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Rick Nowels
Background information
Birth name
Richard Wright Nowels Jr.
Born
(1960-03-16) March 16, 1960 (age 64) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Origin
Palo Alto, California, U.S.[1]
Genres
Pop
dream pop
alternative rock
dance
soul
Occupation(s)
Record producer
songwriter
Years active
1985–present
Labels
Virgin
Website
ricknowels.com
Musical artist
Richard Wright Nowels Jr. (born March 16, 1960) is an American songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and arranger. He has co-written and co-produced over 90 hit singles with multiple artists[2] and albums his songs have appeared on have sold over 250 million copies. In 2020, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[3]
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Hall of Fame. In 1985, Stevie Nicks recorded Nowels' song "I Can't Wait" in Los Angeles, giving Nowels his first major songwriting and production credit...
producer RickNowels' songwriting and production credits. RickNowels at AllMusic; retrieved 2019 RickNowels at Discogs; retrieved 2019 RickNowels at Global...
Parker, Tim Larcombe, Emile Haynie, Dan Heath, Mike Daly, The Nexus, RickNowels, Chris Braide, Jim Irvin, Sacha Skarbek, Liam Howe, and Hannah Robinson...
Rey, Zachary Dawes, Loren Humphrey, Mike Dean, Barrie-James O'Neill, RickNowels, and several others. Two singles preceded the album, the title track...
composed by Del Rey's long-time collaborators Emile Haynie and RickNowels, with Nowels and Del Rey writing the lyrics. "Summertime Sadness" A sample of...
percussionist Lenny Castro, pianist Greg Phillinganes, and producer RickNowels. Nowels also played piano on two songs on the album (and who had previously...
surprise-released as a single on May 19, 2023. The song was written by Del Rey and RickNowels, who also produced it. "Say Yes to Heaven" is an ambient and downbeat...
alongside other industry artists, including Jeff Bhasker, Teddy Riley, RickNowels, Matt Wallace, Dave Sitek, and Alesso. His debut studio album, Subject...
album, Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019), while previous collaborator RickNowels produced one of the album's tracks. The album features collaborations...
contract with A&M Records after playing his demo tapes for producer RickNowels. He released his debut album, Michigan Rain, in 1989 at age 19, to little...
Carlisle from her second studio album, Heaven on Earth (1987). Written by RickNowels and Ellen Shipley, the song was released as the lead single from the...
Zachary Dawes — — "Happiness Is a Butterfly" Lana Del Rey, RickNowels Lana Del Rey, RickNowels (add.) — — "Looking for America" Non-album single Lana Del...
music in the 1990s, Steinberg collaborated with other songwriters. With RickNowels and Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo he wrote the hit songs "Falling Into You" (covered...