Biography
Leslie David Reed (24 July 1935 – 15 April 2019) was an English songwriter, arranger, musician and light-orchestra leader. His major songwriting partners were Gordon Mills, Barry Mason, and Geoff Stephens, although he wrote songs with many others such as Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook, Peter Callander, and Johnny Worth. Reed co-wrote around sixty charting songs, and is best known for "It's Not Unusual", "Delilah", "The Last Waltz", "Kiss Me Goodbye," "There's a Kind of Hush," and "Marching On Together". His songs gained a number of Gold discs and Ivor Novello Awards. AllMusic noted that "In the mid-1960s, it was unusual for a British singles chart not to list a Les Reed song". He won the British Academy Gold Badge of Merit in 1982.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Omnium Gatherum
2022
Live In Las Vegas
1969
A Kind Of Hush
1976
Yesterday Once More
1985
Tom Jones' Greatest Hits
1973
The Singles 1974-1978
1978
This Is Tom Jones
1969
Gary Puckett And The Union Gap Featuring "Young Girl"
1968
The Shirley Bassey Singles Album
1975
Blooming Hits
1967
Aretha
2021
Live At The Palladium
1976
Sentimental Journey
1970
There's A Kind Of Hush All Over The World
1967
A' Go-Go
1966
The Carpenters Collection
1978
I'm Coming Home (20 Of The Finest Songs Of Tom Jones)
1978
Walking On New Grass
1968
Blaze
1967
A-tom-ic Jones
1966
The Sonny Side Of Chér
1966
American Hustle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013
(Let The Music Play) Supreme Rarities: Motown Lost & Found (1960-1969)
2008
Their Greatest Hits
1987
Credited work
11,145 releases · 2,373 albums · active 1959–2026
- Performance · 13,946
- Other credits · 1,873
- Production · 303
- Engineering · 11
Studios: Flamingo Las Vegas · Hansa Tonstudios · Abbey Road Studios · Chappell Recording Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Tom Jones
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Herman's Hermits
- Mireille Mathieu
- Petula Clark
- Claude François
- The Fortunes