{{Short description|British songwriter and artist manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Elvin Smith''' also known as '''Elviin''', is a [[British people|British]] [[songwriter]] and [[artist manager]] from [[South London]].<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/25/new-band-menya | title ='' No 513: Elviin'' | last = Lester | first = Paul | date = 2009-03-25 | newspaper = The Guardian | language = en-GB | issn = 0261-3077 | access-date = 2016-02-29 }}</ref>
He signed to [[Virgin Records]] in 2007, ten months after learning to play the piano, and toured with [[Jack Peñate]] shortly after. In 2008, he recorded his debut [[album]], ''Made Of'', with [[record producer]] [[Tony Hoffer]] at [[The Sound Factory]], [[Los Angeles]]. He was the main support act for [[Adele]] on her first major UK tour.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/albumreview/elviin-made-of-albumx25x11x09 | title ='' Elviin - Made Of Album Review'' | website = Contactmusic.com | date =25 November 2009 | language = en-US | access-date = 2016-02-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/latitude-2009/elviin | title ='' BBC - Radio 2 - Events - Elviin'' | access-date = 2016-02-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://londonist.com/2009/05/listen_up_elviin.php | title ='' Listen Up: Elviin'' | website = Londonist | date =24 May 2009 | language = en-GB | access-date = 2016-02-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/reviews/Elviin-7787.html | title = ''Single Review: Elviin - In Colour'' | website = www.femalefirst.co.uk | access-date = 2016-02-29 }}</ref>
In 2012, he went into music management shortly after discovering [[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]] at a show in London. Elvin also co-wrote one of Smith's UK number 1 singles, "[[Lay Me Down (Sam Smith song)|Lay Me Down]]", with [[Jimmy Napes]], from Smith's debut album, ''[[In The Lonely Hour]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine | url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6121318/sam-smith-love-sexuality-in-the-lonely-hour | title ='' Sam Smith on Love, New Album, and Adele Comparisons {{!}} Billboard'' | magazine = Billboard | access-date = 2016-02-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/16/sam-smith-interview-scared-its-going-to-stop | title = ''Sam Smith: 'I'm so scared for when it's going to stop'' | last = Hattenstone | first = Simon | date = 2014-08-16 | newspaper = The Guardian | language = en-GB | issn = 0261-3077 | access-date = 2016-02-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/sam-smith-unrequited-love-identified-manager-report-article-1.2118401 | title = ''Sam Smith's unrequited love identified as manager: report'' | website = NY Daily News | access-date = 2016-02-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=33ouCgAAQBAJ | title = ''Sam Smith - The Biography'' | last = Allan | first = Joe | date = 2015-10-01 | publisher = John Blake Publishing | isbn = 9781784188610 | language = en }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite web|url=http://www.sugarscape.com/tags/new-music-we-love/336103/new-music-we-love-elviin|title=''We Love Elviin''}} sugarscape.com Accessed 2016-2-29 *https://web.archive.org/web/20110718072659/http://cde.cerosmedia.com/Volume_Issue2/1W47066e6d3588e012.cde/page/8
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