Editing Mike Read (section)

===Song-writing===
In 1979, Read wrote and performed the pop-punk song "High Rise" (upon which his Radio 1 intro jingle was subsequently based) under the guise of The Trainspotters, following this in 1980 with "My Town", by his next studio group, The Ghosts. Read then wrote lyrics to the theme (composed by [[Simon May]]) for the [[Television and Radio Industries Club|TRIC Award]]-winning ''[[Trainer (TV series)|Trainer]]''; the resulting [[UK Singles Chart|UK Top 30]] single, "[[More to Life]]", was performed by [[Cliff Richard]]. In 1991, Read also provided a guest [[rapping|rap]] on "[[Radio Wall of Sound]]", UK Top 30 hit for [[Slade]].

After his appearance on ''I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'', Read recorded a charity single when he lyrically re-worked the [[Hank Mizell]] hit "Jungle Rock" and – as the Jungle Boys (with fellow ''I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'' contestants [[Neil Ruddock|Neil 'Razor' Ruddock]] and [[Charles Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket|Lord Brocket]]) – had a UK Top 30 hit single. The follow-up, which made the Top 75, was a new version of [[Mungo Jerry]] classic "[[In the Summertime (Mungo Jerry song)|In the Summertime]]". In 2005, Read's song "Grief Never Grows Old" featured on a charity recording in aid of victims of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|2004 tsunami]]. Performed by an ensemble of artists named [[One World Project]], the single reached No. 4 in the UK singles chart.

Read has written music to accompany many poems written by [[John Betjeman]]. Thirty of these songs were recorded by artists including Cliff Richard, [[David Essex]], [[Gene Pitney]] and [[Marc Almond]] for the 2006 various artists' album ''Words/Music'', and subsequently re-released in 2008 as a double CD titled ''Sound of Poetry''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}

On 19 October 2011, Read was presented with a [[BASCA]] Gold Badge Award in recognition of his contribution to music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.m-magazine.co.uk/features/gold-badge-awards-in-pictures/|title=Gold Badge Awards in pictures – M Magazine|date=26 October 2011|website=M-magazine.co.uk|access-date=30 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828132336/https://www.m-magazine.co.uk/features/gold-badge-awards-in-pictures/|archive-date=28 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>