Peter Moss is an English composer, musician, arranger and musical director who might be best known for the previous theme tune of Grange Hill which was composed in 1990.
Born in the Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal, London on July 23, 1948. ("Six minutes into being a Leo)" , Moss, a natural musician, had a classical upbringing, learning to play the viola, the contrabass, the piano, the guitar, as well as percussion. Born with a good voice...
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Peter Moss is an English composer, musician, arranger and musical director who might be best known for the previous theme tune of Grange Hill which was composed in 1990.
Born in the Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal, London on July 23, 1948. ("Six minutes into being a Leo)" , Moss, a natural musician, had a classical upbringing, learning to play the viola, the contrabass, the piano, the guitar, as well as percussion. Born with a good voice, he also sang both solo as well as in choral groups.
When young, Peter's working class family lived at Kensal Rise, North London. His father was a gifted musician, but frustrated in his ambitions. Although he could play virtually any instrument, he had to earn his living as a fireman to support a wife with three children (two boys and a girl, Peter is the oldest child). Peter's mother was not musical. "My mother had no career but sang extremely badly, so she was banned from singing to the wireless before breakfast."
He attended a nun's...
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