Stuart Emerson

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| instrument = Guitar

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| associated_acts = Lorraine Crosby; Meat Loaf; Bonnie Tyler

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Stuart Emerson is a background vocalist and session musician playing drums, bass, keyboards and guitar. He has worked on albums for artists including Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler.

His first recordings were with NWOBHM band Emerson which included Simon Blewitt (a.k.a. Sam Blue), Stuart Emerson, Brian Emerson, Dru Irving, Jon Sellers. They released their debut single "Something Special" in 1983 on Neat Records without much commercial success. Other members of the band who did not appear on the single include Charles McKenzie, and Mick White (later of Samson).

Emerson met singer Lorraine Crosby in Newcastle upon Tyne when he was looking for a singer for his band. They began writing together, and also became a couple. In the early 1990s, Crosby sent songwriter and producer Jim Steinman some demos of songs she had written with Emerson. Steinman asked to meet them, and the couple decided that they would move to New York City to give their careers a boost. They then followed Steinman after he moved to Los Angeles, living in the Magic Hotel, where all of Meat Loaf's band were staying, until they could find somewhere permanent to live. Crosby performed on song "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"

He was asked to perform on the album Frankie Millers Double Take and is credited with a duet with Frankie for his production on the track Out on The water

He did backing vocals with his wife on several tracks on this amazing album

He is currently recording and writing with John Parr of St Elmo’s fire fame and writing and recording with his now wife Lorraine

Notable appearances include:

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! Year

! Artist

! Song/Album written/co-written/produced/backing vocal

! Charts

! Ref

1993

|Meat Loaf

| Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (backing vocal)

| UK #1, USA #1

|{{cite AV media notes |title=Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell |year=1993 |others=Meat Loaf |type=booklet |publisher=Virgin |id=CDV2710 - 7243 8 39067 27 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/|title=Official Charts - Home of the Official UK Top 40 Charts|website=Officialcharts.com|accessdate=21 July 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/|title=Billboard - Music Charts, News, Photos & Video|website=Billboard.com|accessdate=21 July 2020}}

1995

| Bonnie Tyler

| Free Spirit (songwriter/producer)

| Swiss #39, Austria #43, Norway #22

|,{{cite web |url=http://www.bonnietyler.se/bio.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-03-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811014614/http://www.bonnietyler.se/bio.htm |archive-date=2010-08-11 }}{{Cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/album/Bonnie-Tyler/Free-Spirit-2180|title=Bonnie Tyler - Free Spirit - swisscharts.com|website=Swisscharts.com|accessdate=21 July 2020}}

2004

| Bonnie Tyler

| Simply Believe (songwriter/producer)

|France #18, Swiss #35, Belgium #25

|{{Cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/album/Bonnie-Tyler/Simply-Believe-4934|title=Bonnie Tyler - Simply Believe - swisscharts.com|website=Swisscharts.com|accessdate=21 July 2020}}

2004

| Bonnie Tyler, Matthias Reim

| Vergiss Es (songwriter)

|Germany #64

|{{Cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/artist/Bonnie_Tyler|title=Bonnie Tyler - swisscharts.com|website=Swisscharts.com|accessdate=21 July 2020}}

2005

| Bonnie Tyler

| Wings (songwriter/backing vocal)

|France #133

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2016

| Frankie Miller

| Frankie Miller's Double Take (featuring/presenting)

|Scottish #11, UK #100

|,{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20161007/40/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|accessdate=21 July 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20161007/7502/|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|accessdate=21 July 2020}}

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