John was a composer and vocalist from New Zealand’s country genre. Grenell was born in Ranfurly and reared in Central Otago and Dunedin. He attended Kyeburn School and Otago Boys’ High School for his education. His stepfather’s last name, John Hore, served as his stage name when he first began performing, but he ultimately changed…
John Grenell, whose true name was John Denver Hore, was a New Zealander who sang and wrote country music. He was a self-taught country singer and performer who, in 1959, received his first significant break when he won the “Have a Shot” TV competition. By the time Grenell was 19 years old, his debut record,…
John Grenell is a New Zealand country music singer and songwriter who was born on July 19, 1944, in Ranfurly. He has been active since 1962 and was credited with 16 studio albums and songs including Welcome to our world, on the other side, and I’ve been everywhere. In 1966 and 1974, he served as…
John Grenell is a great singer and songwriter. When he completed high school and he was placed third in a tv nationwide contest on tv. In 1963, he recorded his first album for Joe Brown. He was good at singing so people liked him very well and he has many fans. He was able to…
Grenell, a Ranfurly native, achieved chart-topping success in the 1990s with the Jim Reeves song “Welcome To Our World.” A nationwide TV commercial campaign for Toyota vehicles prominently utilized the song. He also enjoyed success with the song I’ve been everywhere, which was altered to include several Aotearoa location names. He had performances abroad and…
John Grenell, real name John Denver Hore, was from New Zealand on July 19, 1944. He was a bluegrass music performer and lyricist. During the 1990s, Grenell had the Jim Reeves song “Welcome To Our World” as a major smash single. The music was prominently included in a public television advertising campaign for Toyota cars….
John Denver Hore, better known by his stage name John Grenell, was a New Zealand country singer and composer who lived from July 19, 1944, to July 27, 2022. When Grenell graduated from high school in 1962, he won third place in the national television competition “Have a Shot,” which led to his first professional…
John Denver Hore, musically known as John Grenell was born on July 19, 1944, in Ranfurly, New Zealand. He was a singer and a songwriter. John Grenell is credited with songs including Welcome to our world, I have been everywhere, another side of the hill, All Gods Critters and several others. He was a self-taught…