Gary Osborne

Professional

• Composer/Lyricist: Lyricist
• Genre: Songwriter
• Email: runnymedia@mac.com

Biography

Born in London and educated in Switzerland Gary followed his father, Musical Director Tony Osborne into the music business at the age of 15.

He is probably best known for contributing lyrics and backing vocals to five Elton John albums. Hits written with Elton include 'Blue Eyes', 'Part Time Love' and 'Little Jeanie' (a US million seller).
Gary also provided the lyrics for Jeff Wayne's 'War Of The Worlds' which has sold over 13 million copies so far. In 2005 this 28 year old album spent another ten weeks in the top 10 and in 2006 it toured The UK for the first time as a live show, playing to 90.000 punters at a dozen sold out gigs.

Other hits with Osborne lyrics include 'Amoureuse' by Kiki Dee and 'Forever Autumn' by Justin Hayward. Gary has also had songs recorded by artists as diverse as Alice Cooper, Cliff Richard, Wilson Pickett, Jennifer Warnes and The Righteous Brothers. His backing vocals credits include 'Sugar Baby Love', 'You Left Me Just When I Needed You Most' and 'Gonna Make You A Star'.

Gary has recently been providing lyrics for the Lil' Chris debut album, including the UK top 3 single 'Checkin' It Out'.

In his wasted youth Gary was a staff A&R man for RCA with his own show on the BBC world service. He went on to write and sing on hundreds of T.V. jingles including Pepsi, Ultrabrite, Shredded Wheat and Abbey National.

Gary is on the board of 'The British Academy Of Composers And Songwriters' for whom he chairs The Songwriters Executive and The IVORS Committee.

He divides his time between London and a round white beach house in Sussex overlooking the English Channel.

Gary Osborne can be contacted through the The Academy.