Gordon Albert Lorenz (4 March 1943 – 5 June 2011) was an English songwriter and record producer, who made his fame by writing the 1980 UK Christmas number one hit "There's No-one Quite Like Grandma" for St Winifred's School Choir.
After being asked by Unicef to help raise funds for children in Africa suffering from HIV and Aids, he produced The Best Gospel Album in the World...
For EMI's MFP division, he also produced a five-LP series hosted by Derek Batey, Your 100 Favourite Hymns, that was highly successful in the 1980s.
[4] Lorenz also produced some albums for the children's TV series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and Budgie the Little Helicopter.
[citation needed] Approached by music manager Jonathan Shalit, Lorenz was asked to produce two songs for a 12-year-old Charlotte Church, and introduce her to the recording studio.