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Mike Leander

real name Michael George Farr

Mike Leander is credited on 4,823 releases across 1,050 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,823

Credits

1,050

Albums

7

Decades active

1,207

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Biography

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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 Eddie Seago (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.

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Credited work

4,823 releases · 1,050 albums · active 1962–2026

  • Performance · 5,228
  • Production · 1,623
  • Other credits · 656
  • Engineering · 2

Studios: Regent Sound Studios · Rockfield Studios · Abbey Road Studios · I.B.C. Studios

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