Johnny Keating

Johnny Keating Johnny Keating Scottish songwriter, arranger and trombonist (1927–2015) For other people with the same name, see John Keating. John Keating (10 September 1927 – 28 May 2015)[1] was a Scottish musician, songwriter, arranger and trombonist. This article needs additional citations for verification. (May 2015) Biography Keating was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1] After studying piano and trombone, he taught himself how to arrange and compose in his teens. From 1952, he worked with British big band leader Ted Heath as a trombonist, but within two years Heath asked him to become his primary arranger. In the early 1960s, he and songwriter Johnny Worth (writing as Les Vandyke) masterminded the career of a minor British pop star, Eden Kane. The…

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