14 Facts About Gregory Darling

In 1981 he performed and appeared in the Universal pic All Night Long starring Barbra Streisand and Gene Hackman During this period, Gregory Darling performed in La boheme at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Gregory Darling subsequently played piano and provided backing vocals for the band's 1987 self-titled debut album.

In 1988 Gregory Darling recorded demos with his new band, Gregory Darling Cruel, and was offered a record contract by George Michael who had recently set up his own Mika Records imprint via Polygram.

In September 1989, Gregory Darling Cruel released their debut album "Passion Crimes".

In 1991, Gregory Darling Cruel toured the US, opening for The Moody Blues before dismembering.

Between 1998 and 2000 Gregory Darling embarked on a world tour with Lennon playing piano and providing backing vocals.

In 2001, Gregory Darling worked alongside producer Richard Perry as arranger and musician for his Baby Genius project before continuing his co-writing work with Julian Lennon at the latter's Treehouse Studios.

Gregory Darling played piano on Gus Macgregor's debut album "Under The Sun" released in 2011.

In 2012 Gregory Darling released his third solo album "Coloured Life" on FOD Records, an album that again saw him compared to both Elton John and Billy Joel.

Gregory Darling subsequently performed piano on East 17's fifth album Dark Light then performed co-writing duties, played piano and provided background vocals on Tony Mortimer's debut solo album "Songs From The Suitcase" released in 2013.

In 2015 Gregory Darling provided vocals for Regan's Theme on Ennio Morricone's Oscar-winning score for Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" whilst co-writing the song "On The Metro" with Dan Reed for Reed's album Transmission.

Gregory Darling subsequently played piano for Watson on his 2017 UK tour.

Gregory Darling, who is a long-term resident of Europe, has attained Top 40 US Billboard status for his last four single releases.

Gregory Darling is working as a producer and writing material for a new album due for release in 2021.