J.J. Belle
Biography
J.J. Belle (born Roger Elvidge Belle, French Guiana, 17 October 1955 – 26 November 2004) was a renowned British session musician, mostly known for his work as a guitarist. Artists he played for included Marc Almond, Fish (playing guitar on the US leg and September UK dates of his 1997 Sunsets on Empire tour), Debbie Harry, Johnny Hates Jazz, Grace Jones, George Michael, Madonna, Dusty Springfield, Tina Turner and Bucks Fizz - with a song-defining solo at the end of "The Company You Keep". He also played on Belouis Some's 1993 album Living Your Life. Belle also frequently worked with Pet Shop Boys, who declared he helped define their sound, in a statement following his death from cancer in 2004.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Faith
1987
Actually
1987
Very
1993
Behaviour
1990
Slave To The Rhythm
1985
Bilingual
1996
Turn Back The Clock
1988
Tenement Symphony
1991
Heart
1988
Alright
1990
Alternative
1995
Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You) / How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
1991
Escapade
1990
Debravation
1993
Donny Osmond
1989
Zang Tuum Tumb The Organization Of Pop (Music From The First Thirty Years of ZTT Records)
2013
Wildest Dreams
1996
When In Rome
1988
Paul Johnson
1987
Luxury Of Life
1985
Credited work
1,128 releases · 86 albums · active 1979–2026
- Performance · 1,566
- Other credits · 15
- Production · 7
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Sarm West Studios · Puk Recording Studios · RAK Studios · Angel Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Pet Shop Boys
- David Grant
- Liza Minnelli
- Clive Griffin
- Various
- Jaki Graham
- Grace Jones
- Clark Datchler