- Formerly a saxophonist and arranger with the Ted Heath and Cyril Stapleton orchestras.
- Owen placed beside his hit "Manhattan Spiritual" one other single on the UK chart: "Obsession", peaked at #43 in the UK in October 1960. Although he continued to record, there were no further chart successes on either side of the Atlantic.
- He began writing film scores in 1957, including the scores to Date with Disaster, (1957), There's Always a Thursday, (1957), Payroll (1961) and Very Important Person (1961).
- He moved to Spain in the 1970s, and died at the Clinica Limonar in Málaga.
- He played in local groups such as Teddy Joyce's Juveniles and the Royal Kiltie Juniors, before founding his own ensemble whilst still in his teens.
- In 1961 Owen moved to Brussels, working as a composer, conductor, and arranger throughout continental Europe.
- He studied with Benny Glassman and then attended the Royal College of Music.
- In 1938, Owens formed his own outfit, the Local Gig Band, to make the rounds of the area's clubs. By 1940, Reg was fronting an eight-piece unit with a regular residence at the Montague Ballroom in Eating.
- Instead of tending to his parents textile business in London, as his family had hope, Reg joined the Royal Kiltie Juniors Band.
- During World War II he played in the Bomber Command Band of the RAF, then arranged for Ted Heath and Cyril Stapleton after 1945.
- During the '60s, Reg did much of the arranging for the highly successful Knightbridge Strings; known in the U.S. for their great run of easy-listening-though with a touch of rock'n'roll- albums; especially their reworking of Johnny Ray's "Cry" (#57, 1959).
- In 1954, he had his name legally changed to Reginald Owen.
- He studied sax with Benny Glassman, a member of Benny Goodman's orchestra.
- A car crash late in 1954-with it's accompanying convalescence-left Reg time for a life review. On his return, many months later, Reg Owen was determined to do his own music, and his way. With the aid of Belgian producer Jack Kluger, made his first recordings fronting his own orchestra. At the time of his success with "Manhattan Spiritual," Owen was also creating music for the Cyril Stapleton Show Band and ABC-TV's "After Hours," hosted by Michael Bethine.
- He was an English conductor and arranger.
- In 1959, he even scored a Top 40 hit in the U.S. with "Manhattan Spiritual", which peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The same track reached #20 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1959.
- He published a book, the Reg Owen Arranging Method, in 1956.
- None of his albums, including those recorded for RCA Records prior to 'Manhattan Spiritual's success, charted in either country.
- Reg Owen was an English conductor and arranger.
- Owen's life course was set when at the age of 15 he contracted a serious attack of peritonitis. His father,in a get- well-quick gesture, gave his son a saxophone.
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