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Paul Simm (born 20th century) is an English musician, composer and record producer, known for his work with Amy Winehouse,[1] the Sugababes and Neneh Cherry.

Biography

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Paul Simm, discovered the piano aged five and mostly self-taught, by eleven he was performing regular gigs.

He also took up trumpet, and later, after being approached by David Hinds of Steel Pulse, played and arranged horns for Grammy Award-nominated album, Victims.

At age twenty Simm – now London based and a full-time session musician – played alongside Carleen Anderson, Pops Staples, Mica Paris, Baby D, Charles & Eddie and MC Solar whilst simultaneously working as a studio sound engineer.

He later replaced touring for the studio full-time, working on All Saints' debut album and co-writing and producing tracks for the Sugababes, including BRIT Award-nominated single "Overload".

Simm co-wrote Siobhán Donaghy's top-20 debut single "Overrated" and has written and produced tracks for Amy Winehouse, Neneh Cherry, Mutya Buena, G. Love, Groove Armada, Beverley Knight and Tom Jones.

In 2002, Simm and co-writers McVey, Lipsey and Howard were awarded writing credits by ASCAP for the song "Make Over", which appeared on Christina Aguilera's Stripped album, following claims that it borrowed heavily from Sugababes' song "Overload". The track was originally listed as having been written solely by Aguilera and Linda Perry.

Simm has composed for commercials including work for Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Virgin.

Virgin Souls

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Simm is a member of band Virgin Souls, along with Cameron McVey, Silvio Pacini and Neil Pearson. The band was signed by Pete Tong to London Records and album 162 was released in September 2003.

Current work

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Simm co-wrote tracks for the Neneh Cherry albums, Blank Project[2] and Broken Politics.

"Good Life", a song co-written with artist G.Love, was released on his new album.

"I Lay Down" and "Metal Heart" were co-written and co-produced on Sugababes' The Lost Tapes.

References

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  1. ^ "Silkstone overwint 'tweedealbumsyndroom'". Nu.nl (in Dutch). 4 March 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  2. ^ Bui, Paul (24 February 2014). "life is just a bowl of neneh cherry's". i-D Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
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