UK composer Gregg dies aged 89

Hubert Gregg, the composer of Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner, has died at the age of 89, it was announced today.

Hubert Gregg, the composer of Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner, has died at the age of 89, it was announced today.

Gregg wrote the tune in 1944 after watching German doodlebugs flying over his home during the Second World War.

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