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- Birth nameGeoffrey Stephens
- Geoff's career began during his amateur theatrical days when he wrote songs and sketches for musical revues presented by his own company, The Four Arts Society (1959). He worked as a schoolteacher, air traffic controller and silk screen printer (1960-1963), before eventually becoming one of Britain's most successful songwriters. He has also written for the musical theatre - in 1983, Dear Anyone - (Jane Lapotaire, Stubby Kaye, book by Jack Rosenthal, lyrics Don Black) - Birmingham Rep and Cambridge Theatre London. The following year (1984), also at The Cambridge Theatre - The Magic Castle, music by Les Reed, lyrics Geoff Stephens. (2005) saw him collaborate with Peter Callander (lyrics), David Cosgrove (book) on the musical Bonnie And Clyde. In (2017) he started work on a completely new version of Dear Anyone entitled Everything's Terrific - Help! with Don Black.
Some of his hit songs include:
Winchester Cathedral, The Crying Game, There's A Kind Of Hush, Smile a Little Smile For Me, Doctor's Orders, Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast,Tell Me When, It's Like We Never Said Goodbye, Like Sister And Brother, A Cold, Cold Christmas, Silver Lady, You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me, Sorry Suzanne, Knock, Knock Who's There?, Daughter Of Darkness, The Lights Of Cincinatti, My Sentimental Friend, Semi-Detached Suburban Mr James, I'll Put You Together Again, and Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha. Elvis Presley also recorded and released three of Geoff's songs: This Is Our Dance, The Heart of Rome and Sylvia.
Geoff is a Grammy Award winner (1966) for Winchester Cathedral and 4-time Ivor Novello Award winner, including the Jimmy Kennedy Award for lifetime achievement and the Basca Gold Badge Award for services to the music industry.- IMDb Mini Biography By: GEOFF STEPHENS
- In late 1964, he and Peter Eden came across Donovan in Southend, Essex, and offered to manage him. They produced Donovan's first hit single and debut album, What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid.
- In 2005, Stephens worked with Peter Callander and David Cosgrove on the musical production of Bonnie & Clyde.
- He also formed The New Vaudeville Band, and their song "Winchester Cathedral" won Stephens the 1967 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording.
- He wrote a long series of hit records, often in conjunction with other British songwriters including Tony Macaulay, John Carter, Roger Greenaway, Peter Callander, Barry Mason, Ken Howard, Alan Blaikley, Don Black, Mitch Murray, and Les Reed.
- Stephens was an English songwriter and record producer, most prolific in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s.
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