2Pac’s Greatest Hits

We released 2Pac’s hits album on Jive Records in December 1998, here is one of my favourite tracks. The Ooh Child chorus comes from The Five Stairsteps hit single back in 1970.

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She’s Got That Vibe – R. Kelly

I completely believed in this record, so much so that we released it four times. On the first three occasions it failed, but in October 1994 on it’s fourth release it became a Number 3 U.K chart hit, selling over 200,000 copies.… more


Pontoon. Little Big Town.

Whilst driving around Venice Florida recently, I came across a country radio station and decided to listen to what was new in Country Music. I found this song, voted Single of the Year by the Country Music Association and has sold over two million copies, I love the song, arrangement and production, good time, feel good music.… more


Heartbreak Hotel. Elvis Presley.

My infancy was filled with what was known as the ‘Tupelo Mississippi Flash’ commonly known as Elvis Presley, everyone knew his name and his records were all over the radio. This is Elvis’s first Number One single Heartbreak Hotel, released on January 27th 1956, it became a million seller and the best selling single of 1956.… more


Meeting the real Girl From Ipanema

The Girl From Ipanema won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965, although written in 1962 by Antonio Carlos Jobin and Vinicius de Moraes. A fifteen year old Heloisa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto would stroll past the cafe’ bar Veloso everyday on her way to the beach.… more