Bruce Woolley
Bruce Woolley
Genres: new wave, 70s, UK, art rock, under 2000 listeners
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About Bruce Woolley
Bruce Woolley (born Bruce Martin Woolley in Loughborough on 11 November 1953) is a British musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He founded Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club in 1979 and wrote songs with artists such as The Buggles and Grace Jones, including "Video Killed the Radio Star" and "Slave to the Rhythm", and later co-founded the The Radio Science Orchestra. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, he released a number of singles under his own name. Woolley learned electric guitar at school, later playing the UK pub and club circuit extensively for some years before landing his first professional engagement in 1974 with Ivor Kenney's Dance Band at Leicester Palais. He left for London in 1976 to pursue a career in songwriting after being offered a publishing contract with Everblue Music in Piccadilly. In 1979, Woolley established the new wave music outfit The Camera Club (Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club), with Thomas Dolby on keyboards, Matthew Seligman on bass, Dave Birch on guitar and Rod Johnson on drums. In 1978, Woolley co-wrote the Ivor Novello Award-nominated "Video Killed the Radio Star", together with Horn and Geoff Downes, who later became The Buggles. Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club recorded and broadcast their own version of the song before The Buggles released their version in 1979, but it was not a hit. After Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club disbanded in 1983, Woolley turned to songwriting and production. Woolley's songs have been covered by John Farnham ("Two Strong Hearts"), Shirley Bassey ("Slave to the Rhythm" on 2007's Get the Party Started), the Feeling, Divine, Cliff Richard, Tori Amos, Donna Summer, Tom Jones, Cher ("Love Is the Groove" on 1998's Believe album), and Bebel Gilberto, amongst others. In 1994, Woolley, Matthew Seligman, Chris Elliott and Andy Visser founded The Radio Science Orchestra (RSO), a theremin-led space age pop ensemble inspired by the birth of electronic music. In 2018, Woolley sang backing vocals on Trevor Horn's debut album "Trevor Horn Reimagines the Eighties".
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Bruce Woolley — Top 2 songs
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Woolley | Bobby Bad {1979} | ||
| Bruce Woolley | Blue Blue |