#Fact1Despite his record of success as a producer, he died in relative obscurity without receiving any public recognition from any British institution.2As well as being producer for Cliff Richard and the Shadows, he produced records for Ruby Murray, Eddie Calvert, Michael Holliday, Helen Shapiro, Frank Ifield, the Mudlarks, the Avons and Ricky Valance among others.3In 1977, Paramor and his orchestra recorded with the Shadows for a final time, on the track "Return to the Alamo".4In 1950 he recorded some sides for the Oriole label with Australian singer Marie Benson, and two years later, joined Columbia Records, an EMI subsidiary, as arranger and A&R manager..5Although the term "producer" was not in circulation at the time Paramor started producing records (the usual term being Artiste and Repertoire Manager, or A&R man), he effectively began this role in 1952 when he became Recording Director for EMI's Columbia Records.6He co-wrote the 1962 hit song "Let's Talk About Love" for Helen Shapiro.7From 1972-78 Paramor was the Director of the BBC Midland Radio Orchestra, but he continued to dabble in independent production for acts such as the Excaliburs, and his publishing company was still finding material for Cliff Richard in the 70s.8In 1962, Paramor was the subject of a scathing critique by David Frost on the satirical British television programme That Was the Week that Was for, the programme claimed, taking undeserved songwriting credits and royalties on other people's work and making popular music more bland and "ordinary".9His death of an unspecified cancer on 9 September 1979 came a fortnight after his protege Cliff Richard had returned to the top of the UK Singles Chart with "We Don't Talk Anymore", his first number one single in more than ten years. Paramor and Richard had worked together professionally from 1958 to 1972.10In 1968, he was the musical director for the Eurovision Song Contest, staged at the Royal Albert Hall, the first to be broadcast in color. He also conducted the UK entry, "Congratulations", performed by Cliff Richard.11Paramor recorded one of the biggest-selling albums from Capitol Records' Capitol of the World import series: In London in Love, which featured the soprano Patricia Clarke, who was used in many subsequent selling albums. This became his trademark orchestral signature sound, and was featured on Autumn, Amor Amor, In London, In Love Again, Warm and Willing, My Fair Lady and Moods among others.12He is best known for his work with Cliff Richard and the Shadows, both together and separately, steering their early career and producing and arranging most of their material from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.13Paramor remains one of the most underrated figures in the history of UK pop and a posthumous reappraisal of his work is overdue.14One of the highlights of Paramor's career came in 1960 when he arranged and conducted for Judy Garland's British recording sessions, and was her musical director at the London Palladium and subsequent dates in Europe.15Paramor was married to actress Gloria Brent.16Until George Martin-his opposite number at EMI sister label Parlophone-produced "Candle In The Wind 97" for Sir Elton John, Paramor and Martin jointly held the record for having produced the most UK Number 1 hit singles, despite Paramor having died 18 years earlier.17Paramor was a composer of studio albums, theatrical productions and soundtracks for film scores.18In 1958, a demo tape by Cliff Richard And The Drifters arrived on his desk. With no rock 'n' roller currently on his books, he contracted Richard, intending to play it safe with a US cover version with the Jones band, until he was persuaded to stick with the Drifters (soon renamed the Shadows) and push a group original ('Move It') as the a-side. Partly through newspaper publicity engineered by Paramor, 'Move It' was a huge hit, and a subsequent policy was instigated of Richard recording singles of untried numbers - among them, at Paramor's insistence, Lionel Bart's 'Living Doll'.19After the war he was the featured pianist with Harry Gold And His Pieces Of Eight, and toured with the lively Dixieland unit for five years.20The lyricist Tim Rice was Paramor's assistant producer for a time in the early 1960s.21English pianist, orchestrator, arranger and band leader of the 1930's and 40's. As musical director for EMI/Columbia from 1952, Paramor produced albums in varied genres, from swing to rock n' roll, to 'easy listening' music.

ncG1vNJzZmimlanEsL7Toaeoq6RjvLOzjqecrWWnpL%2B1tI6npquqmZp6sa3RmqSoql2jsrV51qipraBf