Gregory Abbott

Gregory Abbott's Shake You Down remains, to my ear, a flawless slice of mid-eighties soul. What surprises me is his background: a New Yorker with a Berkeley education writing music this smooth and effortless. Earning a platinum single from his 1986 debut and handling his own writing and production marks him as a true craftsman, not a manufactured act. People may file him under one-hit wonders, but I admire that he kept recording long after the spotlight faded. Anyone who keeps making music on their own terms, free of trends, earns my respect, and Abbott has clearly stayed the course.

Name (English)

Gregory Abbott

Name (Japanese)

グレゴリー・アボット

Reading

ぐれごりー・あぼっと

Born

April 2, 1954 (age 72)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Horse

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

singer / composer / songwriter / record producer / singer-songwriter

University

University of California, Berkeley

• Official sitehttps://gregoryabbott.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gregoryabbottmusic/
• Xhttps://x.com/gregoryabbott
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory%20Abbott
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705025

Tags

• New York
• singer
• composer
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.