Gary Osborne

Date de naissance 1949 à London, England, Grande-Bretagne

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Gary Osborne

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Gary Osborne (born in London) is an English singer and songwriter from the United Kingdom.

Career

Born in London in 1949, Gary is the son of the late musical director Tony Osborne. Gary Osborne was educated in Switzerland and entered the music industry at the age of 15. [1]

As a teenage songwriter Osborne had recordings by the likes of Nana Mouskouri and Val Doonican and at age 17 had his first US chart entry with "On The Other Side" by The Seekers, which he wrote with Tom Springfield.

Osborne's early career included presenting the 60's radio show Cool Britania on the BBC World Service and a stint with RCA Records in its A&R department. In the early 70"s he was active in television jingles, writing and performing hundreds of songs for brands such as Pepsi, Shredded Wheat and Abbey National.[1] Gary and his then musical partner, Paul Vigrass also, released two albums: Queues in 1972 and Steppin' Out in 1974. Vigrass and Osborne made the US top 50 with Men Of Learning and the Japanese top 3 with Forever Autumn (originally a jingle for Lego Toys).

His first UK hit was "Amoureuse", sung by Kiki Dee, co-written with Veronique Sanson and co-produced by Elton John.

Osborne went on to collaborate with Elton John throughout the album A Single Man, and on parts of the albums, 21 at 33, The Fox, Jump Up!, and Leather Jackets. The three biggest singles co-written by Elton John and Gary Osborne were "Part Time Love" from 1978, "Little Jeannie" a U.S million seller in 1980, and the worldwide hit "Blue Eyes" from 1982.[1]

Osborne was principal lyricist on the best-selling concept album Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.

More recent work includes the 2006 UK top 3 hit Checkin' It Out by Lil' Chris.

Gary's collaboration with Richard Kerr yielded the US hit I'm Dreaming for Jennifer Warnes and "Making The Best Of A Bad Situation" for Millie Jackson's Still Caught Up album, as well as cuts by Jimmy Helms, Cliff Richard, The Edwin Hawkins Singers and The Righteous Brothers.

He co-wrote songs for Albert Hammond's 1982 album Somewhere in America.

I Am The Future, written with Lalo Schifrin for the soundtrack of the movie Class of 1984, was performed by Alice Cooper.

Osborne's credits as a backing vocalist include "Sugar Baby Love" by The Rubettes, "You Can Make Me Dance" by Rod Stewart and The Faces, "Part Time Love" and "Little Jeannie" by Elton John, Randy VanVarmer's "You Left Me Just When I Needed You Most" and "Gonna Make You A Star (I don't fink so)" by David Essex.

Gary Osborne chairs The Songwriters Executive of the British Academy Of Songwriters Composers and Authors and is also Chairman of The Ivor Novello Awards.

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