GRAHAM LYLE

Graham Lyle started off his infamous career in his home town of Largs in Ayrshire with a local band "The Bluefrets", who performed the music of the time, American rock and roll and R ‘n‘ B. During this time, he met another local boy, Benny Gallagher and the two began writing songs.

They both moved to London in the ’60‘s in order to pursue their musical careers and were signed to the Beatles‘ newly formed Apple company as full time songwriters. There, they were given great encouragement by Paul McCartney and wrote songs for Mary Hopkin and other Apple acts.

In early 1970, Gallagher & Lyle, now with EMI Music Publishing and in an effort to have more of their songs heard, joined ’McGuinness Flint‘ - a supergroup of the time. Their first two singles,"When I‘m Dead And Gone" and "Malt And Barley Blues" both went top 5 and after the release of the album, "Happy Birthday Ruthie Baby", Benny and Graham decided to leave the band and form ’Gallagher & Lyle‘.

1971 saw the first of 8 L.P.‘s. The first, simply entitled "Gallagher & Lyle" was followed by "Willie And The Lapdog", ",Seeds", "The Last Cowboy",, ",Breakaway",, ",Love On The Airwaves", ",Showdown",, all released on A&M Records and "Lonesome No More", on Mercury. Graham Lyle was now published by Rondor Music.

The album, "Breakaway" received popular success yielding hit songs such as",I Wanna Stay With You", ",Stay Young", "Heart On My Sleeve", and the title track, ",Breakaway",.

Gallagher & Lyle toured widely during these years, but in 1980 decided to go their separate ways. Graham concentrated on writing for other artists and renewed his deal with Rondor Music, forming his own company ’Goodsingle‘.

Graham‘s songs for various artists followed, then in 1984 he teamed up with Terry Britten and their first joint effort "What‘s Love Got To Do With It" was recorded by Tina Turner and won them a Grammy for Song Of The Year and topped the Billboard 100.

Graham and Terry‘s next success was with ",We Don‘t Need Another Hero" for the film ",Mad Max 3" which won an Ivor Novello Award and topped the charts again. Graham has had songs on every Tina Turner album since, including "Typical Male", "Two People", "I Don‘t Wanna Lose You", "I Want You Near Me", "Way Of The World", "Something Beautiful Remain" and most recently, "Talk To My Heart" on her current album, "24/7".

Graham has collaborated with writers such as Albert Hammond, Carole King and Troy Seals, the latter for the country charts where he has had a number of hits including 4 #1‘s, "Stay Young", "Straight To The Heart", "Joe Knows How To Live" and "Maybe Your Baby‘s Got The Blues". Most recently, Graham had "Heart In New Yor" performed by Garth Brooks at his concert in Central Park.

Lyle has had covers by many artists such as Diana Ross, Anita Baker, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Elkie Brooks, Rita Coolidge, Eros Ramazzotti, Ricky Nelson, Bill Medley, Anne Murray, Ringo Starr, Bryan Ferry, Simon & Garfunkel, Olivia Newton-John, Rod Stewart, Hall & Oates, The Neville Brothers, Sheena Easton, Jim Diamond, Paul Young, Mica Paris, Taylor Dayne, Tom Jones, The Judds, Natalie Cole, Crystal Gayle, Ray Charles, Patti Labelle, Don Williams, Kenny Rogers, Wet Wet Wet, Joe Cocker and Conner Reeves. Wyclef Jean and Warren G have recently recorded versions of Graham‘s songs.

Graham also enjoyed success with the songs "Jewel On The Nile" - the title track of the film. And, also "The Best Is Yet To Come" for the film '9 1/2 Weeks‘.

Graham Lyle continues to write from bases in Scotland, England and France and is published by Hornall Brothers Music in Europe, South Africa and Japan.