Mike Moran
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- This article refers to the musician, Mike Moran. For the firefighter, see Mike Moran (firefighter).
Mike Moran is a keyboard musician. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London prior to becoming a session musician and composer / arranger, including music for films such as Time Bandits and The Missionary. He also played with the Ian Gillan Band.
"Rock Bottom," which he wrote in partnership with Lynsey De Paul, was the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 and put him in the spotlight for the first time. Although leading early on in the voting, the song eventually came second in the Contest. Nevertheless, it went on to become a top 20 hit in many European countries including France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland where it reached the top of the singles charts.
Lynsey and Mike went on to write a number of songs such as "Let Your Body Go Downtown", a top 40 hit for the Martyn Ford Orchestra and the follow up "Going to a Disco" as well as "Without You" and "Now and Then" which appeared on the albums "Tigers and Fireflies" and "Just a Little Time", respectively.
Other memorable songs written by Mike are "Barcelona" (Freddy Mercury) and "Snot Rap" (Kenny Everett).