Clive Westlake
Gerald Clive Westlake was a British songwriter.Biography
Westlake was born in Newport, Wales, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music and worked as music teacher at Robert Richardson Grammar School, Ryhope, near Sunderland, in the late 1950s early 1960s, before working as a songwriter with music publishers Carlin Music.
He composed the song "Goodbye", the first single issued by Barry Ryan in 1968. He is most associated with songs written for Dusty Springfield, including "Losing You" and "All I See Is You" — both of which peaked at no. 9 on the UK Singles Chart, in 1964 and 1966 respectively — and "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten", which reached no. 4 in the UK in 1968. He also co-wrote "Here I Go Again" with Mort Shuman for The Hollies – a UK no. 4 in 1964 – and wrote songs recorded by Shirley Bassey, Vera Lynn, Elvis Presley, Petula Clark, Cilla Black, Tom Jones, Roger Whittaker, Crystal Gayle and others.
Another of his hits was "Constantly" for Cliff Richard. One of his early efforts was a "B" side for Craig Douglas "New Boy" on Top Rank.
He moved to Nashville in 1980. He died at his home in Pegram, Tennessee, at the age of 67.
He has four children; Christopher, Andrew, Julia and Annika. His daughter Julia lives in Hamburg and is a well-known TV presenter and radio broadcaster in Germany.
