Robert Harvey (musician)

Robert Harvey (born 21 May 1983) is a singer, musician, DJ and songwriter. He was the singer of The Music and has since written hits such as Real Love for Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne, Lonely for Joel Corry (and Harlee) & Head And Heart for Joel Corry/MNEK.

Robert Harvey
Harvey performing with The Music at Manchester Apollo in 2004
Background information
Born (1983-05-21) 21 May 1983
OriginLeeds, England, United Kingdom
Years active1999–present
Labels
Associated acts

Music career

2001–2011: The Music

Harvey formed The Music with close friends Adam Nutter, Stuart Coleman and Phil Jordan in 2001. Their first single "Take the Long Road and Walk It" peaked at 14 in the UK singles chart which saw them perform live on Top Of The Pops.

The Music (2002)

The group's self-titled debut album was released on Hut Records and Capitol Records and peaked at number 4 in the UK album chart. It was produced by Jim Abbiss. The album was known for its circular artwork by Rob and Nick Carter. Singles "Take the Long Road and Walk It" and "The Truth Is No Words" went top 20 in the UK singles chart. The band toured with, New Order, The Charlatans and Oasis as well as selling out Blackpool Empress Ballroom and London's Brixton Academy.

Welcome To The North (2004)

The band's second studio album peaked at 8 in the UK album chart and had two top 20 singles with "Freedom Fighters" and "Breakin'". The album was produced by Brendan O'Brien. They supported Coldplay, Incubus and U2 as well as sold-out tours of their own in the UK, Japan and Australia.

Strength In Numbers (2008)

Strength In Numbers was The Music's final album and was released in 2008 on Polydor and peaked at 19 in UK album chart. Strength In Numbers was produced by Flood and Paul Hartnol.

2011-2012: The Streets

Harvey wrote on 2 songs and performed on 3 from Computers and Blues. The album peaked at 8 in the UK album chart. Mike Skinner asked Harvey to join him on tour as the guitarist/singer which saw The Streets headline shows and festivals across the UK and Europe.

2012-2014: The D.O.T.

The D.O.T. saw Harvey and Mike Skinner experimenting with sound and video and saw the band travel to Japan for shows.[1]

2013-2014 Ramón Tapia ft. Rob Harvey

They were making some music this year.

2014: The Six

The Six are a Manchester collective brought together by Harvey and Rick Boardman (Delphic). The Six featured on "Take It All" by Gorgon City. Harvey co-wrote Real Love by Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne which peaked at number 2 in the UK singles chart and number 2 in Germany. Recently The Six have been in the studio with MNEK, Rudimental and Lily Allen. Late 2014 The Six supported Gorgon City on tour.

2016-Today Soloist

He's composing acoustic music for YouTube viewers.[2]

Discography

Songwriting and Production Credits
Title Year Artist(s) Album Credits Written with Produced with
"Going Through Hell"
(featuring Robert Harvey)		 2011 The Streets Computers and Blues Featured artist/Co-writer Mike Skinner, Ted May -
"Soldiers"
(featuring Robert Harvey)		 Mike Skinner -
"We Can Never Be Friends"
(featuring Robert Harvey)		 Mike Skinner -
"Too Much Love" 2014 The Six Non-album single Primary artist/Co-writer/Producer Richard Boardman, Simon Aldred Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman
"Take It All"
(featuring The Six)		 Gorgon City Sirens Featured artist/Co-writer Kye Gibbon, Matthew Robson-Scott, Richard Boardman, Cleo Tighe, Daniel Boyle -
"Real Love"
(with Jess Glynne)		 Clean Bandit New Eyes Producer - Clean Bandit, Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman, Starsmith, Wez Clarke
"Unfinished Sympathy"
(featuring Jasmine Thompson)		 2015 The Six Non-album single Primary artist/Producer - Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman, Alex Adair
"Nothing in the World" Primary artist/Co-writer/Producer Richard Boardman, Matthew Cocksedge, Cleo Tighe Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman
"I Will for Love"
(featuring Will Heard)		 Rudimental We the Generation Co-writer Amir Izadkhah, Kesi Dryden, Piers Aggett, Leon "DJ Locksmith" Rolle, Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman, Cleo Tighe, Daniel Boyle -
"(Don't Go) Running" The Six Non-album single Primary artist/Co-writer/Producer Richard Boardman, Cleo Tighe Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman, Mark Ralph
"Love You Better"
(featuring Sabella)		 2016 Anton Powers Co-writer Anton Powers, Scott Rosser, Philip Woodhead, Tonino Speciale, Karen Harding -
"Don't Say Love"
(featuring Rothchild)		 2018 Felix Jaehn I Felix Jaehn, Bruce Fielder, Guenes Erquen -
"All 4 U" 2019 Jax Jones Snacks (Supersize) Timucin Aluo, Uzoechi Emenike, James Norton, Rowan Harrington -

References
  1. "The Streets' Mike Skinner launches new project with The Music's Rob Harvey". NME. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. https://www.youtube.com/user/rmnharvey
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