Gerald Clive Westlake (25 December 1932 – 17 June 2000) was a British songwriter.He was born in Newport, Wales, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music before working as a songwriter with music publishers Carlin Music. He is most associated with songs written for Dusty Springfield, including "Losing You" (co-written with Tom Springfield) and "All I See Is You" (co-written with Ben Wiseman) — both of which peaked at no. 9 on the UK singles chart, in 1964 and 1966 respectively — and "I Close My Eyes and Count To Ten", which reached no. 4 in the UK in 1968. He also co-wrote "Here I Go Again" with Mort Shuman for The Hollies —a UK no. 4 in 1964 — and wrote songs recorded by Vera Lynn, Elvis Presley, Petula Clark, Cilla Black, Tom Jones, Roger Whittaker, Crystal Gayle and others.He moved to Nashville in 1980. He died at his home in Pegram, Tennessee, at the age of 67.His daughter Julia lives in Hamburg and is a well-known TV-presenter and radio broadcaster in Germany.
Short music: "Az oci mé se rozevrou I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten"
White Heat
2012
TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
The Wedding Tackle
2000
writer: "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten"
Wonderland
1999
writer: "I Close My Eyes and I Count to Ten"
Cracker
1995
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The Paper
1994
writer: "A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME"
The Two Ronnies
1974
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
1970
Documentary writer: "How the Web Was Woven"
The Deadly Bees
1966
writer: "Stop the Music" - uncredited
Go-Go Bigbeat
1965
Documentary writer: "Here I Go Again"
Seaside Swingers
1964
"Love Me Please", "All I Want Is You", "A Boy Needs a Girl", "Every Day's a Holiday", "Second Time Shy"
UK Swings Again
1964
Short writer: "Here I Go Again"
Just for Fun
1963
writer: "Little Boat", "Just For Fun", "Vote For Me", "Happy With You", "Just Another Girl", "Let Her Go", "What's The Name Of The Game?", "Kisses Can Lie", "Crazy Crazes", "Monument", "Everyone But You"
$200,000
