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Mike Hurst has been a major player in the music industry for over 40 years.

An original member of the top British vocal group The Springfields, Mike then went on to become one of the most successful producers of the 60s, 70s and 80s. He has appeared on the Royal Command Performance, the Michael Parkinson Show, and received a Lifetime Achievement Gold Badge Award from the British Academy of Songwriters and Composers.

He achieved 52 top 40 singles and 25 gold and platinum albums with such major stars as Cat Stevens, Manfred Mann, The Move, Spencer Davies Group, Showaddywaddy, The Four Tops, Cilla Black, Shakin’ Stevens, and Belle & Sebastian.

Mike has also become a featured lecturer on the schools circuit, giving on average around 60 lectures per year, which cover the development of popular music over the last 500 years. He also plays with his own band, The All Stars, featuring Ray Fenwick, ex Spencer Davies Group and Ian Gillan Band on guitar, Clem Cattini, ex Tornados on drums, and Colin Farley, ex Cutting Crew on bass.

Mike also writes pantomimes and stage shows for children, and features in the current Guinness World Record book for the biggest number of family members on stage in a production. He fielded 24, children, grandchildren and spouses.