caption website associated_acts death_date death_place years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
gerald masters ' 1981 album http://www.geraldmasters.com flashman 5 february 2007 shrewsbury , england 1977 -- 2007 wolverhampton , england pye , handshake , island gerald masters solo_singer 17 february 1955 vocals , piano pop gerald_masters . jpg gerald masters
 gerald watkiss musician producer . , singer , recording artist , composer ,
gerald masters

gerald masters born gerald watkiss -lrb- february 17 , 1955 -- february 5 , 2007 -rrb- was a musician , solo artist and songwriter , achieving fame during the late seventies and early eighties .
after releasing four albums as a solo artist between 1977 and 1983 , he continued in the music business working as a producer/writer with island , working with artists including andy gibb , neville staples and the equators .
following this work , he struck up writing partnerships with aziz ibrahim -lrb- ex-simply red , stone roses -rrb- and paul beard -lrb- james blunt , robbie williams , leona lewis -rrb- .
in 2006 , masters decided to write and release his own material again , under the name rescue party , a collaboration with fellow co-writer and producer gareth rhys jones .
