16 May: Happy Birthday Nicky Chinn

Nicholas Barry ‘Nicky’ Chinn (pictured – right - with Mike Chapman) is part of one of the most successful songwriting partnerships in music.

Chinn and the Australian-born Chapman composed a string of hits in the 1970s and early 1980s for the likes of Suzi Quatro, Sweet, Racey, Smokie, Tina Turner and Huey Lewis.