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Mr. Lee Grant — Mr. Lee Grant 1967 (New Zealand, Beat/Pop)

Исполнитель: Mr. Lee Grant
Откуда: New Zealand
Альбом: Mr. Lee Grant
Год выхода: 1967
Жанр: Beat/Pop
Формат: MP3 CBR 320
Размер архива: 70.1 МB

Lee Grant, born Bogdan Charis Kominowski was born in a Nazi German concentration camp just outside of Düsseldorf, to Polish parents. His father died in the camp, but he and his mother survived and in 1949, emigrated to New Zealand where they settled in Palmerston North. He left school in 1963 and enrolled at Palmerston North Teachers College, after which he taught at West End School. While there he displayed considerable talent not only as a musician and singer, but also an artist. One particular teacher (Mrs. M. Foster) was so delighted with the friezes he drew around the top of her blackboard that she made a considerable effort to retain them even after he left teaching. He was well-liked by all his pupils and fellow teachers. Mr Lee Grant’s first recording was «Doo-Doodle-Do-Doo»/»As Long As I Have You» on Viscount in 1965. To promote the record, he travelled to Auckland for an appearance on Teen Scene. It was while doing that show, he met reporter, Dianne Cadwallader. She decided to become his manager and groomed the 21-year-old as a presentable soloist. Dianne secured guest spots at Teenarama in Wellington and a recording contract with HMV. She had him dressed by a Wellington fashion mogul and he quickly became New Zealand’s Mr. Mod. After two unsuccessful singles, Dianne managed to get him a spot on the hit New Zealand music show, C’Mon. The producer, Kevin Moore, was impressed and contracted Mr. Lee Grant as resident vocalist on C’Mon. During 1966–67 he went on three brief tours around New Zealand as a support artist to the Sandy Edmonds, Roy Orbison, The Walker Brothers and The Yardbirds package. This gave him quite a high level of exposure by the time C’Mon kicked off in February 1967. His next single «Thanks To You» was released in September 1967 just prior to the «Golden Disc Spectacular». «Thanks To You» also made it to number one on the National Charts and collected the 1967 Loxene Golden Disc award. To complete a magnificent year, Mr. Lee Grant also picked up the NEBOA Award for «Entertainer of the Year». A new single «Movin’ Away» in December 1967 stalled at the number two position. Then with a failure for the next – «Ave Maria» – not even making the charts, he was rescued by the follow-up single «Why Or Where Or When», which had him back at number one in March 1968, just as Mr Lee Grant was preparing to leave for Britain. On 3 March 1968, the biggest male star since Johnny Devlin flew out of Auckland bound for London. In his absence, he scored two more Top 10 hits in New Zealand. In June 1968 «Rivers Run Dry» reached number 5 and «Bless You» reached number 6 in August. Being away from his adoring fans, his popularity soon plummeted, and his record sales came to a halt. He did release some singles in England, however, as Lee Grant, but none of them were successful.

Tracks:
01. Havah Nagilah — 3:57
02. You Can Have Her — 2:43
03. The Real Thing — 2:09
04. Some Kind Of Magic — 1:48
05. Coloured Lights — 2:28
06. Opportunity — 2:12
07. Yo Yo — 2:42
08. Take My Hand — 2:24
09. Love — 2:03
10. The Coalman — 2:58
11. Spicks And Specks — 2:12
12. Thanks To You — 2:27

Personnel:
Lee Grant — vocals
Jimmie Sloggett, Garth Young — musical directors
Peter Hitchcock — engineer
Howard Gable, Nick Karavias — producers




Enjoy

 

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