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University of Oxford.
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Patrick Seymour
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He has worked as a live and session musician with various artists, and was most notably part of Eurythmics" backing band in the 1980s. After completing a degree in classical music at Oxford University, he first arrived on the United Kingdom music scene as part of the British funk band United Kingdom Players, whose debut album Number Way Out was released on Agricultural and Mechanical Records in 1982. Changing record labels to Radio Corporation of America in 1983 brought him into contact with the Radio Corporation of America duo Eurythmics, who he joined as keyboard player for their world tour in 1984.
He continued to record and tour with Eurythmics until the end of the decade, and also co-wrote tracks for their albums Revenge (1986) and We Too Are One (1989).
Seymour"s other collaborations include:
The Pretenders - Get Close
Mick Jagger - Primitive Cool
Bob Dylan - Knocked Out Loaded
Culture Club - Colour By Numbers
Daryl Hall - Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine
Belinda Carlisle - Live Your Life Be Free
Bob Geldof - Deep in the Heart of Nowhere
Kiki Dee - Angel Eyes
Seymour composed the song "Sleep Like A Child" that was recorded by Joss Stone for her 2004 album Mind, Body & Soul. He was also co-writer of the 1989 Shakespears Sister hit "You"re History".
He has also composed music scores for film and television, including Anne Rice"s Feast of All Saints, The Simian Lincolnshire, Maine and Isaac Newton, The Johnsons, and also arranged and conducted the music score by Badly Drawn Boy for the film About a Boy.
