Rick Nowels
Birth name	Richard Wright Nowels
Born	March 16, 1954
Origin	Los Altos, California, United States
Occupation(s)	Record producer Songwriter
Website	www.ricknowels.com

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Since 1987 Rick has co-written or produced over 50 top ten singles in the U.S and Europe. His biggest hits include "White Flag" Dido, "The Game of Love" Santana feat. Michelle Branch, "You Get What You Give" New Radicals, "The Power of Goodbye" Madonna, "Standing Still" Jewel, "Here With Me" Dido, "Inner Smile" Texas, "Life is a Rollercoaster" Ronan Keating, "One and One" Robert Miles, "Sky" Sonique, "I Turn To You" Melanie C, "Body and Soul" Anita Baker, "Heaven is a Place on Earth" , "Circle in the Sand", "Leave a Light On", "Live Your Life Be Free", Belinda Carlisle, "Rooms On Fire" and "I Can't Wait" Stevie Nicks. Kylie Minogue recently recorded one of his unreleased Madonna songs but has so far chosen not to release it. Rick has written and/or produced hits for Dido of which he produced "Here with Me" and "Hunter" for her debut No Angel album and co-wrote 5 songs on her 2nd album including the Ivor Novello winning "White Flag". His most recent collaborations include Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), Nelly Furtado “In God’s Hands” and “Somebody To Love” and All Saints “Chick Fit”. Heaven Is a Place on Earth is a song recorded by Belinda Carlisle, former lead singer of The Go-Gos. ... Circle in the Sand is a song recorded by Belinda Carlisle and released in 1988. ... Leave a Light On is a pop rock anthem written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, produced by Nowels for Belinda Carlisles third solo album Runaway Horses (1989). ... Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE (pronounced ,[1]mɪnoÊŠg;[2] born 28 May 1968) is an Australian Grammy and BRIT award-winning pop singer, songwriter and actress. ... The following is a list of songs recorded by Madonna, but that were chosen not to be used on her Warner Bros. ... Aeneas recounting the Trojan War to Dido. ... Yusuf Islam Yusuf Islam (born July 21, 1948) was a British singer-songwriter. ... Yusuf Islam[1], formerly known by his stage name Cat Stevens (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948 in London, UK), is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist and prominent convert to Islam. ... Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Grammy, Juno Award, ECHO and BRIT Award winning Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist, who also holds a Portuguese citizenship. ... This article is about the Christian holiday. ...

Recently Rick has written new songs with John Legend, Nerina Pallot, Ed Tracy and Sandie Thom. John Legend (born John Stephens on 28 December 1978) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Nerina Natasha Georgina Pallot (born April 26, 1975) is a BRIT Award nominated British Singer Songwriter. ...

He plays guitar, keyboards and bass. He divides his time between London and Santa Monica, California.

He also has a ridiculously hot son named Tommy.

External links

• Record Producers at Stephen Budd Management
• www.ricknowels.com
• Record Producers at McDaniel Entertainment