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- One of our most enduring anthems evolved when Murray Grindlay was commissioned by a Wellington advertising agency to write a song to play over the speakers at All Black games for the crowd to sing along to. Grindlay wrote ‘Give Em A Taste of Kiwi’ and sang the song as well, under the guise of Black Bolt and The Silver Ferns.
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Grindlay began in 1977 by joining David Calder and Mathew Brown on the score for breakthrough New Zealand movie Sleeping Dogs. Grindlay concentrated on songs, composing six, often country-tinged tunes — including singing duties on opener 'Don't Look Back'.
Murray Grindlay "Sailing Away" is a 1986 single by a supergroup of New Zealand singers and personalities, to promote New Zealand yacht KZ 7 in the 1987 America's Cup . It spent nine weeks at #1 in the single chart, the longest run of a New Zealand single until 2009.
Jul 21, 2015 · The 1977 soundtrack to the New Zealand feature Sleeping Dogs, directed by Roger Donaldson. It featured three Murray Grindlay tracks as well as his songs being performed by other singers.
Jan 23, 2014 · Murray Grindlay is probably best known to most New Zealanders as the voice of dozens TV jingles. He also played in The Underdogs, Brew and Cruise Lane among others (let's forget Monte Video). He has also contributed to several soundtracks including Broken English, Once Were Warriors and Sleeping Dogs were this single comes from.
Jun 15, 2017 · Murray Grindlay wrote 'Give Em a Taste of Kiwi' and recorded it as Black Bolt and the Silver Ferns in 1980. Backing him were Neil Edwards, Red McKelvie and Murray McNabb.
Oct 15, 2018 · Murray Grindlay “55 dollars a week digging holes for trees for the Auckland Council,” sings Murray Grindlay . Trouble is, the wages barely pay his rent nor do they keep him in alcohol.
Composer, musician and singer Murray Grindlay has been called the "jingles king" of New Zealand, having created some of the most beloved songs in Kiwi commercials — from the Crunchie Train Robbery ad to the iconic Mainland cheese orchestral score.
