Editing Rod Argent (section)

===Solo career===
In 1978, Argent released his debut solo album ''Moving Home'' with many well-known musicians, including [[Gary Moore]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] drummer [[Phil Collins]], and [[Weather Report]] bass guitarist [[Alphonso Johnson]]. In 1980, he wrote a  musical titled ''Masquerade'' which premiered in London in 1982. In 1988, he issued another solo album, ''Red House''.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rod-argent-mn0000291826|title=Rod Argent|author=Huey, Steve|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=5 December 2015}}</ref>

Argent went on to play keyboards with a number of musicians, including piano on the [[Who Are You (The Who song)|title track]] of [[The Who]]'s album ''[[Who Are You]]'', and on ''[[Variations (Andrew Lloyd Webber album)|Variations]]'' with [[Gary Moore]], [[Julian Lloyd Webber]], and [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]. In the 1980s he began writing for television. In 1986, he composed the theme music for [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]]'s coverage of the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]], ''Aztec Gold'', which he released as a [[Single (music)|single]] under the name of ''Silsoe''. Also in 1986, he composed the theme music for ITV's ''[[The Two of Us (1986 TV series)|The Two of Us]]'' and for 1987's LWT series Bust. Two years later, the Argent/Van Hooke composition "Goal Crazy" was used by ITV's ''[[The Big Match|The Match]]'' from 1988 until 1992; and the duo also composed the now-familiar theme music for ITV's ''[[It'll Be Alright On The Night]]'', first used in series 6 in 1990 and then until 2008.  Argent also composed the theme music to the ITV ([[London Weekend Television|LWT]]) sitcom ''[[The Piglet Files]]'', which aired from 1990 to 1992.<ref name=bio />

In 1987, Argent formed a production company with ex-[[Van Morrison]] drummer [[Peter Van Hooke]] which produced a number of artists. In 1995, Argent produced [[Soraya (musician)|Soraya]]'s debut album ''[[On Nights Like This]]'' and her second album ''[[Wall Of Smiles]]''. Other albums the business partners produced included [[Tanita Tikaram]]'s ''[[Ancient Heart]]'' (1988), [[Nanci Griffith]]'s ''[[Late Night Grande Hotel]]'' (1991), [[Joshua Kadison]]'s ''[[Painted Desert Serenade]]'' (1993), and [[Jules Shear]]'s ''Healing Bones'' (1994).<ref name=bio />

In 1999, Argent recorded a solo piano album, ''Rod Argent Classically Speaking'', in which he played [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]] [[étude]]s and music by [[Maurice Ravel|Ravel]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]], and [[Edvard Grieg|Grieg]], as well as three of his own compositions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/classically-speaking-mw0001381647|title=Rod Argent Classically Speaking|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=5 December 2015}}</ref> In 2006, Argent joined [[Hamish Stuart]], [[Richard Marx]], [[Billy Squier]], [[Edgar Winter]] and [[Sheila E.]] to tour with [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ringostarr.com/ringo-starr-and-his-all-starr-bands-a-tour-history|title=Ringo Starr News|access-date=5 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009132217/http://www.ringostarr.com/ringo-starr-and-his-all-starr-bands-a-tour-history/|archive-date=9 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>