Biffco

Biffco are a music production and songwriting team from Brighton, England, formed by Richard Biff Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes. The group have worked with a number of highprofile artists, including Kylie Minogue, One Direction, Atomic Kitten, Ellie Goulding, Leona Lewis, Little Mix, Sophie EllisBextor and Will Young. They are also largely responsible for the rise of the Spice Girls, Five, and East 17. So far, Biffco have had 41 hit singles, including nine numberones. Stannard and Howes also worked as music directors and show song producers on The X Factor since 2010.

Richard Biff Frederick Stannard was born in 1966. His breakthrough in the music industry came with English boyband East 17. Stannard met singer and songwriter Tony Mortimer and introduced him to music manager Tom Watkins, who Stannard was dating at the time. Stannard went on to be the executive producer of East 17s debut album, Walthamstow , and produced two songs for the followup album, Steam .

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