Jackie James
Jackie James is a Scottish singer/songwriter,keyboard player. James wrote the Million seller Heartbeat for the group Steps,[1] and went on to write more songs for the group. She has also written songs for Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez and Kylie Minogue. Pete Waterman, who signed James to his music publishing company, and worked closely with her, described James as the UK's version of Carol King.(:Source Music Weekly)
She was also founder member of MistraLE, who had success in Europe with their single "Dance in the Moonlight" (Scorpio Records) featuring James on lead vocal. She also co-wrote the song. MistraLE toured Europe with "The Cool Breeze Tour".
James is also a member of PowerHouse Music Inc., a songwriting and production company, together with former Talk Talk keyboard player, Ian Curnow and her business manager Billy Royal.
References
- ↑ Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles & Albums. Omnibus Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-84449-058-5. Retrieved 13 November 2010.