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Georg Kajanus (Georg Johan Tjegodieff) was born on 9 February, 1946 in Trondheim, Norway, is a Norwegian composer and pop musician (born 1946). Discover Georg Kajanus's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

Popular As Georg Johan Tjegodieff
Occupation soundtrack,composer,actor
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 9 February 1946
Birthday 9 February
Birthplace Trondheim, Norway
Nationality Norway

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1946

Georg Johan Tjegodiev Kajanus (also Tchegodaieff; born 9 February 1946) is a Norwegian composer and pop musician, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the British pop group Sailor.

Kajanus was born on 9 February 1946, in Trondheim, Norway, to Prince Pavel [also Paulo] Tjegodiev of Russia and Johanna Kajanus, a French-Finnish sculptor, bronze medal winner for sculpture at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937), and granddaughter of Robert Kajanus, the Finnish composer, conductor, champion of Sibelius and founder of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.

He is the brother of the late actress and film-maker Eva Norvind and the uncle to Mexican theater and television actress Nailea Norvind.

Kajanus moved with his mother and sister to Paris at the age of twelve where he studied music and classical guitar, as well as attending the Cité Universitaire’s flying school.

The family then relocated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where Kajanus worked as a stained-glass window designer.

1968

Kajanus was a member of UK-based folk rock band Eclection, who released a self-titled album in 1968 and wrote Cliff Richard's single "Flying Machine" (1971).

1972

Kajanus and Phil Pickett, who had been acquainted for some time, collaborated on an album, Hi Ho Silver! (1972), as Kajanus/Pickett.

Deciding to form a group, tentatively named KP Packet, Kajanus and Pickett enlisted drummer and percussionist Grant Serpell (Affinity), and keyboard player and guitarist Henry Marsh (Gringo).

1973

In 1973, the foursome made their first recordings in a small studio in North London.

1974

Sailor signed to Epic Records-CBS Records and between 1974 and 1978 released five albums with Kajanus: Sailor, Trouble, The Third Step, Checkpoint (without Pickett) and Hideaway.

Kajanus was the lead singer, guitarist and, for the first three albums, the sole songwriter for the band, penning its two major hits, "A Glass of Champagne" and "Girls, Girls, Girls".

Kajanus then left Sailor, leaving Pickett as the creative force behind their next album, Dressed for Drowning.

1978

After leaving Sailor in 1978, Kajanus began to experiment with electronic music, forming DATA with Frankie and Phil Boulter.

1981

The classical-oriented title track of DATA’s first album, Opera Electronica, was the theme music to the short film, Towers of Babel (1981).

1983

DATA then followed with two more studio albums, 2-TiME (1983) and Elegant Machinery (1985).

Shortly after DATA disbanded, Kajanus formed Fatima and the Mamluks with Henry Marsh.

1985

They recorded only four songs, with two being released on a Razormaid! anthology on vinyl, Razormaid: The Epilogue: Back to Basics (1985).

1986

Kajanus and Marsh also collaborated on the soundtrack for the British TV series, The Kid (1986), starring actor/singer Steve Fairnie.

1988

He worked with the Japanese composer and musician Shigeru Umebayashi, co-writing and producing songs for his album, Ume (1988).

1989

In 1989, Kajanus reunited with Henry Marsh and Phil Pickett to write and record some new material.

1990

Kajanus, Marsh, Pickett and Grant Serpell reformed Sailor in 1990.

1991

The group recorded two albums, Sailor (1991) and Street Lamp (1992), with Kajanus once again writing and arranging all the material.

They achieved further chart success in continental Europe with singles such as "La Cumbia" and "The Secretary".

In the late nineties, Kajanus formed the "poetic-techno" duo Noir with Tim Dry (previously of Tik and Tok).

1995

Noir's album Strange Desire, recorded in 1995, was eventually released on Angel Air Records in 2007.

1997

Noir’s single "Walking" was used extensively in the 1997 Channel 4 television series Feast, an avant-garde culinary program directed by TV food maestro David Pritchard.

Feast was hosted by Noir and also starred French TV chef Jean Christophe Novelli.

Kajanus composed the soundtracks for two documentaries directed by German filmmaker Monika Treut: Didn't Do It for Love (1997) and the award-winning Gendernauts (1999).

2006

Most of this material was not released at the time, but three demos are featured in Sailor's Buried Treasure 2-CD box set (2006).

Kajanus had developed a musical theater concept, Red Light Review, based on his memories of being a young man in places like Pigalle in Paris's red-light district.

Encouraged by Grant Serpell to rework this material as pop songs, Kajanus devised the concept for Sailor.

This was not released at the time, but three songs are featured in Sailor's Buried Treasure 2-CD box set (2006).

2008

In 2008, Kajanus began working with Roberto Trippini and Barbie Wilde on a new version of the Sailor musical - an update of his original Red Light Review concept - which he describes as "a bittersweet musical about two people searching for love in the ruins of post-War Marseille".

Kajanus's other current musical project is People Industry, which he describes as "an exuberant, musical exploration of the human journey."