Barry Mason - Without you

Barry Mason - Without you

John Barry Mason is an English singer and a very prolific songwriter, born 12 July 1935 in Wigan, Lancashire. He wrote most of his successful songs in partnership with Les Reed and has won many gold and platinum awards for his work, including five Ivor Novello Awards, the most recent in 1998.

Some of his best-known songs and the artists that recorded them:

Tom Jones:

1. Delilah – 1967

2. Love me tonight – 1969

Engelbert Humperdinck:

3. The last waltz – 1967

4. Les bicyclettes de Belsize – 1968

5. Winter world of love – 1969

Petula Clark:

6. Kiss me goodbye – 1968

Edison Lighthouse:

7. Love grows (where my Rosemary goes) - 1970

Tony Christie:

8. Drive safely darling – 1977

He had only one South African Top 20 hit with “Without You”, a song written by Peter Shelley (who had a hit with “Love me, love my dog” in 1975). It was released on 7” single in 1975, as well as on the album “The Songwriter” in 1976, and reached #7 in 1976, charting for 14 weeks.