ARTIST: John Grenell
New Zealand's best known country singer and most prolific recording artist since Tex Morton, John Hore is a typical example of a country boy who rose from obscurity to overnight stardom, but unlike many of the country's pop idols, managed to maintain his status in the popularity stakes for many decades, and is still performing today.
John Denver Hore was born on July 19th, 1944, in the Central Otago town of Ranfurly, to Nellie and Herbert Hore. He grew up on the family farm at Kyeburn and developed a deep love of country life, especially for animals (with horses and dogs at the top of the list). When his father died in 1956 the family returned to Ranfurly. Two years later John moved to Dunedin to attend Otago Boys High School. He and his fellow pupils whiled away their leisure hours singing and playing their guitars. During the Christmas holidays John's sisters, Lorraine, Ainslie and Marilyn formed a vocal trio called the Three H's, with backing by brother John. They entered and came second in Joe Brown's 'Search For The Stars' Quest...
