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Mike Leander

English arranger, songwriter and record producer

Michael George Farr (30 June 1941 – 18 April 1996), known professionally as Mike Leander, was an English arranger, songwriter and record producer.

He worked variously with Cliff Richard, the Beatles, David McWilliams ("Days of Pearly Spencer"), Gary Glitter, the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones, Marianne Faithfull, Andrew Loog Oldham, Joe Cocker, Billy Fury, Marc Bolan, Small Faces, Van Morrison, Alan Price, Peter Frampton, Keith Richards, Shirley Bassey, Lulu, Jimmy Page, Roy Orbison, Ben E. King, the Drifters, and Gene Pitney. Leander also wrote the score for the films Privilege (1967) and Run a Crooked Mile (1969).

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Works

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  • A domani amore
  • Another Rock and Roll Christmas
  • Gut dabei
  • Hello
  • He’s a Better Man Than Me
  • I’m the Leader of the Gang (I Am!)
  • I’ve Been a Bad Bad Boy
  • Makes You Blind
  • Morning Sun
  • Rock & Roll, Part 2
  • Rock ’n’ Roll ’94, (Parts 1 & 2) (live)
  • The Sha La La Song
  • The Treat of 42nd Street
  • What Have I Done Wrong
  • À demain my darling