Paul Korda (born Paul Kunstler, 1948 â€"11 March 2020) was a British
songwriter, singer, musician, and actor. He wrote and performed music
from the 1960s onwards, and his songs have been covered by artists
such as Roger Daltrey, Dave Edmunds, Frankie Valli, and Love
Sculpture.Korda was born in Singapore, into a creative family of
entertainers, professional singers, songwriters, and accomplished
musicians. His father, Hungarian-born Tibor Kunstler, was a violinist
and former student of the Franz Liszt Conservatory of Music in
Budapest, Hungary and Academia La Scala in Milan. Tibor played
saxophone on Coleman Hawkins' tour of the East. Korda's British
mother, Shirley Greenâ€"who worked under the stage name Shirley
Lennerâ€"was a vocalist and actress. She starred in Those Kids From
Town (1942) and also sang with Joe Loss, George Elrick, and Stéphane
Grappelli.Kunstler and Green met while working as entertainers in
Singapore. Kunstler, who had been interned during the Japanese
invasion of Java while playing at the Hilton Hotel there, was
performing at Raffles Hotel while Green, who had spent the latter part
of World War II entertaining British troops, was singing at Princes
Restaurant nearby.
songwriter, singer, musician, and actor. He wrote and performed music
from the 1960s onwards, and his songs have been covered by artists
such as Roger Daltrey, Dave Edmunds, Frankie Valli, and Love
Sculpture.Korda was born in Singapore, into a creative family of
entertainers, professional singers, songwriters, and accomplished
musicians. His father, Hungarian-born Tibor Kunstler, was a violinist
and former student of the Franz Liszt Conservatory of Music in
Budapest, Hungary and Academia La Scala in Milan. Tibor played
saxophone on Coleman Hawkins' tour of the East. Korda's British
mother, Shirley Greenâ€"who worked under the stage name Shirley
Lennerâ€"was a vocalist and actress. She starred in Those Kids From
Town (1942) and also sang with Joe Loss, George Elrick, and Stéphane
Grappelli.Kunstler and Green met while working as entertainers in
Singapore. Kunstler, who had been interned during the Japanese
invasion of Java while playing at the Hilton Hotel there, was
performing at Raffles Hotel while Green, who had spent the latter part
of World War II entertaining British troops, was singing at Princes
Restaurant nearby.
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