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Pete Atkin (born August 22, 1945) is a British singer-songwriter and radio producer notable for his 1970s musical collaborations with Clive James and for producing the BBC Radio 4 series This Sceptred Isle.
Atkin did, and still does, write his own lyrics, but it was the collaboration with Clive James that produced his most famous songs. Pete Atkin and Clive James recorded six albums in the 1970s, as well as writing an album for Julie Covington, best known for her number one hit Don’t Cry For Me Argentina in 1976. However, despite Atkin’s popularity on the college performance circuit the records did not sell in any great numbers. When singer Val Doonican recorded a cover version of the song “The Flowers and the Wine” the royalties from that alone exceeded the total from all album sales.
Atkin did, and still does, write his own lyrics, but it was the collaboration with Clive James that produced his most famous songs. Pete Atkin and Clive James recorded six albums in the 1970s, as well as writing an album for Julie Covington, best known for her number one hit Don’t Cry For Me Argentina in 1976. However, despite Atkin’s popularity on the college performance circuit the records did not sell in any great numbers. When singer Val Doonican recorded a cover version of the song “The Flowers and the Wine” the royalties from that alone exceeded the total from all album sales.
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