Kevin Godley

Kevin Godley
Kevin Godley with 10cc 6 April 1976
Background information
Birth name	Kevin Michael Godley
Born	(1945-10-07) 7 October 1945 Prestwich, Lancashire, England
Genres	Rock
Instruments	Vocals, drums, synths, percussion
Associated acts	10cc Hotlegs Godley & Creme Doctor Father The Magic Lanterns

Kevin Godley (born Kevin Michael Godley, 7 October 1945, Prestwich, Lancashire, England) is a British musician and music video director.

He was born in a family of Jewish descent, and went to North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham. The first band Kevin was part of was Group 17 which had its origins in the Jewish Lads Brigade (The JLB). The members were Henri Shalam, Bernard Suffrin, Sydney Kaye and Jeffrey Baker, whose father was probably "Sargeant Baker" in Rubber Bullets. While attending art college in Manchester he met Lol Creme. They became part of several bands together, most notably Hotlegs and 10cc, and eventually became known as Godley & Creme in acting together as musicians and directors. They were jointly nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form for: The Police: Synchronicity Concert in 1986.

Godley writes, sings, and plays drums and percussion. In 1990, his charity production One World One Voice was released on CD in the UK. It was a CD that focused on environmental and ecological crises. Godley became a vegetarian during this period.

He has recently reunited with another former 10cc member, Graham Gouldman, to form the band GG/06. Together they have recorded a number of new songs which are currently available via their website – GG06.co.uk.

Music videos

Since he split from his long-time working partner Creme, Godley forged a career directing music videos and films on his own.

1989

• Fine Young Cannibals – "Don't Look Back"
• Band Aid 2 – "Do They Know It's Christmas"
• Wet Wet Wet – "Sweet Surrender"

1990

• Erasure – "Blue Savannah"
• One World, One Voice – short movie

1991

• Bryan Adams – "Can't stop This Thing We Started" / "Though I'd Died And Gone to Heaven" / "All I Want Is You"
• U2 – "Even Better Than The Real Thing"

1992

• Garland Jeffreys – "The Answer"
• Moodswings & Chrissie Hynde – "Spiritual High"
• U2 – Zoo TV Concert Video

1993

• Frank Sinatra & Bono – "I've Got You Under My Skin"
• Paul McCartney – "C'Mon People"
• Sting – "Fields Of Gold"
• U2 – "Numb"

1994

• Blur – "Girls and Boys"
• Bono & Gavin Friday – "In the Name of The Father"
• Dave Stewart – "Heart of Stone"
• East 17 – "Steam"
• Larry Adler & Kate Bush – "The Man I Love"

1995

• Deep Forest – "Deep Forest"
• U2 – "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
• Whale – "I'll do ya"

1996

• Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen – "Theme from Mission: Impossible"
• Bryan Adams – "Star"
• Gavin Friday – "You Me and World War Three"
• Phil Collins – "Dance into the Light"
• The Beatles – "Real Love"
• Tonic – "Soldiers Daughter"

1997

• Forest For The Trees – "Dream"
• Garland Jeffreys – "Sexuality"
• James – "Tomorrow"
• Jean Michel Jarre – "Oxygene part 8"

1998

• Boyzone – "When The Going Gets Tough" / "You Needed Me"
• Eric Clapton – "My Father's Eyes"
• Helicopter Girl – "Subliminal Punk"
• Kele Le Roc – "My Love"
• Phil Collins – "You'll Be In My Heart"
• Sting – "After The Rain Has Fallen"
• Black Crowes – "By Your Side"
• Charlatans – "Forever"
• U2 – "Sweetest Thing"

1999

• Ronan Keating – "When You Say Nothing At All"
• Wyclef Jean featuring Bono – "New Day"

2000

• Alabama 3 – "Woke Up This Morning"
• Gabrielle – "Rise"
• Rod Stewart – "Run Back Into Your Arms"

2001

• Gabrielle – "Out of Reach"
• HIM – "Pretending"
• Marti Pellow – "Smile (Marti Pellow album)|Close To You"
• U2 – "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
• Zucchero – "Baila" / "I'm In Trouble"

2002

• Ronan Keating – "If Tomorrow Never Comes" / "We've Got Tonight"
• Scarface featuring Faith Evans – "Someday"
• Charlatans – "A Man Needs To Be Told"

2003

• The Rapture – "Sister Saviour"
• Will Young – "Leave Right Now"

2004

• Bryan Adams – "Flying (Bryan Adams song)"
• Haven – "Wouldn't Change A Thing"
• Kealer – "Cry"
• Lisa Stansfield – "Treat Me Like A Woman"
• Ronan Keating – "Father And Son"
• Corrs – "Summer Sunshine"

2005

• Ben Adams – "Sorry"
• Katie Melua – "Nine Million Bicycles" / "I Cried for You"
• Jamie Cullum – "Mind Trick"

2006

• Brothermandude – "Automatic"
• Keane – "Is It Any Wonder?"
• Mojo Fury – "The Man"

2008

• Boyzone – "Better"
• Snow Patrol – "Crack The Shutters"

2010

• Katie Melua – "The Flood"

2011

• Gavin Friday – "Able"

Quotations

“

If I was to pick one track from everything we've done, "I'm Not in Love" would be my favourite. It's got something that none of our other tracks have at all. It's not clever in a conscious way but it says it all so simply in, what, six minutes.

”

NME – February 1976

External links

• Kevin Godley at the Internet Movie Database