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David Martin

David Martin is credited on 746 releases across 149 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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746

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149

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Decades active

115

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Biography

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Do NOT confuse with Canadian songwriter, performer David C. Martin
David Martin has sold over 26 million records around the world in a career spanning over 40 years. Part of the songwriting/production team of Arnold, Martin And Morrow with Chris Arnold and Geoff Morrow. For over 15 years, David and his two partners had an enormous amount of success writing songs for the likes of Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley and Cilla Black.
In 1978 David formed a record company partnership, Hippodrome Records, with famous nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow. Over the next three years he wrote and produced for Edwin Starr and Dusty Springfield.
In 1982 David amicably split with his two songwriting partners and took to the road and toured the world as lead vocalist for the James Last Orchestra.
His most recent projects include stage musicals including an adaptation of "Great Expectations" and "Christmas Angel", both due in 2009.

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