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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.
Eric Woolfson was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 18th March 1945. Married Hazel in 1969. They have two daughters, Sally & Lorna and four grandchildren, Toby, Amelie, Elsie and Cooper. Eric had an uncle in Glasgow who played the piano masterfully and who inspired Eric to want to become a musician.
Eric was the creator, songwriter, lyricist (and often lead singer) of the ten Alan Parsons Project albums. Since then, he wrote five stage musicals (Dancing Shadows, POE, Gambler, Gaudi and Freudiana) which have been performed world-wide.
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, a founder and the principal songwriter and vocalist of the Alan Parsons Project, a British group that existed only in the studio and that took its ambitious,...
Sadly, on this day in 2009 – ten years ago – my friend and co-founder of the Alan Parsons Project, Eric Woolfson, died. I was in Germany for The Night of the Proms concerts, and made a heartfelt announcement at the show that night.
An agent says Eric Woolfson, co-founder of the 1970s British progressive rock group Alan Parsons Project, known for the hits "Eye in the Sky" and "Don't Answer Me," has died of...