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Dave Stewart是當代音樂界最受尊崇的音樂人之一。他多才多藝，涉足多個媒體領域，創(chuàng)作了大量優(yōu)秀的 音樂、電影以及攝影作品。 在25年的職業(yè)生涯中，Dave與Annie Lennox搭檔組建的Eurythmics唱片銷量累積達750萬張，并于1999年被“全英音樂獎”授予終身成就獎。從2000年起，Dave還與眾多世界知名音樂人士共同創(chuàng)作歌曲，如Bono、Bryan Ferry、Gwen Stefani、Anastacia和Shakira等。由于Dave同時也是一名優(yōu)秀的吉他手，他還與BB. King、U2、Eric Clapton、Bruce Springsteen、Mick Jagger和Bob Dylan等人合作演出。Dave曾4次榮獲英國最佳制作人獎、5次獲英國最佳作曲家獎、和多次格萊美獎、音樂電視獎和歐洲獎。另外，Dave還獲得銀色音符終身成就獎以及全英音樂特別獎。 Dave也是一名廣受贊譽的電影音樂人。他和老朋友Mick Jagger一起，為Charles Shyer導演、Jude Law主演的電影《阿爾菲》（Alfie）所作的插曲，一舉拿下金球獎的最佳原創(chuàng)音樂獎、美國影評人協(xié)會獎和世界電影配樂獎。

作為一名職業(yè)攝影師，Dave的成就也是有目共睹的。他拍過很多競選廣告和雜志封面，并為英國政府和英國廣告行業(yè)作過很多創(chuàng)意講座。在巴黎現(xiàn)代藝術博物館、紐約惠特尼博物館和倫敦撒切爾畫廊，他都舉辦過個人作品展或團體展。 不僅如此，Dave還是一名有著強烈社會責任感的音樂家。在2003年，他獲前南非總統(tǒng)曼德拉的邀請，參與幫助世界上對抗艾滋病的斗爭。曼德拉給了Dave他在監(jiān)獄服刑時的號碼46664，用作為對抗艾滋病進行籌款，Dave更因此與Bono、 Queen等樂壇中堅份子舉辦了一場南非最大的音樂會。Dave現(xiàn)在居住在洛杉磯，他在那里開設了一個新的媒體公司“大眾娛樂武器”（Weapons of Mass Entertainment）。最近，他還被聘為美國加利福尼亞州奧林匹克委員會首席創(chuàng)意顧問。

Best known as one-half of the groundbreaking synth-pop duo Eurythmics, Dave Stewart was also a highly successful producer and, on occasion, a solo artist. David A. Stewart (as he also sometimes was credited on record) was born September 9, 1952 in Sunderland, England; the product of an upper-middle class family, he enjoyed his first taste of musical success during the early 1970s while fronting the band Longdancer. The group seemed poised for big things after signing to Elton John's Rocket Records, but they quickly fizzled out; Stewart soon resurfaced in a variety of short-lived groups, and eventually began writing songs with friend Peet Coombes. In the late 1970s he was also introduced to an aspiring singer named Annie Lennox; the two became lovers, and with Coombes they formed a group dubbed the Tourists, issuing a trio of new wave-influenced LPs between 1979 and 1980.

When the Tourists came to a halt in late 1980, Stewart and Lennox's romance ended as well; they agreed to continue their musical partnership, however, rechristening themselves Eurythmics. Their soulful synth-pop sound was created solely via Stewart's technological mastery, capped off by Lennox's powerful vocals; after the title track of 1983's Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) became an international smash, Eurythmics rose to become one of the 1980s' most successful and innovative artists, scoring such major hits as 1984's "Here Comes the Rain Again," 1985's "Would I Lie to You?" and 1986's "Missionary Man." In 1985, Stewart also scored his first outside success as a producer, working on Aretha Franklin's comeback album Who's Zoomin' Who; that same year, he also helmed Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' hit Southern Accents. In the years to follow, he went on to produce music for Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan and the Neville Brothers.

By the end of the 1980s, Eurythmics' popularity was on the decline, and after 1989's We Too Are One failed to recapture the magic of their earlier work, they essentially disbanded, with only a hits compilation and a live LP to follow. Stewart, who in 1987 had married Bananarama/Shakespear's Sister vocalist Siobhan Fahey, initially turned to soundtrack work, scoring Lily Was Here in 1989; a year later, he put together a new band, the Spiritual Cowboys, with ex-Pretenders drummer Martin Chambers. Sporting a more atmospheric, guitar-driven sound than his previous work, the Spiritual Cowboys issued two albums, a 1990 self-titled effort and 1991's Honest, neither of which caught on with audiences. Stewart then spent the next several years in relative silence, accepting a few production jobs but otherwise staying out of the limelight. In 1995, he finally issued his proper solo debut, Greetings From the Gutter.