Alain Whyte

Alain Whyte

Alain Whyte at a Morrissey concert. Roseland Ballroom, New York City, February 2000
Background information
Born (1967-07-03) 3 July 1967
Camden, London, England
Genres Rockabilly, pop, rock and roll
Occupation(s) Guitarist, composer, singer-songwriter
Years active 1991–present
Labels EMI, HMV, Sire, RCA, Mercury, Sanctuary
Associated acts

Morrissey
Johnny Panic
Red Lightning
Tiger Army

Setting Fires
Website Myspace.com/AlainWhytemusic
Notable instruments
Guitar, piano, bass, drums, vocals

Alain Gordon Whyte (pronounced Alan) (born 3 July 1967) is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is most known for being Morrissey's[1] main songwriting partner since 1991 and his lead guitarist from 1991–2004. He had previously been in the bands Rugcutters, Born Bad and the Memphis Sinners.[2] More recently, he has written for the likes of Madonna, Chris Brown, Rihanna, The Black Eyed Peas among many others. He won an ASCAP pop award in 2013 for his work as a songwriter on Chris Brown's hit single "Don't Wake Me Up".[3]

Personal life

Currently Alain Whyte resides in Los Angeles, California, United States with his wife and his son.

Morrissey

Whyte joined Morrissey's band in 1991 after appearing in the music video for his single "Sing Your Life". While playing on the Kill Uncle tour in 1991, Whyte co-wrote eight of the ten songs on the album Your Arsenal which was subsequently released in 1992. Whyte played lead guitar live with Morrissey from 1991 to 2004 until he was taken ill and replaced by Jesse Tobias. Whyte never returned to the touring act.

Whyte has co-written and/or performed on all of Morrissey's albums but three: Your Arsenal (1992), Vauxhall and I (1994), Southpaw Grammar (1995), Maladjusted (1997), You Are the Quarry (2004), Ringleader of the Tormentors (2006), and Years of Refusal (2009). As of Years of Refusal, Alain Whyte had a total of 81 known songwriting credits with Morrissey.

Songwriting credits with other artists

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2015

Songs written for TV

Production/mixing

Songwriting credits with Morrissey

As of Years of Refusal, Whyte has 81 known songwriting credits with Morrissey. Whyte's credits include:

Your Arsenal (1992)

Vauxhall and I (1994)

Southpaw Grammar (1995)

Maladjusted (1997)

You Are the Quarry (2004)

Ringleader of the Tormentors (2006)

Years of Refusal (2009)

Swords (2009)

Non-album singles and B-sides

Unreleased tracks

Other projects

Singles

Of Morrissey's 40 currently released singles, Whyte has written 16. However, Whyte did not join Morrissey's band until 1991. Since 1991, Morrissey has released 29 singles giving Whyte the credit of writing over half of Morrissey's singles since that time.

Morrissey

† Written by Whyte

Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams

Albums

Morrissey

Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams

Red Lightning

References

  1. Strong, Martin Charles; Peel, John (25 October 2004). The great rock discography. Canongate U.S. pp. 1040–. ISBN 978-1-84195-615-2. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. "Alain Whyte | The Daily". Dailyuw.com. 1997-05-08. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  3. "Most Performed Songs". Ascap.com. Retrieved 2014-08-24.

External links

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