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Paddy Roberts
real name John Godfrey Owen "Paddy" Roberts
Paddy Roberts is credited on 589 releases across 203 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2019 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
589
Credits
203
Albums
7
Decades active
10
In collections
Biography
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Singer, songwriter. Popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
Born 1910 in Durban, South Africa Died 24 August 1975 in Dartmouth, Devon, UK.
Roberts was five times the winner of an Ivor Novello Award, four for songwriting and one for services to the British Music Industry.
He charted 16 times between 1937 and 1960 including two #1 chart toppers in the U,.K.--first with "Softly Softly" by Ruby Murray in 1955 (English lyrics co-written by ) based on "La tamise et mon jardin" by Pierre Dudan. His second #1 was "Lay Down Your Arms" by Anne Shelton in 1956 (co-written by Ake Gerhard & Leon Landgren). He had six other top 10 U.K. songs and one top 10 in the U.S.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
589 releases · 203 albums · active 1951–2019
- Performance · 680
- Other credits · 10
Studios: Chappell Recording Studios · Cherokee Studios · Larrabee Sound Studios · Trident Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Eve Boswell
- Lonnie Donegan
- Ruby Murray
- Malcolm Vaughan
- Frankie Vaughan
- The Chordettes
- Anne Shelton
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