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| Birth Name(s) : Gary Barlow |
Date of Birth: January 20, 1971 |
| Status:
Married
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Partner:
Dawn Andrews |
| Profession:
Musician |
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Full Gary Barlow Biography
| Gary Barlow was born on January 20th 1971 in Frodsham, Cheshire, UK, the second and youngest son of Marge and Colin Barlow. He has an older brother named Ian. His first school was Weaver Vale Primary School, and he moved on to Frodsham High School in 1982. He was the founding member of successful pop group Take That, who split up in 1996. His acting debut came in 2000 when he starred in Heartbeat, shortly after his marriage to Dawn Andrews, and shortly before the birth of son Daniel. Their daughter Emily was born in 2002. He now works as a record producer. |
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Additional Gary Barlow Biography
Aged 15, Gary entered a BBC Pebble Mill at One competition called "A Song For Christmas" with a song called "Let's Pray For Christmas". After getting through to the semifinals he was invited to London's West Heath Studios to record his song. This inspired Barlow to perform on the northern club circuit, singing cover versions and his own songs.
The band issued four albums between 1992 and 1996. The debut set was entitled Take That ... and Party in 1992 (see 1992 in music). The following year saw the release of Everything Changes. Barlow received an Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song in 1994 for the song Pray included in the album. Their third outing, which was to be their last studio album, Nobody Else, came in 1995 (see 1995 in music). A greatest hits collection followed.
Barlow was rumoured to be less happy when other band members sang the lead vocals on songs, yet there was no evidence to support this. For example the original lead for the song 'Relight My Fire' was meant to have been by Robbie Williams, however a warm up by Barlow of the song was chosen immediately as the recorded song. However, he remained the songwriter, and the hits kept on coming with the likes of "Back For Good" (yet another No.1 in the UK and a Top 10 U.S. hit) and "Everything Changes". The song "Back For Good" caused some controversy because rumours surfaced that Barry Gibb had in fact written the song but agreed to credit Barlow if he would arrange that Take That would cover a Bee Gees song ("How Deep is Your Love" was covered). In a 2001 interview, Robin Gibb stated that this information was false, Barry Gibb had not written the song and no such agreement was ever made.
In 1996, Take That split up and Barlow went solo. His first release, the single "Forever Love", was an immediate number one hit in the UK. His album, Open Road, also went to the top of the chart, as did his second solo single "Love Won't Wait" written by Madonna and Shep Pettibone. The remix was produced by Junior Vasquez. The original demo remains one of many unreleased Madonna songs. He also reached #3 in the United States adult contemporary music charts with "So Help Me Girl", also a top 20 UK hit. Another single (the album's title cut), "Open Road", reached #7 in the UK. He followed that up with his second album Twelve Months, Eleven Days.
Following a successful TV documentary, Take That experienced a career renaissance in 2006 when the post-Williams line-up reformed for a sell-out stadium tour. They released a single (Patience - reached UK Number 1 position on 26 November and stayed there for 4 weeks). Patience was also voted The Record of the Year in 2006. They were knocked off the top spot in the Christmas week by X Factor winner Leona Lewis, who coincidentally performed a song (A Million Love Songs) with the group during the X Factor finale. They have released their first album of new material in over ten years. The album went in at Number 1 in the UK album charts. Most of the songs on their new album are joint band compositions co-written with other songwriters, unlike earlier albums, which were mainly penned by Gary Barlow.
Barlow married former Take That backing dancer Dawn Andrews in 2000, and the couple have two children: a son Daniel (born August 16th 2000) and a daughter Emily (born May 31st 2002). In a 2005 television documentary on Take That, Take That... for the Record, Williams retracted his previous taunting of Barlow, claiming that he would swap all of his current success for Barlow's happy family life.
Some songs written for others:
- Album track "2 Of A Kind" for Monrose
- Album track "Testify" for Amy Studt
- Album tracks "Always Be My Baby" and "I Won't Be There" as well as B-Side "Somebody" for Atomic Kitten
- Single "Guilty" and album tracks "Girl I'll Never Understand", "Made For Loving You", "Supersexual" and B-Side "Whatever Happens" for Blue
- Album track "Easy Way Out" for Charlotte Church
- Singles "Not Me, Not I", "A Little Too Late" and other songs "Butterfly", "Longer", "My Big Mistake", "Running Away" and "Throw It Away" for Delta Goodrem
- Single "Breeze On By" and album tracks "Christmas Time", "Climbing", "In It For Love", "Insecurity", "Keep Her In Mind", "My Perfect Rhyme", "Shoulda Known Better", "What I Meant To Say" and "Whenever You're In Trouble" for Donny Osmond
- "Walking Away" for former 10cc member Graham Gouldman
- B-Side "Together" for H & Claire
- "No Big Deal", "Intoxicated", "Conquered", "Unbreakable" for Belgian/Canadian female singer Lara Fabian, included on her 2004 album A Wonderful Life
- "True To Yourself" for Vanessa Amorosi
- "You Gave Me Your Love" for Ola Svensson
Barlow's very first solo single (July 1996) UK: #1 Germany: #5 France: #7 Australia: #7 Switzerland: #5 Norway: #9
- "Love Won't Wait" (April 1997)
The song 'For All That You Want' was originally recorded and released as 'Superhero' and released in the USA only in 1998.
Gary's first ever single to be released in the States as a solo artist was "So Help Me Girl", which reached 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and Number 1 on both the Billboard Adult Contemporary and Radio & Record Play (R&R) charts. |
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