Richard Parfitt
Richard Parfitt is a musician and academic[1] from Newport in south Wales, most publicly notable for his role as a founding member of 90's rock band The 60ft. Dolls.[2][3] He had previously played in mod band The Truth, playing bass on their 1985 album Playground.
After having several UK Top 40 hits during the 90's,[4] along with moderate success in the US, The 60 ft. Dolls split and Parfitt began working as a professional songwriter and session musician, going on to be credited by Welsh singer Duffy of discovering her talents and 'changing her life'.[5] Parfitt helped write several songs for the artist's debut studio album Rockferry - which had considerable commercial success around the world, reaching UK No. 1 and becoming one of the ten best-selling albums in the world in 2008[6] - including the title song from the film How To Lose Friends and Alienate People, 'Enough Love'.[7]
Parfitt also worked as a session guitarist on British artist Dido's second studio album, Life For Rent.
He has since written articles and papers in various musical contexts,[8][9] taught as a lecturer, and directed the world's first songwriting degree programme, the MMus in Songwriting, at Bath Spa University in Bath, England.[10][11]
Footnotes
- ^ https://applications.bathspa.ac.uk/staff-profiles/profile.asp?user=academic%5Cparr6
- ^ I-D
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/60-ft-dolls-mn0000920131
- ^ 60 Ft. Dolls#Discography
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3558704/Duffy-small-wonder.html
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/4640295/Coldplay-and-Duffy-among-British-acts-dominating-top-ten-global-albums-of-2008.html
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-people-mw0000800886
- ^ http://www.musictech.net/2014/12/christmas-songwriting/
- ^ http://theconversation.com/the-quasi-religious-significance-of-elvis-king-of-rock-n-roll-35300
- ^ https://applications.bathspa.ac.uk/staff-profiles/profile.asp?user=academic%5Cparr6
- ^ http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/schools/music-and-performing-arts/courses/postgraduate/songwriting