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- Birth nameKenneth John Gregori
- Johnny Gregory was born on October 12, 1924 in Camden Town, London, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Strongroom (1962), Electric Dreams (1984) and Serena (1962). He died on April 23, 2020 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
- He was a British bandleader who also recorded n the late 1950s, Latin-flavoured album as Nino Rico and as Chaquito.
- He won an Ivor Novello Award in 1976 for "Introduction and Air to a Stained Glass Window".
- He was a composer and has written the music for some 27 films, scored over 500 compositions and made over 2000 records which span the broad scope from light music, to Latin American, to Oriental.
- In 1960, he began to make his own records, with The Cascading Strings, as part of the Philips record label's easy listening albums.
- He also collaborated with vocalists including Cleo Laine and Nana Mouskouri.
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