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Leon Rosselson (born 1934) is a well-respected English songwriter and writer of children’s books. Launching his career in the early ’60s, he was a member of folk revivalist group The Galliards. Later, in 1962, he was a founding member of The Three City Four. He came to prominence, singing his own satirical songs, in the BBC’s topical TV programme of the early 1960s, That Was The Week That Was.

For much of his career Rosselson has toured Britain and abroad, singing mainly his own songs and accompanying himself with complex arrangements for acoustic guitar. Most of his material includes some sort of satirical content or elements of radical politics. He also collaborated with other musicians, notably recording with Roy Bailey as Leon Rosselson & Roy Bailey.

A major break in Rosselson’s bid for success came when Billy Bragg’s version of “The World Turned Upside Down” reached the British Top Ten in 1985. Two years later, Rosselson had a minor hit with his independently-released single, “Ballad of a Spycatcher,” recorded with accompaniment by Billy Bragg and the Oysterband.

Rosselson has remained active in a wide range of mediums. His first children’s book, Rosa’s Singing Grandfather, published in 1991, was listed for a Carnegie Medal.
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  • headey

    www.leonrosselson.co.uk/gigs.html

    7 Jan 9:30pm Reply

  • Phonophobe

    Anyone with an interest in the israeli palastinian situation, check out The Last Chance on perspectives

    20 Jan 2009 Reply

  • Saegl0pur

    Love "Guess What theyre selling..." since i was a kid.

    17 Jun 2008 Reply

  • thetakeoutgirl

    Ah if only you could record tapes so the sound ok as mp3's. there were loads of great songs in his back catalog that really should get dusted off - not just the protest ones but the wistful love songs as well

    22 Mar 2008 Reply

  • lady_vampyra

    I guess I'm not the only one who is listening to old recordings on casettes, which of course isnt recorded on here. I was brought up on Rosselsongs and ive listened to it more in the last month than apparantly it has been in the last six on here >.< I guess ill have to get it on CD, even if just to make him look more popular.

    8 Feb 2008 Reply

  • abclaret

    Cant believe more people arent listening to Leon...

    19 Dec 2007 Reply

  • dagda16

    I just got Do You Remember? and it's amazzzzzing. If you want it, lemme know ur email and i'll send it to you.

    20 May 2007 Reply

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