Eric Norman Woolfson (18 March 1945 – 2 December 2009)[1] was a Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, executive producer, pianist, and co-creator of the band the Alan Parsons Project, who sold over 50 million albums worldwide.

During the following years, Woolfson wrote songs for artists such as Marianne Faithfull, Frank Ifield, Joe Dassin, the Tremeloes, Marie (French singer), Marmalade, Dave Berry, Peter Noone, and the Poets.

He also signed a deal with Southern Music, where he worked alongside composers and lyricists such as Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

His first two signings were Carl Douglas (whose record "Kung Fu Fighting" (1974) was one of the biggest selling hits of all time) and engineer/record producer Alan Parsons.

In 1974, Woolfson met record producer Alan Parsons at the Abbey Road Studios in London where both were working on different projects.

Parsons asked Woolfson to become his manager and they worked together with a number of bands and artists including Pilot, Cockney Rebel, John Miles, Al Stewart, Ambrosia and the Hollies.

Woolfson explained his career switch during an interview in 2004: I eventually developed The Alan Parsons Project as a vehicle but then I realised that there was more to it than that and that Andrew Lloyd Webber was right and that the stage musical was a fulfilling media for a writer like myself.

A fourth musical Edgar Allan POE, based on the life of the author, was given a world premiere concert production at Abbey Road studios, London in 2003.

[7] Dancing with Shadows (inspired by the anti-war play Forest Fire by the Korean playwright Cham Bum-Suk and with a book by Ariel Dorfman) was premiered in July 2007 in Korea.