Alan Blakley

Alan David Blakley (1 April 1942 – 1 June 1996)

Songwriting and producing Blakley left the Tremeloes in 1972. His credits include co-writing (with Len Hawkes) various hits for the Tremeloes, co-producing the UK No. 42 hit "She's Gonna Win", with Bilbo, and co-producing singles and albums by Mungo Jerry with the group's leader, Ray Dorset. He subsequently rejoined the Tremeloes in 1979 until forced to retire for health reasons.

Blakley is known for co-producing many albums by The Rubettes. He co-produced all the Rubettes albums from"Rubettes" (1975), onwards, which also includes: "Sign of the Times" (1976), "Baby I Know" (1977), "Sometime In Oldchurch" (1978), and "Shangri'la" (recorded 1979, released 1992 ),

Personal life Alan David Blakley was born in Bromley, Kent in 1942.

Blakley married actress Lin Blakley, and they had two daughters: Claudie Blakley and Kirsten Blakley. Claudie (born 1974) is an actor, who won the Ian Charleson Award for her performance in The Seagull at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in 1998.

His brother Mike Blakley was also a musician, and a drummer in the band Christie, who in 1970 had a hit with "Yellow River", a song written by Christie frontman Jeff Christie, originally intended for the Tremeloes, who turned it down but Alan gave the song to Mike's band "The Epics", who then became "Christie" under Jeff's lead.

Blakley died in London of cancer in June 1996, aged 54.

Discography (See The Tremeloes discography.)