Les Reed (songwriter)
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Leslie David Reed OBE (24 July 1935 – 15 April 2019)[1][2] was an English songwriter, arranger, musician and light-orchestra leader.[3] His major songwriting partners were Gordon Mills, Barry Mason, and Geoff Stephens, although he wrote songs with many others such as Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook, Peter Callander, and Johnny Worth.
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Birth name | Leslie David Reed |
Born | (1935-07-24)24 July 1935 Woking, Surrey, England |
Died | 15 April 2019(2019-04-15) (aged 83) Petersfield, Hampshire |
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Occupation(s) | Songwriter, arranger, musician, orchestra leader |
Years active | 1959–2019 |
Reed co-wrote around sixty charting songs, and is best known for "It's Not Unusual", "Delilah", "The Last Waltz" and "Marching On Together". His songs gained a number of gold discs and Ivor Novello Awards. Allmusic noted that "In the mid-1960s, it was unusual for a British singles chart not to list a Les Reed song".[3] He won the British Academy Gold Badge of Merit in 1982.[3]