Do you know Robbie Nevil performed with dominoes earlier than embarking on a profession as a songwriter and producer. C’est la vie!

LA born Robbie Nevil (b.1958) started his profession as a songwriter, penning hits for The Pointer Sisters (“Contact”), Alison Moyet (“Raindancing”) and Eldra DeBarge (“El DeBarge”) from the group DeBarge earlier than going it alone as a singer himself. Having signed to Manhattan Data in 1985, he launched his debut single, “C’est La Vie”, in 1986 and it went to the highest of the US Dance chart and No.2 on the singles chart. The monitor was additionally a success globally peaking at No.3 within the UK and No.1 in Canada. He adopted this success along with his self-titled debut album and in early 1987, the only “Dominoes”, which went to No.14 within the US and No.26 within the UK. Robbie achieved one other high ten hit on the dance chart with “Wot’s It To Ya?” (US No.10) earlier than he began work on the comply with up album.

“A Place Like This” quickly arrived in 1988, but it surely and the 2 singles “Again On Vacation” and “Any individual Like You”, didn’t replicate the success of his first. Robbie launched yet another solo album, “Day 1”, in 1991, which featured the Australian high 5 hit “Simply Like You” (US No.25), earlier than calling it a day and returning to songwriting, though he did break cowl in 1996 for the duet “I’ll Be There For You” with Japanese singer Seiko Matsuda. He has since written songs for and with the likes of Babyface (“The Day”, 1996), Jessica Simpson’s debut album in 1999 (“Girl In Me” which featured Future’s Youngster) and Future’s Youngster themselves. Robbie has additionally scored movies and tv exhibits, most notably Excessive Faculty Musical and Hannah Montana.

Having written songs for British feminine group Everlasting (“This Love Is For Actual”) and Luther Vandross (“If It Ain’t One Factor”), Robbie Nevil largely works for Sony Music as of late and the artists related to that label. He has scored current successes with Jordin Sparks, The Pussycat Dolls and David Archuleta together with Everyone Loves An Outlaw’s viral smash “I See Purple”. C’est la vie certainly!

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