Mark London

Mark London (born 30 January 1940) is a Canadian-born British soundtrack composer, songwriter and music producer. He is perhaps best known as composer of the song “To Sir with Love”. History Mark London was born in Montreal, Quebec, and initially worked as a comedian following a move to London. He first achieved prominence in 1967 as the composer of the melody to “To Sir With Love”, the title song from James Clavell’s movie of the same name, starring Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson and Lulu. The song, co-written with lyricist Don Black, was recorded by Lulu and released as a single in the US, becoming the Billboard Year-End Top Single for 1967. Also in 1967, London was the composer, with Mike Leander, of the soundtrack to the movie Privilege, starring Paul Jones. London also acted in the film. The other soundtrack credit during this period was the score for Maximilian Schell’s First Love (1970). London also produced Lulu’s 1978 album, Don’t Take Love For Granted. London was married Lulu’s longtime manager, Marion Massey. London also co-write the soundtrack for seven series of animation films, for children 1 to 6 years old. He also co-wrote the music for Channel One, the first cable new