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Gerard W. Kenny (born July 8, 1947, New York City, United States) is an American singer-songwriter, based in London, England. In 1981, he received the Ivor Novello Award for Best Television Theme Music for his song "I Could Be So Good for You", the theme tune of the ITV series Minder.
Kenny formed his first band whilst in high school and between then and the early 1970s, he toured the club circuit. In 1968, he landed his first recording contract with Warner Bros. Records, and from that point until 1977 issued a number of singles that failed to break the charts. He also recorded for Buddah and Laurie; one of the singles on the latter titled "Happiest Man" is now collectable, selling for up to £200.[1]
Kenny relocated to London in 1977 and it was not until the following year that he scored his first hit single with "New York, New York (So Good They Named It Twice)" (an ode to his hometown), which spent two months on the UK Singles Chart, with its parent album Made It Through the Rain going top 20 the following year. Another single on the RCA label, "Fantasy", proved to be another chart hit in 1980, which is from Kenny's second album Living on Music, released the same year. The album saw success in the Philippines, and its lead single "Getting to Know Each Other" became a hit on local radio stations and was featured as a soundtrack in several films and TV shows within the country. It was later covered by local artists Ariel Rivera, Xian Lim, Billy Crawford, Sharon Cuneta and DK Tijam.[2] "Fantasy" was also covered by Regine Velasquez.
Kenny's composition "I Could Be So Good for You" was recorded by Dennis Waterman for the theme tune of the ITV series Minder and became a top 10hit single in the United Kingdom during 1980. It also gained an Ivor Novello Award for Kenny. In a 2021 interview, he spoke about the composition and reception of the song and how he met Waterman.[3]
In 1983, he began to work with Alan Jay Lerner on a musical adaption of My Man Godfrey, but Lerner died before it could be completed. However, two of the songs the pair had composed for this musical, namely "I've Been Married" and "Some People", later appeared on Kenny's album The Time Between the Time a decade later. Also this year, Kenny worked for Spike Milligan as the musical director for his show Spike Milligan and Friends, which toured across Australia.[4][5] In 1985, after moving to WEA, Kenny charted in the UK with another theme song, "No Man's Land", from the ITV drama series Widows.[6]
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Television Theme Music for his song I Could Be So Good for You the theme tune of the ITV series Minder Contents 1 Career 2 Selected discography 2 1 Albums 2 2 Singles 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditKenny formed his first band whilst in high school and between then and the early 1970s he toured the club circuit In 1968 he landed his first recording contract with Warner Bros Records and from that point until 1977 issued a number of singles that failed to break the charts He also recorded for Buddah and Laurie one of the singles on the latter titled Happiest Man is now collectable selling for up to 200 1 Kenny relocated to London in 1977 and it was not until the following year that he scored his first hit single with New York New York So Good They Named It Twice an ode to his hometown which spent two months on the UK Singles Chart with its parent album Made It Through the Rain going top 20 the following year Another single on the RCA label Fantasy proved to be another chart hit in 1980 which is from Kenny s second album Living on Music released the same year The album saw success in the Philippines and its lead single Getting to Know Each Other became a hit on local radio stations and was featured as a soundtrack in several films and TV shows within the country It was later covered by local artists Ariel Rivera Xian Lim Billy Crawford Sharon Cuneta and DK Tijam 2 Fantasy was also covered by Regine Velasquez Kenny s composition I Could Be So Good for You was recorded by Dennis Waterman for the theme tune of the ITV series Minder and became a top 10 hit single in the United Kingdom during 1980 It also gained an Ivor Novello Award for Kenny In a 2021 interview he spoke about the composition and reception of the song and how he met Waterman 3 In 1983 he began to work with Alan Jay Lerner on a musical adaption of My Man Godfrey but Lerner died before it could be completed However two of the songs the pair had composed for this musical namely I ve Been Married and Some People later appeared on Kenny s album The Time Between the Time a decade later Also this year Kenny worked for Spike Milligan as the musical director for his show Spike Milligan and Friends which toured across Australia 4 5 In 1985 after moving to WEA Kenny charted in the UK with another theme song No Man s Land from the ITV drama series Widows 6 Since then Kenny has continued to record and release music periodically His songs have been recorded by Barry Manilow Johnny Mathis Perry Como Jack Jones Marion Montgomery Sacha Distel James Last and Shirley Bassey who recorded a song that he co wrote with Lynsey de Paul called There s No Place Like London 7 8 Other notable songs co written by Kenny and de Paul include Just a Little Time the title track from de Paul s 1994 album 9 and Take Back Your Heartache which appeared on Kenny s 1995 album An Evening with Gerard Kenny Live 10 Selected discography EditAlbums Edit Made It Through the Rain 1979 UK No 19 Living on Music 1980 City Living 1981 The Music of Gerard Kenny 1984 All for a Dream 1984 Play Me Some Porter Please 1992 The Time Between Time 1994 An Evening with Gerard Kenny Live 1995 The Best of The Singles 1998 Coming Home 2005 11 Singles Edit Where Are You 1967 3 Weeks 4 Days 15 Hours 1967 Leave It to Me 1968 New York New York So Good They Named It Twice 1978 UK No 43 D D D Dancing 1979 Getting to Know Each Other 1980 Fantasy 1980 UK No 34 The Other Woman The Other Man 1984 UK No 69 No Man s Land 1985 UK No 56 11 References Edit Gerard kenny Happiest Man Laurie M Northern Soul auction details Popsike com Retrieved December 12 2016 Covers of Getting to Know Each Other by Gerard Kenny on WhoSampled WhoSampled EPISODE THREE Gerard Kenny Interview THE MINDER PODCAST August 12 2021 Park Records Gerard Kenny Retrieved July 27 2020 Gerard Kenny s Biography michaelcooper org uk Retrieved July 27 2020 no man 27s land widows theme full Official Chart History Official Charts Company Officialcharts com Retrieved December 12 2016 Shirley Bassey There s No Place Like London Born To Sing Towerbell UK TOW 90 45cat com Retrieved December 12 2016 There s no place like London Musical score 1985 May 11 2016 OCLC 84948692 CD Album Lynsey De Paul Just A Little Time 1994 45worlds com Retrieved April 7 2018 Gerard Kenny An Evening With Gerard Kenny Live Discogs Retrieved April 7 2018 a b Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 299 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 External links EditGerard Kenny s official website Gerard Kenny at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gerard Kenny amp oldid 1136454370, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
