Wednesday 25 May 2011

Poster For Mr. Lee Grant's Farewell Concert
1968



Mr Lee Grant was a huge Pop star in New Zealand in the mid 1960’s. His real name was Bogdan Kominowski. He was born to Polish parents in a Nazi concentration camp just outside Dusseldorf. Sadly, his father didn’t survive the war. Bogdan and his mother emigrated to Palmerston North, New Zealand in 1949. Using the stage name Mr Lee Grant he had six New Zealand top ten singles including three number ones. In 1968 at the hight of his popularity he decided to leave New Zealand and try his luck in Britain. This poster is from his farewell concert. In Britain his pop star career ended quickly. He ended up moving into musical theatre. He did have a small part in the James Bond film "A View To A Kill". In which he played a Russian. 

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