Andy Hamilton

Andrew Kevin Hamilton (born 28 March 1953) is a British tenor saxophonist who has played with Duran Duran, Wham!, Elton John, at the Top Ten Club on the Reeperbahn. They went on to tour Europe and Australia and were often hired by US artists, notably playing for Edwin Starr and Ben E. King. In 1979, Hamilton recorded "H.A.P.P.Y. Radio" After being pulled off stage one night in France, Hamilton met David Bowie, who let him feature in some music videos, notably "Wild Is the Wind" and "The Drowned Girl".

Hamilton joined the Boomtown Rats and recorded an album V Deep before extensively touring with them, and performing at Live Aid.

In 1984, Hamilton performed as a musician in Give My Regards to Broad Street, a film written by Paul McCartney.

During the mid-1980s, Hamilton met George Michael, and recorded many Wham! records such as "I'm Your Man" and "The Edge of Heaven". He also featured in many of their music videos, and later supported Michael during his solo career, recording (and touring) multiple studio albums, such as Faith, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 and Older. Hamilton was part of the 25 Live tour, where Michael held the first concert at the newly built Wembley Stadium.

During Hamilton's career, he recorded and toured with many other artists. and toured with the band in Paris and New York. He also recorded with Kim Wilde, Bon Jovi, Brian May, Gary Barlow, Marc Almond, Nina Hagen, Altered Images and many more.

He has toured alongside Dire Straits Legacy.

Hamilton has composed theme and incidental music for television and film in both the US and the UK. He has a songwriting partnership with guitarist Phil Palmer, and they won the UK Songwriting Contest in 2015 with the song "Everything's Great All The Time". As well as saxophones, Hamilton also plays keyboards and EWI (electronic wind instrument).