John Grenell

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John Grenell
Grenell in the early 1970s
Background information
Birth name	John Denver Hore
Born	(1944-07-19)19 July 1944 Ranfurly, New Zealand
Died	27 July 2022(2022-07-27) (aged 78) Darfield, New Zealand
Occupations	Country singer, songwriter
Years active	1962–2022

John Denver Hore (19 July 1944 – 27 July 2022), better known by his stage name of John Grenell, was a New Zealand country singer and songwriter.^[1][2][3][4]

Career

Grenell had his first professional engagement in 1962, the year he finished high school, after placing third in a nationwide TV contest "Have a Shot".^{[citation needed]} He originally sang as John Hore, his stepfather's surname, but later changed to the family surname of Grenell. He recorded his first record album for Joe Brown in 1963, and made a further 16 albums between 1963 and 1974, some of which reached gold. He was the New Zealand representative to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee in 1966 and 1974.^{[citation needed]} He sang in America, Australia, Canada, England, and South Africa, and at various TV series, special events and a Royal Command performance. He wrote the New Zealand version of "I've Been Everywhere" with local place names in 1966.^{[citation needed]}

He returned to entertainment in 1989–90 with the album "Welcome to our World" which was a single (a cover of

• Introducing John Hore (Joe Brown, 1964)
• Encore (Joe Brown, 1965)
• My World (Joe Brown, 1965)
• Together (Joe Brown, 1966)
• Country Gentleman (Joe Brown, 1966)
• The Town & Country Sound Of John Hore U.S.A. (Joe Brown, 1966)
• Hit The Trail (Joe Brown, 1966)
• Take Ten (Joe Brown, 1967)
• My Kind Of Songs (Joe Brown, 1967)
• Country Style (Joe Brown, 1968)
• New Zealand Songs (Joe Brown, 1968)
• Sings Great Country Hits (Joe Brown, 1969)
• Great Country Songs By John Hore (Joe Brown, 1969)
• We Should Be Together (Joe Brown, 1972)
• Travellin' Singin' Man (Joe Brown, 1972)
• The Mountains Of Home (Joe Brown, 1973)
• Silver (Ode Records, 1988)
• Born In The West (Playa Sound, 1990)
• Welcome To Our World (CBS, 1990)
• Windstar - Aotearoa (Manu, 1991)

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