Tony Osborne

Tony Osborne reigned as one of the most in-demand arrangers in postwar British pop, enjoying his greatest success in tandem with a series of divas that spanned from Shirley Bassey to Eartha Kitt to Judy Garland. Born Edward Benjamin Osborne outside of Cambridge on June 29, 1922, as a teen he won several local honors for his prowess on the accordion, and made his professional debut at age 14, later proving a formidable presence on the piano as well. First called "Little Teddy" in honor of his father and grandfather, with whom he shared the same name, Osborne requested that peop...