Dennis East
Biography
Dennis East (c. 1949 – 12 September 2022) was a South African songwriter and musical producer originally from Pietermaritzburg. He started his musical career in the late 1960s. He performed with The Rising Sons in the 1970s, and formed the rock band Stingray with other South African musicians in 1979. In addition to his work as a songwriter, he has also produced musical albums for South African artists as well as British saxophonist Andrew Young and participated in television programmes such as Pump Up The Volume, Coca Cola Pop Stars and Popstars 2010. East wrote the song "Trouble" which was recorded by Australian singer John Farnham in 1986 for the album Whispering Jack, which is the second-best-selling album in Australia.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
173 releases · 31 albums · active 1974–2021
- Performance · 263
- Production · 27
- Engineering · 15
- Other credits · 12
Studios: AAV · Satbel Recording Studios · Videosound Studios, Johannesburg · Audio Lab, Johannesburg
Frequent collaborators
- Stingray (10)
- John Farnham
- Various
- Paul Madison
- Flower (2)
- Lonestar (3)
- Dan Hill (2)
- Patricia Lewis