Gerard Kenny
Gerard Kenny (born Gerard W. Kenny, 8 July 1947, New York is a popular musi… Read Full Bio ↴Gerard Kenny (born Gerard W. Kenny, 8 July 1947, New York is a popular music singer-songwriter.
Kenny formed his first band whilst in high school and between then, and the early 1970s, he toured the club circuit. In 1968 he landed his first recording contract with Warner Bros. Records, and from that point until 1977 issued a number of singles that failed to break the charts. It was not until 1978 after moving to England that he scored his first hit single with "New York, New York" (an ode to his hometown) which spent two months in the UK Singles Chart, with its parent album Made It Through The Rain going Top 20 the following year. Another single on the RCA record label, "Fantasy" proved to be another chart hit in 1980. His composition "I Could Be So Good For You" was recorded]] by Dennis Waterman for the theme tune of the ITV series Minder and became a Top 10 hit single in the United Kingdom during 1980. It also gained an Ivor Novello Award for Kenny. In 1983, he began to work with Alan Jay Lerner on a musical adaption of My Man Godfrey, but Lerner died before it could be completed.
Since then Kenny has continued to record and release music periodically. His songs have been recorded by Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, Jack Jones, Marion Montgomery, Sacha Distel, James Last and Shirley Bassey, who recorded a song that he co-wrote with Lynsey de Paul, called "There's No Place Like London".
Discography
Singles
New York, New York - (1978) - UK No. 43
Fantasy - (1980) - No. 34
The Other Woman, The Other Man - (1984) - No. 69
No Man's Land - (1985) - No. 56
Album
Made It Through The Rain - (1979) - No. 19
Kenny formed his first band whilst in high school and between then, and the early 1970s, he toured the club circuit. In 1968 he landed his first recording contract with Warner Bros. Records, and from that point until 1977 issued a number of singles that failed to break the charts. It was not until 1978 after moving to England that he scored his first hit single with "New York, New York" (an ode to his hometown) which spent two months in the UK Singles Chart, with its parent album Made It Through The Rain going Top 20 the following year. Another single on the RCA record label, "Fantasy" proved to be another chart hit in 1980. His composition "I Could Be So Good For You" was recorded]] by Dennis Waterman for the theme tune of the ITV series Minder and became a Top 10 hit single in the United Kingdom during 1980. It also gained an Ivor Novello Award for Kenny. In 1983, he began to work with Alan Jay Lerner on a musical adaption of My Man Godfrey, but Lerner died before it could be completed.
Since then Kenny has continued to record and release music periodically. His songs have been recorded by Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, Jack Jones, Marion Montgomery, Sacha Distel, James Last and Shirley Bassey, who recorded a song that he co-wrote with Lynsey de Paul, called "There's No Place Like London".
Discography
Singles
New York, New York - (1978) - UK No. 43
Fantasy - (1980) - No. 34
The Other Woman, The Other Man - (1984) - No. 69
No Man's Land - (1985) - No. 56
Album
Made It Through The Rain - (1979) - No. 19
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Gerard Kenny Lyrics
D-D-Dancing-New York New York I was eating a gyro sandwich walking down Eighth Avenue When…
Do I Love You I knew the time had to come When I'd be held…
Do I Love You? I knew the time had to come When I'd be held…
Fantasy You are my fantasy And I've never loved so honestly, No on…
Getting To Know Each Other I call you and you call me It's funny how we…
Here's That Rainy Day Maybe I should have saved those left over dreams Funny, but…
I Love A Piano I knew the time had to come When I'd be held…
Love I knew the time had to come When I'd be held…
Nevertheless I knew the time had to come When I'd be held…
New York I was eating a gyro sandwich walking down Eighth Avenue When…
New York New York I was eating a gyro sandwich walking down Eighth Avenue Whe…
New York, New York I was eating a gyro sandwich walking down Eighth Avenue When…
Old Friend OLD FRIENDS - FOR PARDS You had the dreams I had the…
Old Friends OLD FRIENDS - FOR PARDS You had the dreams I had the…
So In Love I knew the time had to come When I'd be held…
Take Back Your Heartache Spoken: Are you ready girls? Let's hear you now Ooh Ooh…