Mike Leander
| Mike Leander | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Michael George Farr |
| Born |
30 June 1941 Walthamstow (then Essex, now East London), England |
| Died | 18 April 1996 (aged 54) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Arranger, record producer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1963–1996 |
| Labels | Bell/Decca/Atlantic/MCA |
| Associated acts | Marianne Faithfull, The Rolling Stones, David McWilliams, Billy Fury, Marc Bolan, Joe Cocker, The Small Faces, Van Morrison, Alan Price, Peter Frampton, Keith Richards, Shirley Bassey, Gary Glitter, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Lulu, Jimmy Page, Roy Orbison, Brian Jones, Gene Pitney |
Michael George Farr (30 June 1941 – 18 April 1996), professionally known as Mike Leander, was an English arranger, songwriter and record producer.
He worked variously with David McWilliams ("The Days of Pearly Spencer"), Gary Glitter, the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones, Marianne Faithfull, Andrew Loog Oldham, Joe Cocker, Billy Fury, Marc Bolan, the Small Faces, Van Morrison, Alan Price, Peter Frampton, Keith Richards, Shirley Bassey, Lulu, Jimmy Page, Roy Orbison, Ben E. King, the Drifters, Gene Pitney and the Beatles. Leander also wrote the score for the films, Privilege and Run a Crooked Mile.
Born in Walthamstow, East London, Leander won a scholarship to Bancroft's School in Woodford Green, Essex where he was educated from 1952, until 1959.
Mike Leander started his career as an arranger with Decca Records in 1963 and Bell Records in 1972 and worked with such musicians as Marianne Faithfull, Billy Fury, Marc Bolan, Joe Cocker, the Small Faces, Van Morrison, Alan Price, Peter Frampton, Keith Richards, Shirley Bassey, Lulu, Jimmy Page, Roy Orbison, Brian Jones and Gene Pitney. He is perhaps best known as co-writer and producer for Gary Glitter throughout the 1970s.
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