Paul O'Duffy - click to enlarge picture O'Duffy, Paul "Staveley" (mixer)

He was born in London in June 1963 and has been working in recording studios since he was 16. He changed his name from Paul O'Duffy as his brother kept receiving his royalty cheques. "Staveley" is his mother's maiden name. Early in his career, he spent a few years in New York doing club remixes for artists including Stephanie Mills, Bar-Kays and Animotion. He returned to the UK and achieved world-wide success with Swing Out Sister, Was (Not Was), The Beloved, Lisa Stansfield, The Pretenders, The House Of Love and Marvin Gaye, to name but a few, he has had BPI and Grammy nominations. He also mixed a few tracks for Stephen in the mid '80s, most noticeably both the album version and the Inversion of "I Love You" and the 1985 remix of "Hold It". He also produced 70% of Designer Beatnik for Dr. Calculus.