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He is a jazz pianist, composer and lyricist who was a
member of Mongo Santamaria's band in the early 1960s and was
occasionally substituted by Herbie Hancock. He has written many songs that
have been successfully recorded by artists including Thelonius Monk,
Georgie Fame, Stan Getz and Matt Bianco. Hubert Laws was nominated for a grammy for his album Morning Star for which he wrote the title tune. Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames had
a No. 1 hit in the
UK
and No. 25 hit in the
US
with "Yeh, Yeh" for which he says "I wrote it in all of
15 minutes", and has also been a hit record for the 1980s group Matt
Bianco.
Matt Bianco
Recordings
Yeh Yeh (Rodgers Grant/Pat Patrick/Jon Hendricks)
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