ROGER GREENAWAY
Works include: Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart (performed by Marc Almond and Gene Pitney); Jeans On; You’re More than a Number in my Little Red Book; You’ve Got Your Troubles; Melting Pot; Coca Cola ‘I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing’ & ‘The Real Thing’; British Gas ‘Cookability’; Mars; Nescafe; Cinzano: ASDA; Jacobs Club; Jimbo and The Jet Set
Roger is one of the world's most successful commercial songwriters. Over a period of nearly 20 years, he and his partner Roger Cook have written more than 50 hits and collected 11 gold discs, 17 silver discs and a double platinum disc which they earned for their work on the Sean Cassidy album.
‘You've Got Your Troubles’, ‘Melting Pot’, ‘Home Loving Man’, ‘You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book’, ‘Like Sister, Like Brother’ and ‘Jeans On’ are among their many songs which have been recorded by some of the world's best known stars including Elvis Presley, Barbara Streisand, Andy Williams, Gene Pitney, The New Seekers, Cliff Richard, Crystal Gale and The Drifters. Roger still enjoys great chart success, the most notable of his recent hits being ‘Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart’ sung by Marc Almond and Gene Pitney, which held the number one slot for four weeks.
His prolific output has led to him winning two successive Ivor Novello Awards for Songwriter of the Year.
Roger's famous Coca Cola commercials ‘I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing’ and ‘The Real Thing’ have made him one of the most sought after jingle writers in the business. Among his other well known works are British Gas ‘Cookability’, Mars, Nescafe, Milk, Avon, Cinzano, Canada Dry, Duckhams Oil and Asda. Roger has recently co-written a charity single in aid of ‘Tickled Pink’, an organisation that promotes breast cancer awareness. Louise Redknapp performed the single.
Roger has served as Chairman and Deputy Chairman at PRS and is currently Vice President of ASCAP Europe.