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Murray Grindlay first rose to prominence as the lead singer in the 60s blues band The Underdogs. Since then he has written the music for a number of feature films, such as Sleeping Dogs, Once...
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New Zealand musician Murray Grindlay, known to many as “Monte Video” from his 1982 international smash hit “Shoop-Shoop, Diddy-Wop, Cumma-Cumma, Wang-Dang” a...
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Jul 21, 2015 · 21 Jul 2015. Having a shot glass chucked at his face after a gig in an Auckland bar in the mid-1970s changed Murray Grindlay’s life. In the days following, with stitches in his left cheek, he retired from the live music scene to concentrate on writing jingles.
Overview. 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.
Murray Grindlay first rose to prominence as the lead singer of somewhat rebellious 60s blues band The Underdogs. Since then he has written music for movies Sleeping Dogs, Once Were Warriors and Broken English, as well as hundreds of TV commercials, including the classics Dear John and the Great Crunchie Train Robbery.
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Jun 17, 2000 · This week on Musical Chairs Murray Grindlay recalls the history of the Underdogs. These days Grindlay is one of New Zealand's most sought after jingle writers, but in the late 60's he was the singer with the 'enfants terrible' of the kiwi music scene.
