Richard Rodgers was the most effective composer of well-known music for the theater in the 20th century. During the period of a 60-yr career, he published the song ratings for 42 musicals staged on Broadway or in the Western End, aswell as 11 film musicals and two tv musicals (not …

b. Jospeh Hittelman, 2 August 1924, the Bronx, NEW YORK, USA, d. 14 July 2005, Sherman Oaks, California, USA. Harnell was a conductor and movie director for various tv programs who also positioned several singles in the graphs, among which reached the united states Best 20 in 1963. Harnell analyzed …

After an extended amount of struggle, Kris Kristofferson achieved remarkable success being a country songwriter in the beginning of the 1970s. His music “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Help Me Make It During the night,” “Weekend Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” and “For the nice Situations,” all chart-topping strikes, helped redefine nation songwriting, …

Lengthy known for his expertise in discovering an ideal chord for an ideal situation, the refined Jimmy Rowles was popular for decades simply because an accompanist while being underrated being a soloist. After playing in regional groupings in Seattle, Rowles shifted to LA in 1940 and caused Slim Gaillard, Lester …

Like many West Coast tenor saxophonists of his generation, Bob Cooper’s design was based on skillful emulation of Lester Young’s velvety, vetiver-scented shade, harmonic ingenuity and sinuous technique. The very best introduction to the artist will be House! The Music of Bob Cooper, released in 1958 by Modern Records. Initially …

During a extended and uncommonly productive job, Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida accomplished a ubiquity in popular music which has yet to become fully recognized. Mainly in charge of the Brazilian/North American “samba jazz” that could ultimately catch on by means of a musical pattern referred to as bossa nova, he …

Not to end up being confused with the Elvis Television particular or Brian Setzer power trio of the same name, ’68 Return rose in the ashes of Ohio’s psychobilly kings, the Gibson Bros., in 1992. Spearheaded right now Memphis-based vocalist/songwriter/musicologist Jeffrey Evans — who’s thought to possess a shrine to …

b. Donald David Dixon Ronald O’Connor, 30 August 1925, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 27 Sept 2003, Calabasas, California, USA. Probably one of the most likeable and nimble of most Hollywood’s song-and-dance-men, who maintained his youthful appears and casual elegance throughout a profession spanning more than 50 years. O’Connor was the …

David Chesky is certainly an ideal example of a specialist musician who spent a lot of his period helping to work an archive company. THE BRAND NEW York citizen, who was raised in Miami, co-owns the 3rd party Chesky Records along with his young sibling Norman Chesky; and as the …

This artist performed on a lot more than 100 recording dates between your ’20s as well as the late ’60s, which fact alone is known as by some discographers to become some type of jazz “style.” Artwork Shapiro — acknowledged also as Artie Shapiro as well as the even more …