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Biography
One source|date=May 2011Infobox musical artist|name = Climie Fisher|image = Climie-fisher2.jpg|caption = Rob Fisher (left) and Simon Climie at the Montreux Pop Festival in Switzerland, 1988.|image_size =|background = group_or_band|alias =|origin = London , England |instrument =|genre = Pop music|Pop , Sophisti-pop |occupation =|Years_activ e = 1987& ndash;1990|label = EMI Capitol Records (US)|associated_acts = NakedEyes |website =|past_members = Simon Climie Rob Fisher Climie Fisher were a United Kingdom|UK pop music|pop duet (music)|duo formed by singer|vocalist Simon Climie (born 1957) and former NakedEyes keyboardist Rob Fisher (5 November 1956 - 25 August 1999). In 1987-8, they had two international hit singles.
Career
Simon Climie and Rob Fisher met at Abbey Road Studio , where they were both performing as session musicians.cite web|last=Sutton|first=Michael|title=Biography of Climie Fisher|url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/climie-fisher-p16546/biography|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=7 July 2011 The duo is best known for the 1987 hit record|hit single (music)|single "Love Changes (Everything)" which won an Ivor Novello Award .cite web|last=Lister|first=David|title=Pop Ballads Bite Back|url= http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/pop-ballads-bite-back-in-lyrical-fashion-david-lister-charts-a-sea-change-away-from-rap-towards-memorable-melodies-1438995.html|work=The Independent Newspaper|publisher=The Independent Newspaper|accessdate=28 May 1994cite web|last=Climie|first=Simon|title=Simon Climie Pocket Bio|url= http://www.simonclimiesongs.com/biog/biog.pdf|work=Simon Climie Songs It reached Number 2 in the United Kingdom|UK cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | pages= 110–111 and in South Africa (on re-release), Number 7 in Germany , Number 8 in Switzerland , Number 15 in Austria and Number 23 in the United States|US , all in 1988. The hip hop music|hip hop-styled remix of "Rise to the Occasion" had also previously reached Number 10 in the UK Singles Chart and reached later Number 1 in South Africa, Number 14 in Germany, Number 17 in Sweden and Number 19 in Austria. Their last hit single was "Love Like A River" in 1989, which reached Number 18 in Austria, Number 22 in the UK and Number 54 in Germany. They wrote most of their own material together with Dennis Morgan (songwriter)|Dennis Morgan , who Climie had previously worked with; and hired Steve Lillywhite and Stephen Hague as producers. Although their first album Everything (Climie Fisher album)|Everything charted in both the UK(#14)and US(#120), their second album Coming In for the Kill (UK #45) was less successful and they split up shortly after its release.
Fisher later co-wrote Rick Astley 's song, " Cry for Help " single (UK #7 in 1991). He also contributed as songwriter to Astley's albums Free (Rick Astley album)|Free (1991) and Body & Soul (Rick Astley album)|Body & Soul (1993). He died on 25 August 1999 during surgery for bowel cancer . Simon Climie had, before the success of Climie Fisher, co-written (with Dennis Morgan) the George Michael / Aretha Franklin single " I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) " in 1986. He worked as a record producer|producer for recording artist s such as Louise Redknapp|Louise , MN8 and Five Star and as a co- songwriter and musician for Eric Clapton , including the album with J.J. Cale (featuring Derek Trucks and Billy Preston ) The Road to Escondido . Climie released a solo album and single, both titled "Soul Inspiration" in 1992. He also worked with former Doobie Brothers member Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald on his Motown Records|Motown albums. He produced the 2009 album by the American Idol winner Taylor Hicks , titled The Distance (Taylor Hicks album)|The Distance .
Cultural References
The folk pastiche 'The Ballad Of Climie Fisher' by Half Man Half Biscuit is a fictional tale of what happened to the pair post breakup.
Discography
Albums
Everything (Climie Fisher album)|Everything (EMI - 1987) (#14 UK Albums Chart|UK , #7 Germany, #10 Switzerland, #14 Sweden, #120 USA, #1 South Africa )
Coming In for the Kill (EMI - 1989) (#35 UK, #36 Sweden, #6 South Africa)
http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php? id=4923 Climie Fisher singles and albums at Chart Stats
Category:Musical groups established in 1987 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1990 Category:English pop music groups Category:Musical duos Category:Sophisti-pop musical groups
