Young, Kenny
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Name (Hebrew)
יאנג, קני, 1941-2020
Name (Latin)
Young, Kenny
Other forms of name
Giskan, Shalom
ינג, קני, 1941-2020
גיסקן, שלום, 1941-2020
Date of birth
1941-04-14
Date of death
2020-04-14
Place of birth
Jerusalem (Israel)
Place of death
Banbury (Oxfordshire, England)
Place of residence/headquarters
New York (N.Y.)
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Wikipedia description:
Kenny Young (born Shalom Giskan, April 14, 1941 – April 14, 2020) was an American songwriter, musician, producer and environmental campaigner who wrote and in some cases produced hit songs for The Drifters, Ronnie Dove, Herman's Hermits, Mark Lindsay, Reparata and the Delrons, Clodagh Rodgers, Quincy Jones, and Fox, among others. His most successful and famous songs as a writer include the Grammy Hall of Fame song "Under the Boardwalk" (co-written with Artie Resnick), and the Grammy Award winning song, "Ai No Corrida" (co-written with Chaz Jankel). From the late 1960s, he lived in the UK.
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