Derrick,
J. Vincent Edwards and
Kris Ife began writing songs under the collective pseudonym Miki Antony, including "I Remember Natalie" recorded in 1968 by
Bob Monkhouse (and arranged and co-produced by
Mark Wirtz). Derrick then changed his name by
deed poll to Miki Antony, and began writing and performing in his own right. His career in the
music industry lasted approximately from 1969 to 1985. During that time he had several hit records, as a singer, writer, and record producer, both in United Kingdom and abroad. As a singer he had a UK top 30 hit with "If It Wasn't for the Reason that I Love You" (1973), Antony wrote the
Dentyne chewing gum jingle that was featured in UK cinemas for 10 years. To date over 400 different songs of his have been recorded. Antony's hit records were mainly record productions and included seven with the Goodies - including "
Funky Gibbon" and "
The Inbetweenies". Two platinum selling LPs in Japan with Pat McGlynn (Bay City Rollers) both went to number one - 16 songs were written by Antony. His other credits include "
Angel of the Morning" for Mary Mason (UK top 30 hit) and one other top 50 "Love Crusader" by Hot Gossip, which featured
Sarah Brightman as lead singer. "I Remember Natalie" was top 20 in Germany for Vince Hill. After leaving the
music industry, he had a successful career as a property developer converting NHS hospitals into apartments and houses until he retired in 2001 to work from home in Windsor, and spend more time with his family. He continues to write songs and in 2010 "If You Never Have the Chance" got to the final of the UK Songwriting Contest. ==Discography==