 His solo albums include "The Lord of the Rings"-inspired works starting with "The Hobbit Suite" in 1973.John Grant Sangster was born in 1928 in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham as the only child of John Sangster (1896–1975), a clerk and World War II soldier, and Isabella Dunn (née Davidson, later Pringle) Sangster (1890–1946).He attended primary schools in Sandringham and Vermont, and then Box Hill High School.