Biography
Roger Frederick Cook is an English singer, songwriter and record producer, who has written many hit records for other recording artists. He has also had a successful recording career in his own right. He is best known for his collaborations with Roger Greenaway. Cook’s co-compositions have included “You’ve Got Your Troubles”, and the transatlantic million selling songs, “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” and “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress”.They were the first UK songwriting partnership to be granted an Ivor Novello Award as ‘Songwriters of the Year’ in two successive years. In 1997, Cook became the only British songwriter to enter the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Cook_(songwriter)
Album & Cover
Cover Location: Hipgnosis Studio, London, UK
Who Did What: Artwork [Tinting] – Maurice Tate. Photography [Back Cover] – Bryan Wharton. Photography – A. Powell
Label: Kama Sutra KSBS 2056(US), Regal Zonophone SRZA 8508(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Meanwhile Back At The World I Am Greta Oscawina We Will Get By |
Side Two Warm Days, Warm Nights, So Oh Babe I’ll Bet Jesus Is A Lonely Man Sweet America |
Credits
Arranged By, Conductor, Piano, Organ, Flute – Jimmy Horowitz
Bass – Les Hurdle
Drums – Barry De Sousa
Engineer – Bill Price
Guitar – Alan Parker, Caleb Quayle, Chris Spedding, Mike Eagan
Producer – John Burgess
Saxophone – Alan Branscombe
Written-By – Channel(tracks: B4), Cook-Greenaway, Rae(tracks: A4)
