Pierre Tubbs

{{infobox musical artist | birth_name = Pierre Richard Roman Tubbs | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1942}} | occupation = Songwriter, record producer, album sleeve designer | genre = R&B, disco, rock, pop, psychedelic rock }}

'''Pierre Tubbs''' (born Pierre Richard Roman Tubbs, 1942) is a British songwriter, record producer and album sleeve designer. ==Background== One of his biggest successes is "Right Back Where We Started From", which he co-wrote with J. Vincent Edwards. The song was recorded by Maxine Nightingale and used in the movie ''Slap Shot''.<ref name="Jackson2010">{{cite book|author=Jonathon Jackson|title=The Making of Slap Shot: Behind the Scenes of the Greatest Hockey Movie Ever Made|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ovXrNTzFiwsC&pg=PA179|date=24 September 2010|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-67800-8|pages=179–180}}</ref> He also co-wrote, with J.J. Jackson, "But It's Alright", which was a hit for Jackson when originally released in 1966, and also when re-released in 1969. ==Career== In 1965, Tubbs recorded the band "the Silence" (pre-John's Children), which was not released at the time. In 1966, he was a producer at [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-strike-records-mw0000011632 Strike Records] where, under the pseudonym Peter Richards, he recorded and released ''Sophisticated Beggar'', the first album by Roy Harper. In 1967, Tubbs became an A&R person. in the role of creative manager, for United Artists Records.<ref name=Collector/>

Tubbs wrote and produced the song "Fool" for Al Matthews.<ref>Pop Dose, January 28, 2016 - [https://popdose.com/soul-serenade-maxine-nightingale-right-back-where-we-started-from/ Soul Serenade: Maxine Nightingale, “Right Back Where We Started From”]</ref> The song became a hit, peaking at no. 16 on the ''Record Mirror & Disc'' British Top 50 Singles chart for the week of 13 September 1975.<ref>''Record Mirror & Disc'', September 13, 1975 - [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/75/Record-Mirror-1975-09-13.pdf Page 2 British Top 50 Singles, 16 28 FOOL, AL Matthews CBS]</ref><ref>''Record Mirror & Disc'', September 20, 1975 - [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/75/Record-Mirror-1975-09-20.pdf Page 2 British Top 50 Singles, 22 16 FOOL, AL Matthews CBS]</ref> One of the session singers on the record was Maxine Nightingale who had appeared in the German production of ''Hair'' in the early 1970s. Tubbs who produced Matthews' hit was impressed with Nightingale and he asked Nightingale's ''Hair'' co-star, J. Vincent Edwards to co-compose a song with him which turned out to be "Right Back Where We Started From".<ref>Pop Dose, January 28, 2016 - [https://popdose.com/soul-serenade-maxine-nightingale-right-back-where-we-started-from/ Soul Serenade: Maxine Nightingale, “Right Back Where We Started From”]</ref> He also wrote "Gotta Be the One" for Nightingale.<ref>''Record World'', June 26, 1976 - [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/76/RW-1976-06-26.pdf Page 1 (Front cover) HITS OF THE WEEK, SINGLES, MAXINE NIGHTINGALE, "GOTTA BE THE ONE"]</ref>

In 1999, a compilation album, [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Pierres-Plastic-Dream-The-Garage-Tapes-England-1966-1968/release/2199506''Pierre's Plastic Dream - The Basement Tapes 1966-1968''] was released by Market Square Records. The album contained performances by [https://thessalypress.com/my-plastic-dream/ Our Plastic Dream], where Tubbs was the lead singer,<ref>As well as producer, under the pseudonym, Peter Richard. Tubbs also wrote the songs the band recorded, using his own name and the pseudonym Riley James. [https://thessalypress.com/my-plastic-dream/ My Plastic Dream]; thessalypress.com. Retrieved 2017-07-30.</ref> The Silence, The Jeeps and The Owl. The album included two songs with J.J. Jackson and The Jeeps, including a version of "But It's Alright".<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Various-Pierres-Plastic-Dream-The-Garage-Tapes-England-1966-1968/release/2199506 Album particulars - Pierre's Plastic Dream]; Discogs. Retrieved 2017-07-27.</ref> The album is described as "an extremely rare compilation...an amazing range of musical style, from pop through R 'n' B and psychedelic".<ref name=Collector>''Record Collector'', [http://www.themusicindex.com/store/msquare/pierretubbs.htm Review of ''Pierre's Plastic Dresm''], April, 2000, as reprinted in [http://www.themusicindex.com/ The Music Index]. Retrieved 2017-07-27.</ref>

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