Rick Guard
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Rick Guard
|image =
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|background = solo_singer
|origin = Chorley, Lancashire, England
|years_active = 2002–present
}}
Rick Guard is an English singer-songwriter who released his debut album, Hands of a Giant, in 2002.
Career
Guard's first single gained top twenty positions in eleven countries (in most of which he toured) and was in the top ten downloaded ringtones of that year.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} Amongst Guard and Rice's writing credits are hits for opera star Russell Watson, Canadian Ashley MacIssac, and opera singer, Jon Christos. Guard and Rice (Guard sang) wrote the title soundtrack to the movie The Truth About Love, starring Dougray Scott, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jimi Mistry. The pair have also written popular theme music for English, Australian and Polish TV shows. They also have a song included on a best-selling Sony PlayStation game.{{Cite news|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/on-guard-for-film-stardom-983964|title=On Guard for film stardom|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|date=22 February 2007|accessdate=2020-05-27}}[http://www.rickguard.net/BigBand.pdf] {{dead link|date=May 2020}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure/latest/3582554.interview-rick-guard/|title=Interview: Rick Guard|newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph|accessdate=2020-05-27}}
Appearances
Guard's gigging career so far includes performances in England for Elizabeth II, The Princess Royal, OK Magazine, Manchester United FC, Manchester City FC, the V2 summer festival, Children In Need with the BBC Orchestra, The Royal Festival Hall, Sky One TV, Granada TV, The Box video channel, MTV, Radio 2, Cardiff Red Dragon festival, Feel the Noise Festival Liverpool and other live public, corporate and private events and Manchester 235.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} Guard has received radio play on the majority of the independent, BBC and national radio stations, and particularly extensive airplay in Europe. Guard received the prestigious Belgian Zommerhit award. At the end of 2003, Guard's first single "Stop it I Like It" was in the top 75 of highest radio played records in the world chart. Guard has also gigged live events and TV in South Africa, France, Austria, Belgium, Poland, Egypt, Spain, Holland and Ireland working with artists such as Ronan Keating, Russell Watson, and Lionel Richie. He has played to TV audiences of four million and stadiums of up to 65,000 people.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldlive.co.za/herald/2003/03/31/lstyle/lst03_31032003.htm|title=HeraldLIVE|website=Heraldlive.co.za|accessdate=2020-05-27}}
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected details ! Title ! Details |
| scope="row" | Hands of a Giant
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=Charting singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS {{cite Ryan|page=121}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FIN ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FRA ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SPA |
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| scope="row"| "Stop It (I Like It!)"
| 2002 | 55 || 18 || 38 || 5 | Hands of a Giant |
References
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:English male singer-songwriters