Tainton was born in South Africa on 17 September 1927. He came to Sweden in 1959 with a large music ensemble,
The Golden City Dixies. Tainton was
ABBA's choreographer, and later appeared in
UR's
Living Room where he accounted for his early years in South Africa with
Desmond Tutu as his priest and
Nelson Mandela the lawyer who got him out of prison under
apartheid. He was also in the jury and appeared on a Swedish TV show called
Floor Filler. In 2016, 88-year-old Tainton was honoured and interviewed on the popular
Let's Dance (Swedish TV series). Tainton married Swedish Lill Sjöström in 1962 and they had a daughter
Blossom Tainton-Lindquist that year. With his second wife Kristina Palmgren, also Swedish, he was the father of entertainment celebrities
Kelly Tainton,
Themba Tainton and
David Tainton. Tainton was a cousin of
Miriam Makeba. He died on 6 December 2024, at the age of 97, residing in
Hägersten, Stockholm, Sweden. == References ==