George Shearing
George Shearing
Sir George Shearing, OBEwas a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300 titles, including the jazz standard "Lullaby of Birdland", had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s. He died of heart failure in New York City, at the age of 91...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth13 August 1919