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Eric Norman Woolfson (18 March 1945 – 2 December 2009) [1] was a Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, executive producer, pianist, and co-creator of the band the Alan Parsons Project, who sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Woolfson also pursued a career in musical theatre.
Alan Parsons met Eric Woolfson in the canteen of Abbey Road Studios in the summer of 1974. Parsons was assistant engineer on the Beatles' albums Abbey Road (1969) and Let It Be (1970), engineered Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), and produced several acts for EMI Records. [2]
Eric Woolfson sings The Alan Parsons Project That Never Was is an album by the progressive rock musician Eric Woolfson, co-creator with Alan Parsons of The Alan Parsons Project, as well as main songwriter and manager of the band. Released in 2009, this was Woolfson's final album before he died of cancer in December of that year. [2]
"Time" is a song released in 1981 as a single by the Alan Parsons Project. It was from their 1980 album The Turn of a Friendly Card.In the U.S., the song peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2]
Gaudi was Eric Woolfson's second foray into the world of musical theater. It debuted in Aachen in June 1993. [20] In 1995, a musical cast album was released on CD which, however, omitted a few tracks. [21] [22]
Eye in the Sky contains the title track, the Alan Parsons Project's biggest hit, [8] with lead vocals by Eric Woolfson. The album itself was a major success, reaching the top 10 (and sometimes the number one slot) in numerous countries. [9]
Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson: Producer(s) Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson: The Alan Parsons Project singles chronology "The Turn of a Friendly Card" (1980) "Games People Play"
Gambler is a musical written by Eric Woolfson.It features several of his most popular songs from his earlier writing with The Alan Parsons Project.It is loosely based on the Project album The Turn of a Friendly Card, although it also contains several newly written songs as well as two songs from later albums, and doesn't include all songs from the 1980 album (as had been the case with Gaudi).