Hugh Goldsmith
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Hugh Goldsmith is a music industry executive from London, England. After leaving his role as managing director of RCA Records in the UK, he founded and managed Innocent Records.
Career
Prior to joining RCA Records as marketing director in 1992, Goldsmith had been a full-time musician and songwriter, and had also worked in the advertising and publishing industries.[1] Goldsmith made “a name for himself by helping to break Take That”[2][3].
Significant acts who Goldsmith worked with during his time at RCA included Annie Lennox, Take That, M People, David Bowie, Kylie Minogue, Robson and Jerome, Five and Natalie Imbruglia.
In 1997, Goldsmith was hired by Virgin Records' president Paul Conroy (music executive), and was tasked with launching and heading up a new pop label. The resulting label, Innocent Records, worked with Billie Piper, Atomic Kitten, Martine McCutcheon and Blue. During Goldsmith's time at Innocent Records, its artists achieved 10 UK number 1 singles and five UK number 1 albums.[4]
Goldsmith started a new venture label with Sony BMG in 2004.[4] The label, Brightside Recordings,[5], incorporated recording, publishing, management and consultancy. It also housed indie label Ugly Truth. Brightside saw Goldsmith reunite with Natalie Imbruglia following their initial working relationship at RCA in 1997.[6] Her single Shiver (Natalie Imbruglia song) went on to become Britain's most broadcast track in 2005.[7] Other acts signed to Brightside/Ugly Truth included Rooster (band) and Newton Faulkner. Goldsmith left Brightside in 2009 to set up an independent publishing and production company called Hotspring Music.
In 2015, Goldsmith was brought in by the BBC as a music consultant to help find the songs and acts to represent the United Kingdom at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest.[8] Goldsmith returned to perform the same role for the 2017[9] and 2018 competitions.
Songwriting credits
Writing under the pseudonym, Ian Hope or I. Hope, Goldsmith has co-written several songs recorded by Blue.[10] These include If You Come Back, which peaked at number 1 in the UK, plus Long Time and Back To You from Blue’s debut album, All Rise. In 2022, Goldsmith reunited with Blue, A&R-ing and executive producing their sixth album, Heart & Soul (Blue album). He also co-wrote that album’s Let’s Get Sad.
References
- ↑ "HOW TO GET AHEAD: MY GURU - Steve Newbold, managing director of Emap Elan Enterprises, nominates Hugh Goldsmith, MD of Innocent Records". Campaign Live. 12 February 2001.
- ↑ A Financial Times article of 22 October, 2002 described how "...he managed to make a name for himself by helping to break Take That."
- ↑ Gary Barlow, My Take, p. 91. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Music"BMG and Goldsmith launch new music company"". Music Week. 12 January 2004.
- ↑ "Brightside Recordings". Discogs.
- ↑ "Natalie Imbruglia: Torn no longer". The Independent. 1 April 2005.
- ↑ "Imbruglia's 'Shiver' Tops PPL 'Most Used' Chart". Billboard. 25 May 2006.
- ↑ "BBC - The road to Eurovision. 2016". 9 May 2016.
- ↑ "UK biz needs to take a 'fresh look at Eurovision' says BBC exec". Music Week. 12 May 2017.
- ↑ "Discogs - Ian Oliver Hope".
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