Mike Leander

Mike Leander

Michael George Farr

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In the collection

3 records
Harlem Lady David McWilliams, 1967 Singles Collection✱ The London Years The Rolling Stones, 1989 (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? Oasis, 1995

Played with

The Rolling Stones 1 record together Oasis 1 record together David McWilliams 1 record together Bill Wyman 1 record together Charlie Watts 1 record together Keith Richards 1 record together Brian Jones 1 record together Mick Taylor 1 record together Mick Jagger 1 record together Ian Stewart 1 record together Andrew Loog Oldham 1 record together Jimmy Miller 1 record together

About

Born: 30th June 1941 in Walthamstow (then Essex, now East London), England
Died: 18th April 1996 in London, England

British arranger, songwriter, record producer & founder of RAM (Rock Artistes Management) with (who ran , the publishing arm) during the ‘glam rock’ years.

Leander worked as a producer for the Decca and Bell companies through the 60s and 70s and wrote a number of songs with Charles Mills. He then became a hit-making and popular songwriter with a number of glam-rock bands in the 70s.

He provided orchestral arrangements on The Beatles’ ‘Sgt Pepper’ album and was executive producer on the “Jesus Christ Superstar” album, from which his association began with Paul Gadd (aka Paul Raven) - whom he turned into “Gary Glitter”, with a string of hit singles.