Greg London (born December , ) is an American singer, entertainer and
impressionist. After a solo hit show in London's West End, he enjoyed
a lengthy residency in Reno, Nevada before announcing his move to the
Las Vegas Strip in mid-.London was born in Northern California to an
English mother and an American father. When he was a young boy he
moved with his mother to England where he went to school, but they
continued to travel back and forth between England and California. As
a child he played the trumpet with his grandfather in the Salvation
Army's local brass band, and later played first chair trumpet in the
California Youth Symphony. Greg is the godson of English trumpeter
Ronnie Hunt, whose claims to fame include the Coronation Street
signature tune, London taught himself to play several musical
instruments, and regularly performs the trumpet, guitar, piano,
harmonica and percussion instruments in his shows. A student of
Dramatic Arts from to at Cabrillo College, College of Marin, Deanza
College and workshops at UCSC, he trained in acting at San Francisco
Dramatic Arts under James Dunn and Harvey Susser.He performed in
theatre and musical comedy in England and America, beginning as a
child in Windsor near London, UK, and in his early twenties south of
San Francisco he starred as Billy Crocker in Anything Goes with the
Civic Light Opera, opposite stage legend Chita Rivera as Reno Sweeney.
He auditioned for film and television, gaining several small roles
during this same time. His first recording release, Alive Again in
Santa Cruz (), sold a few thousand copies through East Records, Tokyo,
Japan.London formed a band in , playing many hundreds of dates in
clubs all over California, Nevada, Arizona and Colorado. He began
developing his singing voice, and was discovered in Pebble Beach,
California by Jack Welch of General Electric, which led to many
opportunities to play at varied events in the corporate world.
impressionist. After a solo hit show in London's West End, he enjoyed
a lengthy residency in Reno, Nevada before announcing his move to the
Las Vegas Strip in mid-.London was born in Northern California to an
English mother and an American father. When he was a young boy he
moved with his mother to England where he went to school, but they
continued to travel back and forth between England and California. As
a child he played the trumpet with his grandfather in the Salvation
Army's local brass band, and later played first chair trumpet in the
California Youth Symphony. Greg is the godson of English trumpeter
Ronnie Hunt, whose claims to fame include the Coronation Street
signature tune, London taught himself to play several musical
instruments, and regularly performs the trumpet, guitar, piano,
harmonica and percussion instruments in his shows. A student of
Dramatic Arts from to at Cabrillo College, College of Marin, Deanza
College and workshops at UCSC, he trained in acting at San Francisco
Dramatic Arts under James Dunn and Harvey Susser.He performed in
theatre and musical comedy in England and America, beginning as a
child in Windsor near London, UK, and in his early twenties south of
San Francisco he starred as Billy Crocker in Anything Goes with the
Civic Light Opera, opposite stage legend Chita Rivera as Reno Sweeney.
He auditioned for film and television, gaining several small roles
during this same time. His first recording release, Alive Again in
Santa Cruz (), sold a few thousand copies through East Records, Tokyo,
Japan.London formed a band in , playing many hundreds of dates in
clubs all over California, Nevada, Arizona and Colorado. He began
developing his singing voice, and was discovered in Pebble Beach,
California by Jack Welch of General Electric, which led to many
opportunities to play at varied events in the corporate world.
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