Rick Nowels

The San Francisco native enjoyed his first success writing and producing definitive solo albums for Stevie Nicks, for whom he contributed this hits “I Can’t Wait” and “Rooms on Fire,” and Belinda Carlisle, who charted with 11 Nowels-Pedden hits including “Heaven is a Place on Earth” and “Circle in the Sand.” Relocating to Los Angeles, he continued to work with singular voices, penning Celine Dion’s “Falling Into You,” Anita Baker's “Body and Soul” and K.D. Lang’s “The Consequences of Falling” and collaborated with Madonna on several songs from her ‘Ray of Light’ CD including worldwide smash “The Power of Goodbye.” Nowels more recent work includes two ASCAP Songs of the Year, “The Game of Love” (Santana featuring Michelle Branch) in 2004 and “White Flag” (Dido) in 2005, as well as such contemporary standards as Jewel’s “Standing Still,” Dido’s “Sand in My Shoes” and “Here With Me,” N’ Sync’s “I Drive Myself Crazy” and the New Radicals’ ubiquitous “You Get What You Give.” While dominating the pop charts, Nowels has also managed to write a string of dance floor classics including Amber’s “Sexual (Li Da Di), Sonique’s “Sky” and Conjure 1/Sinead O’Connor’s “Tears From the Moon.” Nowels has been as successful in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe in recent years, as he’s been in America penning and producing such defining pop hits as Mel C’s “I Turn To You”, The Corrs “Intimacy,” Robert Miles’ “One and One,” Craig David’s “Hypnotic” and a series of charters for Ronan Keating including “Life is a Rollercoaster,” “I Love It When We Do,” and “Lovin’ Each Day.” In addition to his multiple ASCAP Awards, Nowels collected a Grammy Award in 1997 for his work on Celine Dion’s 25-million selling Falling Into You album, along with nominations for Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place On Earth” and Anita Baker’s “Body and Soul,” the latter of which won Best Song at the Soul Train Awards. Dido’s “White Flag” earned him an Ivor Novello prize.