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Paul Field Musical artist

Paul Field is a British Christian musician and songwriter.Working as a professional composer, producer and musician since the mid-1970s Field has won an Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and a Dove Award from GMA in Nashville. He has also been nominated for Dove Awards on two other occasions. Many artists around the world have recorded his songs and his production and arrangement credits range from country to gospel to classical and back to rock and pop.Field's song "Testify to Love" (co-written with Ralph van Manen) and Henk Pool) has been a US hit three times: first a #1 for Avalon and also for Wynonna Judd on the double platinum CD "Touched by an Angel" (soundtrack to the TV show) which made No. 3 in the Billboard Chart. More recently the song was re-released as the title track on Avalon's platinum 'Greatest Hits' CD.Field's songs have been recorded on many occasions by Cliff Richard. These include "All That Matters", "Thief in the Night",and the controversial "The Millennium Prayer".In the US, Field's songs have been recorded by Grammy award-winning artists, including Rebecca St James, Jaci Velasquez, Phil Keaggy, Point of Grace, Jennifer Stanley, Natalie Grant and Jennifer Knapp. Field regularly works in Nashville on various projects.Over the years Field has written six musicals: 'Daybreak', 'Visions', 'Breaking Bread', 'Burning Questions', 'Hopes and Dreams' and 'Here and Now'. He also writes music for film, television and advertising (including British Rail, the Cabbage Patch Kids, Astro Farm, Guinness, the European News Network, Australian TV and the Tokyo Motor Show).Paul Field has been in demand as a producer and arranger. He has also provided backing vocals for various acts, including Cliff Richard, Rick Wakeman, Gloria Gaynor, Phil Everley, Paul Jones, Amy Grant, Lesley Ashe, David & Carrie Grant, Chris Rea, Andraé Crouch, Jessy Dixon, Katy Melua and the Archbishop of Canterbury.