# Pierre Tubbs

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{{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](/source/songwriter), [record producer](/source/record_producer) and album sleeve designer. 
==Background==
One of his biggest successes is "[Right Back Where We Started From](/source/Right_Back_Where_We_Started_From)", which he co-wrote with [J. Vincent Edwards](/source/J._Vincent_Edwards).  The song was recorded by [Maxine Nightingale](/source/Maxine_Nightingale) and used in the movie ''[Slap Shot](/source/Slap_Shot_(film))''.<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](/source/J.J._Jackson_(singer)), "[But It's Alright](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Sophisticated_Beggar)'', the first album by [Roy Harper](/source/Roy_Harper_(singer)).  In 1967, Tubbs became an [A&R](/source/A%26R) person. in the role of creative manager, for [United Artists Records](/source/United_Artists_Records).<ref name=Collector/>

Tubbs wrote and produced the song "[Fool](/source/Fool_(Al_Matthews_song))" for [Al Matthews](/source/Al_Matthews_(actor)).<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](/source/Record_Mirror_%26_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Silence_(band)), [The Jeeps](/source/The_Jeeps) and [The Owl](/source/The_Owl_(band)).  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](/source/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](/source/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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