5 throughout the 1^st year, repeatedly returning to the No.1 position during the 36 months following its release.  Two songs from the “Temple” album have been cut by major artists:  “The Long Walk Home” was recorded by ROBBIE WILLIAMS on his Greatest Hits album (Deluxe and Ultimate Editions), and “Mi Morena” was recorded by JOSH GROBAN on his multi-Platinum “Closer” album and subsequent live albums, and by ELAINE PAIGE, the “First Lady of music theatre” (performed with Jon Secada featuring Kenny G), for the lead-off track on her Gold duets album, “Elaine Paige and Friends” – one of only two new songs on an album of classics, produced by the legendary Phil Ramone.  Page’s 3rd solo album, “A TEMPER OF PEACE” (IroningBoard Records), was released in July of 2012.  An ambitious undertaking of 14 songs, completely self-played, produced and recorded, it topped the CD Baby Top Selling Albums Pop/Rock chart in the first week after its release and was featured as a Top Seller in their August newsletter.  One of the songs from the “Temper” album, “I Can’t Get There Without You”, was recorded by THE OSMONDS and released as their first single from their 50^th anniversary album of the same title.  Page’s 4^th solo CD, “HOTEL OF THE TWO WORLDS” (also available on CD Baby & iTunes), was released on his IroningBoard label in June 2015.  It was featured at CD Baby as an Editor’s Choice CD and reached the No.1 spot in their Top Selling Albums Pop/Rock chart in less than a week, subsequently returning to the top position repeatedly.  In January 2017, his current CD, “THE SLENDER SADNESS (The Love Songs)” was released, containing a mixture of new and previously-released Page love songs, which also topped the CD Baby Top Selling Albums Pop/Rock chart in short order.

Page is currently working on several projects for his IroningBoard label.

Facts

Born in Southampton, England

1980: Signed first publishing deal in London (with Zomba).

Formed recording group Q-FEEL:  4-piece band in which Page was lead singer, bass player, key writer, co-producer.

Q-Feel signed Recording contract w/ Jive Records.

1982: “DANCING IN HEAVEN” – Q-Feel single released in USA. 

(Re-released in ’85 & charted in Billboard Hot 100)

Co-written, co-produced & performed by Page, became one of the biggest cult dance records of its time on the West Coast, especially in Los Angeles, California, and in  St. Paul, Minnesota. (Still played regularly on KROQ and Star 98-retros)

Penned, produced & recorded Q-Feel album – released internationally.  

MARCH 1983 – Moved from London to Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES:

Once in Los Angeles, Page rapidly formed many important creative and  business liaisons, which included Bob Cavallo (Former manager of Prince, Ray Parker, Jr., EW&F, Alanis Morriset, Seal, etc., and subsequently Chairman of Buena Vista Music Group).  Since 1985, Page has been managed by Diane Poncher, formerly of Cavallo’s management firm.

Page proceeded to collaborate with some of the top writers of our time (see list below) and enjoy chart success with major song covers, including Kim Carnes, Earth, Wind & Fire, Barbra Streisand, The Commodores, Neil Diamond, etc.  In 1985 Page had his first two back-to-back No.1 Pop Smash records co-written with Bernie Taupin – “We Built This City” for Starship, immediately followed by  “These Dreams” for Heart, and he has never looked back.  Key hits that followed:  “King of Wishful Thinking” and “Faithful” for Go West, “Fallen Angel” for Robbie Robertson, “In The House Of Stone And Light” for himself, etc.

1994/5:  Page signed a solo artist recording deal with Mercury Records and later released his debut single, “IN THE HOUSE OF STONE & LIGHT”, which was a Billboard Top-12 pop hit, and reached #1 in the AC and HAC R&R and Billboard charts, where it held the record as the longest-charting single in Billboard’s Hot A/C chart history (over 55 weeks).  

In 2008, Page and his manager, Diane Poncher, launched IroningBoard Records, Page’s independent label, with the release of “IN THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSE”, Page’s 2^nd solo album – available at CD BABY and iTUNES.  The album quickly reached No.1 in CD Baby’s Top Selling Albums Pop/Rock chart – a position which was repeated after 16 months and twice again after 32 months, and otherwise remained mainly in the Top-20 between 2008 and 2010.

Page’s 3^rd solo album, “A TEMPER OF PEACE” (IroningBoiard), a completely self-played, -produced and –recorded album, was released in 2012 and shot to the No.1 position in CD Baby’s Top Selling Albums Pop/Rock chart in the first week after its release, a performance which was repeated by his 4^th solo album, “HOTEL OF THE TWO WORLDS” (IroningBoard), released in 2015, which was also performed, produced and recorded solely by Page.

Some of the award-winning songwriters, producers and artists with whom Martin Page has worked or co-written include the following:

Robbie Williams	Elton John	Robbie Robertson	Maurice White
Phil Collins	Barbra Streisand	Tom Jones	Go West
Bernie Taupin	Josh Groban	Ray Parker, Jr.	Franne Golde
Diane Warren	Martha Davis	Eddie Money	John Waite
Hal David	Paul Young	Philip Bailey	Cher
Elaine Paige	David Foster	Hamish Stuart	Grace Slick
Bruce Hornsby	The Blue Nile	Richie Zito	Peter Wolf
Lee Ritenour	The Commodores	Georgio Moroder	Kim Carnes
Jack Hues (Wang Chung)	Allee Willis	Robbie Nevil	Air Supply
Samantha Fox	Jason Chef/Chicago	Melissa Manchester	Ivan Neville
Michael Masser	Mike Shipley	Stephen Bishop	Mickey Thomas
John Bettis	Tim Friese-GreeneJon Lind	Michel ColombierPeter Collins, etc.	Tina Arena *

PROJECTS ON WHICH PAGE HAS PARTICIPATED:

MARTIN PAGE/IN THE HOUSE OF STONE AND LIGHT ALBUM – (Mercury) July 1994

• 1^st Solo LP – Wrote, arranged, performed & produced entire LP (2 songs co-written w/ Taupin)

MARTIN PAGE/IN THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSE ALBUM – (IroningBoard) April 2008

• 2^nd Solo LP – 1st independent release on his own record label – sold through CD Baby and iTunes.
• Wrote, arranged, performed, recorded & produced entire album.
•  Reached Top-20 of CD Baby’s Best Selling Pop/Rock albums chart in 1^st week of release; remained in the Top-20 and repeatedly reached the No.1 position over the 36-month period following release.

MARTIN PAGE/A TEMPER OF PEACE ALBUM – (IroningBoard) July 2012

• 3^rd Solo LP – sold through CD Baby and iTunes.
• Wrote, arranged, performed, played all instruments, recorded, mixed & produced entire album (no guest players).
• Reached No.1 position of CD Baby’s Best Selling Pop/Rock albums chart in the 1^st week following its release; returned to No.1 several times in 2012.

MARTIN PAGE/ HOTEL OF THE TWO WORLDS – (IroningBoard) June 2015

• 4^th Solo LP – sold through CD Baby and iTunes
• Wrote, arranged, performed, played all instruments, recorded, mixed & produced entire album.
• Reached No.1 position on CD Baby’s Best Selling Pop/Rock albums chart in the 1^st week following its release; returned to No.1 several times thereafter in 2015.

ROBBIE WILLIAMS/IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS – GREATEST HITS ALBUM – October 2010

• Wrote, arranged, co-produced, sang bv’s and played on “The Long Walk Home” – on the Deluxe and Ultimate Editions of this multi-platinum album.

ELAINE PAIGE/ELAINE PAIGE AND FRIENDS ALBUM – November 2010

• Wrote “Mi Morena” – recorded by Elaine Paige as a duet with Jon Secada featuring Kenny G. on her duets album produced by the legendary Phil Ramone.
• Lead-off track on album – one of only two new songs on an album of classics.
• Album went Gold in England in the first 2 weeks after release.

JOSH GROBAN/CLOSER ALBUM – (143/WB RECORDS) – 2003

• Wrote, arranged, produced and played on “Mi Morena” on the Internet Edition and the Special Limited Edition of this multi-platinum album.  “Mi Morena” was also included in Groban’s “LIVE AT THE GREEK” CD, HALLMARK’s Valentine’s 6-song Josh Groban CD in 2007 and in “Soundstage Presents  JOSH GROBAN – AN EVENING IN NEW YORK CITY” Special Limited Edition DVD in 2009 (recorded Live at Lincoln Center, featuring Herbie Hancock).

PAUL YOUNG – (CBS) May 1988

• Co-wrote, arranged, produced, played keyboards & sang background vocals on “OUR TIME HAS COME” on the album, released in 1990.

BERNIE TAUPIN/TRIBE SOLO ALBUM – (RCA) May 1987

• Produced and arranged album; co-wrote entire LP w/ Taupin, arranged programmed drums, performed as bass & synth player & background vocalist, etc.

ROBBIE ROBERTSON SOLO ALBUM and STORYVILLE ALBUM – (Geffen) 1987

• Co-writer (w/Robertson) of 2 songs on the debut solo LP, including the critically-acclaimed “Fallen Angel”, on which Peter Gabriel sings background vocals (and “Hell’s Half Acre”).  Page is the only outside writer on entire LP with the exception of one song co-written by Robertson with U-2.  
• Page played keyboards & bass on selected tracks.
• Also co-wrote “Sign of The Rainbow” on the subsequently released “Storyville” LP

TOM JONES ALBUM (JIVE/RCA) 1989

• Wrote, arranged and produced “Who’s Gonna Take You Home Tonight” – Key cut on album, which LP also included the cut “Kiss” (written by Prince) produced by ART OF NOISE.

MAURICE WHITE SOLO ALBUM – (CBS) 1985

• Associate Producer, bass & synth player, vocalist, composer and lyricist.  Co-writer of majority of the songs on the LP.

RAY PARKER, JR. – GHOSTBUSTERS SINGLE  – (ARISTA) 1984

• Played synthesizer and other musical instruments and sang background vocals on this song, which won a Grammy Award for its instrumental performance.

STARSHIP/KNEE DEEP IN THE HOOPLAH ALBUM – (RCA) 1985

• Sang background vocals on “Love Rusts”; co-wrote w/Taupin “Love Rusts” and We Built This City”, which was nominated for a Grammy, won the ASCAP Pop Award – 1986, and gave Starship their first #1 hit record (international smash) of their long career.

EARTH, WIND & FIRE/ELECTRICUNIVERSE ALBUM – (CBS) 1984

• Wrote and co-wrote many of the songs
• Played keyboards, etc.

Q-FEEL ALBUM – (Jive/Arista) 1982

• Co-founded the band, Co-produced, Co-wrote, Arranged, played bass & keyboards, etc., and sang lead and background vocals on all tracks but one on the album, including the hit, “DANCING IN HEAVEN (ORBITAL BE-BOP)”.

VARIOUS ARTISTS / ABRAZOS 2007 COMPILATION ALBUM – 2008

• As one of the featured artists on this compilation album – the proceeds for which went to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer – Page wrote, arranged, produced, played and sang the song “Healing Waters”.

Also, played and sang on, and/or produced and/or wrote tracks on various additional albums for many artists and film projects, which include, among others:  JOHN WAITE; BONE SYMPHONY; TEDDY PENDERGRASS; KIM CARNES; CURT SMITH (of Tears For Fears); TINA ARENA (Collaborated w/her on her 2nd LP – Triple Platinum in Australia within 3 weeks of release); THREE GRACES Debut CD; PHENOMENON soundtrack; PRETTY WOMAN soundtrack; CATS DON’T DANCE animated film soundtrack; DAYS OF THUNDER soundtrack; CADDYSHACK II soundtrack; GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN soundtrack; ROCK OF AGES film and soundtrack; LOVE AND MERCY film soundtrack 2015, etc.

Discography

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