Andy Hill (composer)

Hill experienced his earliest success when he co-wrote and produced the UK's winning 1981 Eurovision Song Contest entry for Bucks Fizz, "Making Your Mind Up". Hill took part in the 1981 A Song For Europe contest, alongside his partner (and later his wife, now ex-wife) Nichola Martin, with their band Gem, performing "Have You Ever Been in Love?" This was released as a single under the name Paris but did not chart. Leo Sayer took his version of the single into the UK Singles Chart. and "My Camera Never Lies". By 1986 he was responsible for (either writing or producing) all 11 of the band's UK Top 20 hits. Since then, he has also written for Eminem, The Wanted, Celine Dion, Cliff Richard, Ronan Keating, Diana Ross, Westlife, Boyzone, Cher, Johnny Hallyday, and Queen. These writing credits include Celine Dion's "Think Twice" (1994), which reached number one in the charts of Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In the UK, the song topped the chart for seven weeks in 1995, and collaborated with Gary Barlow on Katherine Jenkins 2007 album, Rejoice. He wrote "Proud" on Susan Boyle's 2009 album, I Dreamed a Dream, and has written songs for Westlife, Johnny Hallyday and Boyzone. ==Compositions==

His songs include; • "Give a Little Bit More" (Cliff Richard, ''I'm No Hero'', 1980) • "Making Your Mind Up" (Bucks Fizz, 1981) • "Piece of the Action" (Bucks Fizz, 1981) • "The Land of Make Believe" (Bucks Fizz, 1981) • "If You Can't Stand the Heat" (Bucks Fizz, 1982) • "Run for Your Life" (Bucks Fizz, 1983) • "One Touch Too Much" (Katz, 1985) • "Two Strong Hearts" (John Farnham, 1988) • "Heart of Stone" (Cher, Heart of Stone, 1989) • "Restless Heart" (Peter Cetera, 1992) • "Peace in Our Time" (Cliff Richard, The Album, 1993) • "Think Twice" (Celine Dion, The Colour of My Love, 1994) • "Call the Man" (Celine Dion, Falling into You, 1996) • "Real World" (D-Side, 2003) • "Reaching Out" (Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2005) • "I'll See You Again" (Westlife, 2009) • "Beautiful" (Eminem, 2009) • "Proud" (Susan Boyle, 2009) • "Walks like Rihanna" (The Wanted, 2013) • "" (Johnny Hallyday, 2014) Other musicians for whom he wrote album songs: • Boyzone • Michael Ball • Bonnie Tyler • Lulu • Elaine Paige • Elkie Brooks • Jane Wiedlin • Vanessa-Mae • Barbara Dickson • Nick Berry • Albert Hammond • Bad English ==Producer==

As a producer, Hill produced many of Bucks Fizz's biggest hits, Vanessa-Mae's 1997 album Storm, as well as UK top ten hits "One Step Further" by Bardo; "Real World" by D-Side and the US AC number one "Restless Heart" by Peter Cetera. ==Performer==

As a performer he played guitar, and performed backing vocals, on many of his own productions. He also sang lead vocals for his short-lived early 1980s band, Paris. The group originally took part in the 1981 Song for Europe under the name Gem, with "Have You Ever Been in Love". Paris started out as a quartet of Hill, Nicola Martin (keyboards, backing vocals), Graham Broad (drums, backing vocals) and Ian Bairnson (guitars). Bairnson left the group after the first single and they remained a three-piece. Paris released four singles in total: Of these, only "No Getting Over You" made the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 49.{{cite book ==Other work==

From 2001 to 2006, Hill owned the Nyetimber vineyard in West Sussex, a sparkling wine producer. ==References==