{{For|people named Bob Barrett|Robert Barrett (disambiguation){{!}}Robert Barrett}} {{Use British English|date=September 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Bob Barratt | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Denis Mervyn Barratt | alias = | birth_date = 22 March 1938<ref name="death">''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007''</ref> | birth_place = Croydon, Greater London, England<ref>''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007''</ref> | origin = | death_date = {{death date|df=yes|2004|01|30}} (aged 65) | death_place = Southwark, London, England | occupation = Producer / A&R | years_active = 1960–2002 | label = EMI }} '''Denis Mervyn''' "'''Bob'''" '''Barratt''' (22 March 1938 – 30 January 2004) was an English record producer for EMI and founder of record-label Grasmere Records.
Barratt died of liver cancer on 30 January 2004, leaving his wife and three daughters.<ref name="mw">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicweek.com/news/read/producer-bob-barratt-dies-aged-65/026228 |title=Producer Bob Barratt dies, aged 65 |work=Music Week |date=30 January 2004 |accessdate=18 September 2012}}</ref><ref name="songlink">{{cite web|url=https://www.songlink.com/songlink-music-industry-news-2004-04.html |title=Music Industry News for March/April 2004 |publisher=Songlink |date=30 January 2004 |accessdate=18 September 2012}}</ref>
==Career== Barratt started working at Abbey Road studios in 1960 for Norman Newell as an "office boy" at the age of 22, as Newell found Barratt to be particularly polite during their previous interactions.<ref name="AbbeyRoad">{{cite book|title=Abbey Road: The Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studios |first1=Brian |last1=Southall |authorlink2=Peter Vince |first2=Peter |last2=Vince |first3=Allan |last3=Rouse |work=Patrick Stephens |year=1982 |page=49|id={{ASIN|0711991111|country=uk}} }}</ref> During the following years, he worked with a number of the studio's most famous personnel, including Norrie Paramor and Tim Rice,<ref name="AbbeyRoad"/> and worked with a number of well-known artists, including Vince Hill,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S-RAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GKcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4106,2000486 |first=John |last=Quinn |work=Evening Times |title=Vince – Our Man in Rio |date=14 March 1970 |accessdate=18 September 2012}}</ref> producing his cover version of the song "Edelweiss";<ref name="mw"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ycEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Edelweiss&pg=PA58 |magazine=Billboard |date=10 June 1967 |accessdate=1 October 2012 |title=Billboard Hits of the World - Britain, position 47 |page=38}}</ref> Max Boyce and The Wurzels, including their 1976 UK number one single "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)".<ref name="mw"/><ref name="songlink"/>
In 1985, Barratt started Grasmere Records, a label specialising in brass band and organ music.<ref name="mw"/><ref name="songlink"/>
==Award honour == After chairing the Gold Badge award committee for the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for some years, he was himself awarded one in 2002.<ref name="mw"/><ref name="songlink"/>
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