p, 1922-2009 GB
Musician / Composer / Arranger / Conductor of Pop and Jazz
A.k.a. Edward Benjamin Osborne Sordo Gomez
Trumpet player, pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. Born: June 1922 nr Cambridge, England. Died: March 1st 2009 in Sydney, Australia. In the 1950's Tony Osborne was musical director, with his band the Brass Hats, for Britain's first pop music television show, the BBC’s Six-Five Special. When this was superceded by Juke Box Jury in 1959, he wrote and recorded its theme song "Juke Box Fury" as Ozzie Warlock and the Wizards. Melavano, Sordo Gomez and Laszlo Tabor are other noms de plume he sometimes used. Amongst the many artists he worked with, Tony Osborne wrote and arranged for Shirley Bassey, was musical director for Judy Garland's final concerts in 1969, made two albums with Eartha Kitt in 1984, and in the mid-1990's, aged 74 and the baby of the band, he came out of retirement to lead the last genuine Glenn Miller Orchestra on a tour of Australia, featuring the six surviving members of the bands led by Miller himself. His son is songwriter Gary Osborne, his daughter Jan was married to Kenny Jones of the Small Faces and The Who.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Piano & Rhythm | Bob Adams / Tony Osborne | 1981 | Album |
Great TV Themes | Tony Osborne | 1973 | Album |
Piano In The Night (The Pianos Of Tony Osborne) | Tony Osborne | 1967 | Album |
Big Deal/El Gaucho | Tony Osborne | 1966 | Single |
Nights To Remember With Tony Osborne: Great Film And Stage Themes | Tony Osborne | 1964 | Album |
Open House - Lovely Girl | Tony Osborne | 1964 | Single |
Open House | Tony Osborne | 1964 | Single |
CocktailTime | Tony Osborne | 1964 | Album |
Open House | Tony Osborne | 1964 | Single |
Ali Baba | Tony Osborne | 1963 | Single |
Acapulco 1922 / I Loved You | Tony Osborne | 1963 | Single |
Let's Dance With Tony | Tony Osborne | 1962 | Album |
Swings With Tony Osborne | Danny Williams, Tony Osborne | 1962 | Single |
Why Why Why | The Wise Boys With Accompaniment Directed By Tony Osborne | 1960 | Single |
That's Paris | Tony Osborne / Tony Osborne And His Orchestra | 1960 | Album |
Take Me Dreaming (Tivoli Melodie) | Tony Osborne | 1958 | Single |
The Best Of Broadway | Jack Hansen, Frank Chacksfield, Ivor Slaney, Tony Osborne | 1957 | Compil. |
Starlit Nights | Tony Osborne | 1957 | Album |
That's Paris | Tony Osborne | Album | |
Our Love Story | Tony Osborne | Album | |
That's Paris | Tony Osborne | Single | |
Oliver! | Tony Osborne | Single |
Tony Osborne voc, bvoc, acg Dance |
Tony Osborne And His Jazz Group |
Tony Osborne And His Orchestra Pop and Jazz |
Tony Osborne His Piano And Orchestra |
Tony Osborne's Three Brass Buttons Jazz and Pop |