Jump to content

John Ballard (record producer): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
m Pichpich moved page John Ballard (Record Producer) to John Ballard (record producer): capitalization
Added tags to the page using Page Curation (unreferenced, uncategorised, dead end)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Multiple issues|{{unreferenced|date=March 2016}}{{dead end|date=March 2016}}}}

'''John Ballard''' (born April 14, 1951) is a Scottish Singer/Songwriter and Record Producer, based in Gothenburg, Sweden where he has a recording studio (Tuff Studios). At Tuff Studios he has produced amongst others, Ace of Base (their first 3 albums), as well as co-writing some of their songs.
'''John Ballard''' (born April 14, 1951) is a Scottish Singer/Songwriter and Record Producer, based in Gothenburg, Sweden where he has a recording studio (Tuff Studios). At Tuff Studios he has produced amongst others, Ace of Base (their first 3 albums), as well as co-writing some of their songs.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
Line 119: Line 121:


Wrote most of the tracks for the boyband Together, including the track 'Vänner' (Friends) which went to number one in Sweden.
Wrote most of the tracks for the boyband Together, including the track 'Vänner' (Friends) which went to number one in Sweden.

{{uncategorised|date=March 2016}}

Revision as of 15:56, 14 March 2016

John Ballard (born April 14, 1951) is a Scottish Singer/Songwriter and Record Producer, based in Gothenburg, Sweden where he has a recording studio (Tuff Studios). At Tuff Studios he has produced amongst others, Ace of Base (their first 3 albums), as well as co-writing some of their songs.

As Producer:
Year Artist(s) Song
1992 Ace Of Base Happy Nation
1993 Ace Of Base The Sign
1995 Ace Of Base The Bridge
1998 Ace Of Base Life Is A Flower
As Composer/Writer or Co-Writer:
Year Artist(s) Song Notes
Ace Of Base No Stranger to Love
Ace Of Base Mercy Mercy
Ace Of Base Look Around Me Unreleased
Ace Of Base Angel of Love Unreleased
1995 Ace Of Base It's a Beautiful Life Released on the album 'The Bridge'
1995 Ace Of Base Perfect World Released on the album 'The Bridge'
1995 Ace Of Base Que Sera Released on the album 'The Bridge'
1995 Ace Of Base Edge of Heaven Released on the album 'The Bridge'
1998 Ace Of Base I Pray Released on the album 'Flowers'
1998 Ace Of Base Don't Go Away Released on the albums 'Cruel Summer' & 'Flowers'
2013 Farid Mammadov Hold Me Azerbadjan entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, took 2nd place
2014 Tolmachevy Sisters Shine Russian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, took 7th place
2016 Sergey Lazarev You Are The Only One Russian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest

John has also written songs for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). And also performed twice in the Swedish qualification rounds of ESC in the 1980s:

Year Artist(s) Song Notes
1983 John Ballard/Ann-Louise Hanson Bara En Enda Gång Took 5th place in the Swedish qualification rounds of the ESC.
1984 John Ballard Rendez-Vous Took 3rd place in the Swedish qualification rounds of the ESC.

Other projects:[edit source | edit]

Founder of the successful Scandinavian band 'Bubbles'. Also wrote and recorded most of the Bubbles songs.

Wrote and recorded the title track for the European release of the 'Ice Age 1' film.

Wrote most of the tracks for the boyband Together, including the track 'Vänner' (Friends) which went to number one in Sweden.