Researching Bill Padley
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The name Bill means "Form of WILLIAM - resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of Bill Padley on Ancestry
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Bill Padley
Bill Padley (born March 1961) is a Scottish award-winning record producer and songwriter.
He, along with Jem Godfrey, won an Ivor Novello Award on 25 May 2006, for the Christmas number 1 record and best selling single of 2005, "That's My Goal", by The X-Factor's Shayne Ward. Shayne Ward's first single, "That's My Goal", was released in the UK on 21 December 2005. After selling 742,000 copies in the first week (including 313,000 on its first day), it became the Christmas number one single of 2005, held the top spot for four weeks and stayed in the UK Singles Chart until June 2006, a 21-week run. It became (at that time) the fourth fastest-selling UK single of all time, beaten only by Elton John's "Candle in the Wind", Will Young's "Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen", and Gareth Gates' "Unchained Melody" which sold 685,000, 403,000 and 335,000 copies in their first days of sale respectively. To date, "That's My Goal" has sold over 1.3 million copies in the UK.
Padley is also credited with three other UK and international No. 1 hit singles in the UK Singles Chart, including Atomic Kitten's "Whole Again" which earned him a further two Ivor Novello Award nominations in 2002 and is the biggest selling song of the 21st century in the UK by a girl band.
He also produced and added additional melody and lyrics to the number one UK single "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" for Atomic Kitten.
Padley was the producer and remixer of the international hit version of "Kiss Kiss" by Holly Valance.
He also had a long and successful career as a radio presenter, notably with Radio Victory, Radio Clyde, BBC GLR, and Isle of Wight Radio, and currently broadcasts on Talk Radio Europe.
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