Maybe It's because I'm a Londoner
Composer:
Hubert Gregg
Genre: World / Folk
Decade: 1923 to 1949
Submitted by: Russell Ambrose
Description:
Hubert Gregg (14 July 1914 – 30 March 2004) was a BBC broadcaster, writer and stage actor. At the end of his life he was probably best known for the BBC Radio 2 `oldies` shows A Square Deal and Thanks For The Memory. In an earlier era he had also been a novelist, a theatre director and a hit songwriter.
Born in Islington, London, he worked for the BBC from the 1930s onwards, wrote the wartime hit "I`m Going To Get Lit Up When The Lights Go On In London" in 1943, and on seeing the German Doodlebugs flying over London, composed the song "Maybe It`s Because I`m A Londoner" which became a hit and London folk anthem in 1947.
by: Russell Ambrose