Bob Noble I was born in Leicester, England, and started playing piano at the age of eight. By the time I was eleven I was playing and singing semi-professionally, winning lots of talent competitions, and I appeared on television when I was twelve. When I was eighteen I turned professional with The Big Jump Band, and toured Europe playing in clubs and also on U. S. bases.
In 1975 I formed a band with Paul Muggleton, Chris Birkett and Mike Spencer-Arscott called Omaha Sheriff. Paul and I wrote most of the songs, and we signed to Tony Visconti’s label in the UK, Good Earth, and RCA in the States. The album “Come Hell or Waters High†was a national breakout in Billboard magazine, but it didn’t translate into sales. It reached 175 in the Billboard chart. A second album was recorded in 1978, but the record company (Good Earth) split up, and the members of the band went their separate ways, although I continued to write with Paul Muggleton. In 1979 we joined Judie Tzuke’s band. Judie had a top 20 UK hit with ‘Stay With Me Till Dawn’, and we toured extensively in England and Europe. She was signed to Rocket Records, Elton John’s label, and after playing on her album ‘Sports Car’, we toured the US for three months supporting Elton, including his gig in Central Park to an estimated 450,000 people. I continued to work with Judie for several tours and albums, most of which made the UK top twenty, but as she had no top 40 singles, the work was difficult to sustain, and I began to get sessions and gigs with several other bands and artists, and toured extensively with many of them (listed in albums and tours). During this time I wrote many songs with Paul Muggleton and Judie Tzuke, among others. From 1981-1984 I was signed, along with Paul to EMI publishing, and had songs covered by several artists throughout the world, including Judie, Kiki Dee and Agnetha Faltsog (Abba). From 1985 we have had our own publishing company, ‘B.O.P.’, which is managed by the Valentine group of companies in London.
In 1992 my family and I moved to the US (Seattle, Washington), and in 1995 we moved to Lake Worth in Florida (we like heat!). I now have a home studio where I have produced, engineered and arranged several CD’s for local artists, and have also written and produced background music and several adverts for TV. I also play in an Irish band called “Fire in the Kitchen†with long time partner Bobby O’Donovan and Rick Bauer at Sally O’Brien’s pub in Fort Lauderdale, and play assorted gigs with different bands.
Discography 1979-present Judie Tzuke: 12 albums, 7 tours, including British, European and US.
1983-84 Dexy’s Midnight Runners: 1 album, 1 European and 2 US tours.
1984 Belouis Some: British tour.
1985 Feargal Sharkey: British tour.
1987 Murray Head: European tour.
1987 Bob Geldof: Japanese tour.
1988 Joan Armatrading: 1 album, World tour.
1989-1992 Tanita Tikaram: 1 album, 2 World tours.
1989 Aha: Brazilian tour.
1990-1997 Cliff Richard: 3 British tours, 2 Australasian, 1 South African, 1 European, 1 Middle East.
2000-present Fire in the Kitchen, 1 album.
Also since 1983, albums, sessions or gigs for Nick Kamen, Paul Norton, Do-Re-Mi, Thomas Anders, Elkie Brooks, Whitney Houston, Sheena Easton, Elaine Paige and numerous others.
Videos: Judie Tzuke: The Cat is Out Tour 1985
Joan Armatrading The Concert 1988 (Hammersmith Odeon, London)
Production:Jennifer Licko: Cave of Gold 1999
Not that Girl 2000
Working on new album 2007
George Manosis: Love and Other Disasters 1999
Hugh O’Neill Searching for Shadows 2000
Tracy Sands: Enchanted 2001
Fire in the Kitchen: Ceol Agus Craic 2002
Laura Pyne Illusions 2007
In my studio I use Cubase on my Mac G5. TV Music and Ads:Music for Shipshape TV
Chihuly Exhibition at the Norton Gallery
Sears
Home Security Ad
House Insurance ad
and many more
Songwriting:Omaha Sheriff: Come Hell or Waters High- 1977 – 8 tracks co-written with Paul Muggleton
Judie Tzuke: I am the Phoenix- 1981– 4 tracks co-written with Paul Muggleton
Shoot the Moon - 1982 - 1 track with Paul, 1 track with Judie
Ritmo - 1983 - 1 track co-written with Paul
The Cat is Out - 1985 – 3 tracks co-written with Paul
Turning Stones - 1989 – 3 tracks co-written with Paul
Left Hand Talking - 1991 – 3 tracks with Paul, 1Paul and Judie
Wonderland -1992 - 9 tracks co-written with Judie
Under the Angels -1996 – 8 tracks co-written with Judie
Secret Agent- 1998 – 1 track co-written with Judie
Mary Hopkins:
Fickle Breezes -1977 – 1 track co-written Paul
Agnetha Faltsog: Just One Heart 1981 – 1 track co-written Paul
FAQ: How come you still look so young? Contact Lake Worth, Florida, USA.
Studio: 561 966 4935
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