Name	Hollywood & Wine
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Language	English
Gross	8 million

Hollywood & Wine is an upcoming American comedy film. The film is currently in post-production.

Plot

Diane Blaine has the face of a movie star. Unfortunately, fallen star/tabloid queen Jamie Stephens already made it famous. Hollywoods constant rejection due to what Diane refers to as "TJS" ("Too Jamie Stephens") has made her bitter, frustrated....and, yes, whiny. Co-worker/boyfriend Jack Sanders doesn't help matters. His idea of ambition is letting it ride. Now he's in major debt to a trigger-happy mobster who, interestingly enough, has a thing for Jamie Stephens. Jack's only way out? Convince Diane to be Jamie and wipe out the debt having one meal with a made man. It's literally the performance of her life. With Jack's on the line.

Cast

Nicky Whelan as Diane Blaine/Jamie Stephens

Chris Kattan as Jack Sanders

David Spade as Harvey Harrison

Chazz Palminteri as Geno Scarpaci

Norm MacDonald as Sid Blaustein

Jeremy London as Jean-Luc Marceau

Kevin Farley as Bruno

John P. Farley as Joey

Vivica A. Fox as Jackie Johnson

Pamela Anderson as Herself

Horatio Sanz as Tony

Chris Parnell as Peter West

Leslie Easterbrook as Hattie

References

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Category:Upcoming films Category:American films Category:English-language films Category:American comedy films Category:Films about entertainers Category:Films set in Los Angeles, California

Name	Ray Anthony
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Raymond Antonini
Birth date	January 20, 1922 (age 88)
Birth place	Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, United States
Instrument	Trumpet
Genre	Bandleader, trumpeter
Years active	1940s - present
Label	Columbia, Capitol
Associated acts	Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra

Ray Anthony (born Raymond Antonini, January 20, 1922, Bentleyville, Pennsylvania) is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor.

Biography

As a child Anthony moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where he began studying the trumpet with his father. He played in Glenn Miller's band from 1940–1941 and appeared in the Glenn Miller movie Sun Valley Serenade in 1941 before joining the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war he formed his own group. The Ray Anthony Orchestra became very popular in the early 1950s, with recordings that included Anthony's classic dance songs "The Bunny Hop" and the "Hokey Pokey," as well as the theme music from Dragnet. He had a #2 chart hit with a remake of the Glenn Miller tune, "At Last" in 1952.

From 1953-1954 Anthony was the musical director on the television series TV's Top Tunes, and he also appeared as himself in the 1955 film Daddy Long Legs. In 1955 Anthony married sex symbol actress Mamie Van Doren and began expanding his own acting career. He starred in a short-lived television 1956-1957 variety show, The Ray Anthony Show. Anthony also appeared in several films during the late 1950s, including The Five Pennies (where he portrayed Jimmy Dorsey), and Van Doren's movies High School Confidential as "Bix" and Girls Town. In the 1959-1960 television season, he guest starred in the episode "Operation Ramrod" of David Hedison's espionage series Five Fingers on NBC.

Anthony and Van Doren divorced in 1961, and Anthony's brief film career ended at about the same time. However, he continued his musical career and had another hit record with the theme from Peter Gunn, which reached #8 on Billboard's pop chart. Among his pianists was Allen "Puddler" Harris, a native of Franklin Parish, Louisiana, who had been a member of the original Ricky Nelson band and Kellie Green, who also played the vibraphone.

Anthony was considered one of the most modern of the big band leaders. In the lyrics to "Opus One", which imagine a number of players performing the song, he is cited along with Les Brown and his Band of Renown:

:If Mr. Les Brown can make it renowned :And Ray Anthony could rock it for me

Anthony and his band were also featured in the movie, The Girl Can't Help It, and were treated as one of the rockers in the line-up, but also shown in performances with Mansfield that are essential to the plot.

Ray Anthony's compositions include "Thurderbird", "Bunny Hop", "Trumpet Boogie", "Big Band Boogie", and "Mr. Anthony's Boogie".

Anthony has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

, Anthony is active as a bandleader and musician, and is one of the oldest and living big band bandleaders.

Anthony has a close friendship with Hugh Hefner, which has resulted in him appearing in numerous episodes of The Girls Next Door.

External links

Ray Anthony biography at SpaceAgePop.com

Ray Anthony biography at SwingMusic.net

The official Ray Anthony Webpage at RayAnthonyBand.com

Category:1922 births Category:Living people Category:American jazz trumpeters Category:American jazz bandleaders Category:American music arrangers Category:Musicians from Pennsylvania Category:American film actors Category:American television actors Category:Musicians from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Category:Ace Records artists

Names	John Williams
Background	non_performing_personnel
Birth name	John Towner Williams
Born	February 08, 1932
Origin	Flushing, Queens, New York, United States
Occupation	Composer, pianist, conductor
Years active	1952–present
Spouse	Barbara Ruick (1956 - 74)(her death)Samantha Winslow (1980 - present)
Url	jwfan.com

John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including those for Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Home Alone, and three Harry Potter films. He has composed the music for all but two of director Steven Spielberg's feature films.

Other notable works by Williams include theme music for four Olympic Games, the NBC Nightly News, the rededication of the Statue of Liberty, the DreamWorks Pictures production logo, and the television series Lost in Space. Williams has also composed numerous classical concerti, and he served as the principal conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1980 to 1993; he is now the orchestra's conductor laureate.

Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and 21 Grammy Awards. With 45 Academy Award nominations, Williams is, together with composer Alfred Newman, the second most nominated person, after Walt Disney. John Williams was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 1999 BMI Film and TV Awards. The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music. Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame in 2000, and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004.

Early life and family

John Williams was born on February 8, 1932, in Flushing (Queens), New York, the son of Esther and John Williams, Sr. His father was a jazz drummer who played with the Raymond Scott Quintet.

In 1948, Williams moved to Los Angeles with his family. Williams attended North Hollywood High School and graduated in 1950. He later attended the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and studied privately with composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In 1952, Williams was drafted into the U.S. Air Force, where he conducted and arranged music for the Air Force Band as part of his assignments.

After his Air Force service ended in 1955, Williams moved to New York City and entered the Juilliard School, where he studied piano with Rosina Lhévinne. inspired by the same large-scale orchestral music of the late 19th century—especially the compositions of Richard Wagner and its concept of leitmotif—that inspired his film music predecessors.

After his studies at Juilliard, Williams returned to Los Angeles, where he began working as an orchestrator at film studios. Among other composers, Williams worked with Franz Waxman, Bernard Herrmann, and Alfred Newman, and also with his fellow orchestrators Conrad Salinger and Bob Franklyn. Williams was also a studio pianist, performing on film scores by composers such as Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, and Henry Mancini. Williams recorded with Henry Mancini on the film scores of Peter Gunn (1959), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), and Charade (1963). (Williams actually played the well-recognized opening riff to Mancini's Peter Gunn theme). Williams (often credited as "Johnny Williams") also composed the theme music for various TV programs in the 1960s: The pilot episode of Gilligan's Island, the Kraft Suspense Theatre, Lost in Space (1965–68), The Time Tunnel (1966–67), and Land of the Giants (the last three created by the prolific TV producer, Irwin Allen).

Williams's first major film composition was for the B movie Daddy-O in 1958, and his first screen credit came two years later in Because They're Young. He soon gained notice in Hollywood for his versatility in composing jazz, piano, and symphonic music. Williams received his first nomination for an Academy Award for his film score for Valley of the Dolls (1967), and then was nominated again for his score for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969). Williams broke through to win his first Academy Award for his adapted score for the film Fiddler on the Roof (1971). In 1972 he composed the score for the Robert Altman psychological thriller (recorded in collaboration with noted percussionist Stomu Yamashta) which earned him another nomination in the category 'Best Music, Original Dramatic Score' at the 1973 Academy Awards. During the early 1970s, Williams' prominence grew thanks to his work for now–film producer Irwin Allen's disaster films, composing the scores for The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Earthquake (1974), and The Towering Inferno (1974).

In 1974, Williams was approached by director Steven Spielberg to compose the music for his feature directorial debut, The Sugarland Express. The young director had been impressed with Williams's score for the movie The Reivers (1969), and Spielberg was convinced that Williams could compose the musical sound that he desired for any of his films. They teamed up again a year later for Spielberg's second film, Jaws. Widely considered to be a classic suspense film, its film score's ominous two-note motif has become synonymous with sharks and approaching danger. The score for Jaws earned Williams his second Academy Award, his first one for an original composition.

Shortly thereafter, Williams and Spielberg began a long collaboration for their next feature film together, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE3K, 1977). In an unusual step for a Hollywood film, Spielberg and Williams developed their script and musical concepts simultaneously, as in the film these entwine very closely together. During their two-year-long collaboration, they crafted its distinctive five-note figure that functions both in the background music and as the communications signal of the film's extraterrestrials. Williams also used a system of musical hand signals in CE3K that were based on hand signs created by John Curwen and refined by Zoltan Kodaly.

During the same period, Spielberg recommended Williams to his friend and fellow director George Lucas, who needed a composer to score his ambitious space epic, (1977). Williams delivered a grand symphonic score in the fashion of Richard Strauss and Golden Age Hollywood composers Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (indeed, the Star Wars main theme bears a strong resemblance to Korngold's theme for the 1942 film Kings Row). Its main theme, "Luke's Theme" is among the most widely recognized in motion picture history, and the "Force Theme" and "Princess Leia's Theme" are well-known examples of leitmotif. Both the film and its soundtrack were immensely successful—it remains the highest grossing non-popular music recording of all-time—and Williams won another Academy Award for Best Original Score. In 1980, Williams returned to score , where he introduced "The Imperial March" as the theme for Darth Vader and the Galactic Empire. The original Star Wars trilogy concluded with the 1983 film , for which Williams's score provided most notably the "Emperor's Theme," "Parade of the Ewoks," and "Luke and Leia." Both scores earned Williams Academy Award nominations.

Williams worked with director Richard Donner to score the 1978 film Superman. The score's heroic and romantic themes, particularly the main march, the Superman fanfare and the love theme, known as "Can You Read My Mind," would appear in the four sequel films. For the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, created and directed by Lucas and Spielberg, Williams wrote a rousing main theme known as "The Raiders March" to accompany the film's hero, Indiana Jones. He also composed separate themes to represent the Ark of the Covenant, the character Marion, and the Nazi villains of the story. Additional themes were featured in his scores to the sequel films Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Williams composed an emotional and sensitive score to Spielberg's 1982 fantasy film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. The music conveys the film's benign, childlike sense of innocence, particularly with a spirited theme for the freedom of flight, and a soft string-based, harp-featured theme for the friendship between characters E.T. and Elliott. The film's final chase and farewell sequence marks a rare instance in film history in which the on-screen action was re-edited to conform to the composer's musical interpretation. Williams was awarded a fourth Academy Award for this score.

The 1985 film The Color Purple is the only theatrical feature directed by Steven Spielberg for which John Williams did not serve as composer. The film's producer, Quincy Jones, wanted to personally arrange and compose the music for the project. Williams also did not score , but Spielberg had directed only one of the four segments in that film; the lead director and producer of the film, John Landis, selected Jerry Goldsmith as composer. The Williams-Spielberg collaboration resumed with the director's 1987 film Empire of the Sun, and has continued to the present, spanning genres from science fiction thrillers (1993's Jurassic Park), to somber tragedies (1993's Schindler's List, 2005's Munich), to Eastern-tinged melodramas (2005's Memoirs of a Geisha, directed by Rob Marshall). Spielberg has said, "I call it an honorable privilege to regard John Williams as a friend."

In 1999, George Lucas launched the first of a series of prequels to the original Star Wars trilogy. Williams was asked to score all three films, starting with . Along with themes from the previous movies, Williams created new themes to be used as leitmotifs in (2002) and (2005). Most notable of these was "Duel of the Fates," an aggressive choral movement utilizing harsh Sanskrit lyrics that broadened the style of music used in the Star Wars films. Also of note was "Anakin's Theme," which begins as an innocent childlike melody and morphs insidiously into a quote of the sinister "Imperial March" of the prior trilogy. For Episode II, Williams composed "Across the Stars," a love theme for Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker (mirroring the love theme composed for the second film of the previous trilogy, The Empire Strikes Back). The final installment combined many of the themes created for the series' previous movies, including "The Emperor's Theme," "The Imperial March," "Across the Stars," "Duel of the Fates," "The Force Theme," "Rebel Fanfare," "Luke's Theme," and "Princess Leia's Theme," as well as new themes for General Grievous and the film's climax, entitled "Battle of the Heroes." Few composers have scored an entire series of this magnitude: The combined scores of all six Star Wars films add up to more than 14 hours of orchestral music.

In the new millennium, Williams was asked to score the film adaptation of the widely successful book series, Harry Potter. He went on to score the first three installments of the franchise. As with his Superman theme, the most important theme from Williams's scores for the film adaptations of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, dubbed Hedwig's Theme, has been used in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh movies (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and the two-part finale Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), scored by Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Hooper and Alexandre Desplat respectively. Like the main themes from Star Wars, Jaws, Superman, and Indiana Jones, fans have come to identify the Harry Potter films with Williams's original compositions. Williams was asked to return to the film franchise to score the final installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, but director David Yates stated that "their schedules simply did not align" as he would have had to provide Williams with a rough cut of the film sooner than was possible.

In 2006, Superman Returns was completed under the direction of Bryan Singer, best known for directing the first two movies in the X-Men series. Although Singer did not request Williams to compose a score for the intentionally Donner-esque film, he employed the skills of X2 composer John Ottman to incorporate Williams's original Superman theme, as well as those for Lois Lane and Smallville. Don Davis performed a similar role for Jurassic Park III, recommended to the producers by Williams himself. (Film scores by Ottman and to a lesser extent Davis are often compared to those of Williams, as both use similar styles of composition.)

In 2008, Williams returned to the Indiana Jones series to score the fourth film - The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He received a Grammy nomination for his work on the film. During 2008, he also composed music for two documentaries, Warner at War, and A Timeless Call, the latter of which was directed by Steven Spielberg.

Williams also composed the score to , the first film in the upcoming Tintin trilogy based on the comics by Hergé. This film continues his long-time collaboration with director Steven Spielberg, and he will work with producer Peter Jackson for the first time. The film is currently in post production. Williams is also scheduled to score Spielberg's upcoming films War Horse (2011) and Lincoln (2012).

Conducting and performing

From 1980 to 1993, Williams succeeded Arthur Fiedler as Principal Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Williams never met Fiedler in person but spoke with him by telephone. His arrival as the new leader of the Pops in the spring of 1980 allowed him to devote part of the Pops' first PBS broadcast of the season to presenting his new compositions for The Empire Strikes Back, in addition to conducting many Fiedler audience favorites.

Williams almost ended his tenure with the Pops in 1984. Considered a customary practice of opinion, some players hissed while sight-reading a new Williams composition in rehearsal; Williams abruptly left the session and turned in his resignation. He initially cited mounting conflicts with his film composing schedule, but later admitted a perceived lack of discipline in and respect from the Pops' ranks, culminating in this latest instance. After entreaties by the management and personal apologies from the musicians, Williams withdrew his resignation and continued as principal conductor for nine more years. In 1995 he was succeeded by Keith Lockhart, the former associate conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

Williams is now the Laureate Conductor of the Pops, thus maintaining his affiliation with its parent, the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). Williams leads the Pops on several occasions each year, particularly during their Holiday Pops season and typically for a week of concerts in May. He conducts an annual Film Night at both Boston Symphony Hall and Tanglewood, where he frequently enlists the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, official chorus of the BSO.

Williams has written many concert pieces, including a symphony; a Concerto for Horn written for Dale Clevenger, principal hornist of the Chicago Symphony; a Concerto for Clarinet written for Michele Zukovsky (Principal Clarinetist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic) in 1991; a sinfonietta for wind ensemble; a cello concerto premiered by Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood in 1994; concertos for the flute and violin recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra; and a trumpet concerto, which was premiered by the Cleveland Orchestra and their principal trumpet Michael Sachs in September 1996. His bassoon concerto, "The Five Sacred Trees," which was premiered by the New York Philharmonic and principal bassoon player Judith LeClair in 1995, was recorded for Sony Classical by Williams with LeClair and the London Symphony Orchestra. He is also an accomplished pianist, as can be heard in various scores in which he provides solos, as well as a handful of European classical music recordings.

Williams was the subject of an hour-long documentary for the BBC in 1980, and was featured in a story for ABC's newsmagazine 20/20 in 1983.

In 1985, Williams composed the NBC News theme "The Mission" (which he performs at concerts to signal the final encore), the "Liberty Fanfare" for the rededication of the Statue of Liberty, "We're Lookin' Good!" for the Special Olympics in celebration of the 1987 International Summer Games, and themes for the 1984, 1988, 1996, and 2002 Olympic games. His most recent concert work, "Seven for Luck," for soprano and orchestra, is a seven-piece song cycle based on the texts of former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove. "Seven for Luck" was given its world premiere by the Boston Symphony under Williams with soprano Cynthia Haymon.

Williams makes annual appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, and took part as conductor and composer in the orchestra's opening gala concerts for the Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2003.

In April 2005, Williams and the Boston Pops performed "The Force Theme" from Star Wars at opening day in Fenway Park as the Boston Red Sox, having won their first World Series championship since 1918, received their championship rings. For Game 1 of the 2007 World Series, Williams conducted a brass-and-drum ensemble through a new dissonant arrangement of the "Star Spangled Banner."

Notable compositions

Film scores

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The following list consists of select films for which John Williams wrote the score and/or songs. 1950s

Daddy-O (1958)

1960s

Because They're Young (1961)

I Passed for White (1960)

The Secret Ways (1961)

Bachelor Flat (1962)

Diamond Head (1963)

Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)

The Killers (1964)

None But the Brave (1965)

The Rare Breed (1966)

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)

Valley of the Dolls (1967) Oscar nomination (songs written by André and Dory Previn)

A Guide for the Married Man (1967)

Fitzwilly (1967)

How to Steal a Million (1968)

Heidi (1968)

The Reivers (1969) Oscar nomination

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) Oscar nomination

1970s

Storia di una donna (1970) His only score written for a foreign movie

Jane Eyre (1970)

Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Oscar winner (score adaptation)

(1972) Oscar nomination

The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Oscar nomination

The Cowboys (1972)

Cinderella Liberty (1973) Oscar nomination

The Long Goodbye (1973), also title song.

The Paper Chase (1973)

Tom Sawyer (1973) Oscar nomination shared with Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman

The Towering Inferno (1974) Oscar nomination

Earthquake (1974)

The Sugarland Express (1974)

Jaws (1975) Golden Globe, BAFTA and Oscar winner

The Eiger Sanction (1975)

Family Plot (1976)

Midway (1976)

The Missouri Breaks (1976)

Black Sunday (1977)

(1977) Oscar, Golden Globe & BAFTA winner

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Oscar nomination

Jaws 2 (1978)

The Fury (1978)

Superman (1978) Oscar nomination and double Grammy nominations

1941 (1979)

Dracula (1979)

1980s

(1980) Oscar and double Grammy nominations, BAFTA winner

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Oscar and double Grammy nominations

Heartbeeps (1981)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Golden Globe, Oscar, and BAFTA winner (soundtrack)

Yes, Giorgio (1982) Song only - "If We Were In Love" Oscar and Golden Globe nomination

Monsignor (1982)

(1983) Oscar nomination

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Oscar nomination

The River (1984) Oscar nomination

SpaceCamp (1986)

Empire of the Sun (1987) Oscar nomination, BAFTA winner

(1987) Adapted and conducted by Alexander Courage

The Witches of Eastwick (1987) Oscar nomination

The Accidental Tourist (1988) Oscar nomination

Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Oscar nomination

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Oscar nomination

Always (1989)

1990s

Stanley & Iris (1990)

Presumed Innocent (1990)

Home Alone (1990) double Oscar nominations

Hook (1991) Grammy and Oscar nominations

JFK (1991) Oscar nomination

(1992)

Far and Away (1992)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Schindler's List (1993) Oscar, Grammy, and BAFTA winner

Nixon (1995) Oscar nomination

Sabrina (1995) double Oscar nominations

Sleepers (1996) Oscar nomination

Rosewood (1997)

(1997)

Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

Amistad (1997) Grammy and Oscar nominations

Stepmom (1998)

Saving Private Ryan (1998) Golden Globe, Grammy, and Oscar nominations

(1999) Grammy nomination

Angela's Ashes (1999) Grammy and Oscar nomination

2000s

The Patriot (2000) Oscar nomination

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) Grammy and Oscar nominations

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Oscar nomination and double Grammy nominations

Catch Me if You Can (2002) Oscar nomination

(2002)

Minority Report (2002)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Grammy nomination/Adapted and conducted by William Ross

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Grammy and Oscar nominations (soundtrack)

The Terminal (2004)

(2005) double Grammy nominations

War of the Worlds (2005) Grammy nomination

Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) Oscar Nomination, Grammy, Golden Globe, and BAFTA winner

Munich (2005) Oscar nomination, Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition; and Grammy nomination for Best Score Soundtrack Album

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) At the 51st Grammy Awards, John Williams won an award for the Mutt Williams theme

2010s

(2011)

War Horse (2011)

Lincoln (2012)

The Olympics

Williams has composed music for four Olympic Games:

"Olympic Fanfare and Theme" – 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles

* Written specifically for the opening ceremonies. In a 1996 re-release, the opening trumpet fanfare was replaced with "Bugler's Dream," a previous Olympic Theme written by Leo Arnaud. This recording has been used as the theme for NBC's Olympic coverage ever since.

"The Olympic Spirit" – 1988 Summer Olympics, Seoul

* Commissioned by NBC Sports for their television coverage

"Summon the Heroes" – 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta, Georgia

* Written in commemoration of the Centennial of the Modern Olympic Games. Premiering on July 19, 1996, the piece features heavy use of the brass and wind sections and is approximately six minutes in length. Principal Boston Pops trumpeter Timothy Morrison played the opening solo on the album recording. It has been arranged for various types of ensembles, including wind ensembles. This theme is now used prevalently by NBC for intros and outros to commercial breaks of the Olympics.

"Call of the Champions" – 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah

Television themes

For NBC (United States):

* NBC News - "The Mission"

** NBC Nightly News

** The Today Show

** Meet the Press

NBC Sunday Night Football

Amazing Stories

Checkmate (TV series)

Land of the Giants

Lost in Space

The Time Tunnel

For Seven Network (Australia):

* Seven News

* Sunrise and Weekend Sunrise Formerly used "The Mission," Now it uses MGMT's "Electric Feel"

Theme for Great Performances

Concerti

"Concerto for Flute and Orchestra" (1969), premiered in 1981 by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin

"Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra" (1976 rev. 1998), premiered in 1981 by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra under Slatkin

"Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra" (1985), premiered by the tubist Chester Schmitz of the Boston Pops for their 100th anniversary

"Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra" (1991), recorded by Michele Zukovsky for whom it was written

"Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (The Five Sacred Trees)" (1993), recorded by Judith LeClaire with the London Symphony Orchestra

"Concerto for Cello and Orchestra" (1994)

"Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra" (1996)

"Elegy for Cello and Piano" (1997), later arranged for Cello and Orchestra (2002). Based on a theme from Seven Years in Tibet

"TreeSong, Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra" (2000)

"Heartwood: Lyric Sketches for Cello and Orchestra" (2002)

"Concerto for Horn and Orchestra" (2003). Premiered with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in November 2003

"Duo Concertante for Violin and Viola" (2007). Premiered at Tanglewood in August 2007

"Concerto for Viola and Orchestra" (2009)

"Concerto for Harp and Orchestra: On Willows and Birches" (2009)

(Also has worked with Yo Yo Ma)

Celebration pieces and other concert works

"Prelude and Fugue for Orchestra" (1965). Available for download in MP3 at the United States Marine Band website.

"Symphony #1" (1966), premiered by Houston Symphony under André Previn in 1968. Williams reworked the piece in 1988 (performed by San Francisco Symphony during a visit as guest conductor in early 1990s)

Thomas and The King (musical, 1975), premiered in London. Recorded in 1981 by the Original Cast.

"Jubilee 350 Fanfare" (1980), premiered by the Boston Pops conducted by Williams. Piece celebrating the 350th anniversary of the City of Boston

"Liberty Fanfare" (1986), premiered on July 4, 1986 by the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. Piece composed for the Centennial of the Statue of Liberty

"A Hymn to New England" (1987)

"Fanfare for Michael Dukakis" (1988). Composed for Michael Dukakis' presidential campaign and premiered at the 1988 Democratic National Convention

"For New York" (Variations on theme by Leonard Bernstein) (1988). Composed for Leonard Bernstein's 70th birthday celebrations

"Celebrate Discovery" (1990). Composed for the 500th anniversary celebration of the arrival of Columbus in America

"Sound the Bells!" (1993)

"Song for World Peace" (1994)

"Variations on Happy Birthday" (1995)

"American Journey" (1999). Portions premiered as accompaniment to a film by Steven Spielberg as part of the Millennium Celebration in Washington D.C. December 31, 1999

"Three Pieces for Solo Cello" (2001)

"Soundings" (2003), composed for the Walt Disney Concert Hall

"Star Spangled Banner" (2007), special arrangement for game 1 of the 2007 World Series played by the Boston Pops Orchestra

"A Timeless Call" (2008). Score to the Steven Spielberg war veteran tribute film shown on day 3 of the 2008 Democratic National Convention

"Air and Simple Gifts," performed by Itzhak Perlman on violin, Yo-Yo Ma on cello, Gabriela Montero on piano, and Anthony McGill on clarinet. Composed for the Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration

chamber music piece for the La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest in California

Awards

John Williams has won five Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. He has been nominated for 21 Golden Globes and 59 Grammys. With 45 Oscar nominations, Williams currently holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for a living person, and is the second most nominated person in the history of the Academy Awards, tied with late fellow film composer Alfred Newman and behind only Walt Disney's 59. Forty of Williams' Oscar nominations are for Best Original Music Score and five are for Best Original Song. He won four Oscars for Best Original Score and one for Best Adapted Score (Fiddler on the Roof).

Williams has received three Emmy Awards and five nominations, seven BAFTAs, twenty-one Grammy Awards, and has been inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. In 2004 he received a Kennedy Center Honor. He won a Classical Brit award in 2005 for his soundtrack work of the previous year.

Notably, Williams has won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for his scores for Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, The Empire Strikes Back, E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Angela'a Ashes (1999), Munich (2005), and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The competition includes not only composers of film scores, but also composers of instrumental music of any genre, including composers of legitimate classical fare such as symphonies and chamber music.

Williams's richly thematic and highly popular 1977 score to was selected in 2005 by the American Film Institute as the greatest American movie score of all time. His scores for Jaws and E.T. also appeared on the list, at #6 and #14, respectively.

In 2003, the International Olympic Committee accorded Mr. Williams its highest individual honor, the Olympic Order.

In 2010 Williams received the National Medal of Arts in the White House in Washington for his achievements in symphonic music for motion pictures, and "as a pre-eminent composer and conductor [whose] scores have defined and inspired modern movie-going for decades."

Grammy awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States.

|- | 1962 | Checkmate | Best Soundtrack Album or Recording or Score from Motion Picture or Television | |- | 1975 | Jaws | Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture | |- | rowspan=3 | 1977 | | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | |- | "Main Title" from Star Wars | Best Instrumental Composition | |- | Star Wars | Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture | |- | rowspan=2 | 1978 | "Theme" from Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Best Instrumental Composition | |- | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture | |- | rowspan=2 | 1979 | "Main Title Theme from Superman" | Best Instrumental Composition | |- | Superman | Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture | |- | rowspan=2 | 1980 | | Best Instrumental Composition | |- | Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture | |- | 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture | |- | rowspan=3 | 1982 | "Flying" (Theme from E.T.) | Best Instrumental Composition | |- | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture | |- | "Flying" (Theme from E.T.) | Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording | |- | rowspan=2 | 1984 | Olympic Fanfare and Theme | Best Instrumental Composition | |- | | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |- | 1988 | The Witches of Eastwick | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |- | 1989 | Empire of the Sun | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |- | 1990 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |- | 1992 | "Somewhere in My Memory" (with Leslie Bricusse) from Home Alone | Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | |- | rowspan=2 | 1993 | Schindler's List | Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or Television | |- | Hook | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |- | 1994 | Jurassic Park | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |- | 1997 | "Moonlight" (with Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman) from Sabrina | Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | |- | rowspan=2 | 1998 | Seven Years in Tibet | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |- | | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |- | rowspan=2 | 1999 | Saving Private Ryan | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |- | Amistad | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |- | rowspan=2 | 2000 | "Theme" from Angela's Ashes | Best Instrumental Composition | |- | | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |- | 2002 | | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |- | 2003 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |- | rowspan=2 | 2004 | Catch Me If You Can | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |- | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |- | 2005 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |- | 2006 | | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |- | rowspan=3 | 2007 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |- | Munich | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |- | "A Prayer For Peace" (Theme from Munich) | Best Instrumental Composition | |- | rowspan=2 | 2009 | "The Adventures of Mutt" from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Best Instrumental Composition | |- | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media |

Golden Globe Awards

|- | 1973 | The Poseidon Adventure | Best Original Score | |- | rowspan=2 | 1974 | Cinderella Liberty | Best Original Score | |- | Tom Sawyer (with Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman) | Best Original Score | |- | rowspan=2 | 1975 | Earthquake | Best Original Score | |- | Jaws | Best Original Score | |- | 1977 | Star Wars | Best Original Score | |- | 1978 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Best Original Score | |- | 1979 | Superman | Best Original Score | |- | | 1981 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | Best Original Score | |- | 1982 | E.T. | Best Original Score | |- | 1983 | "If We Were In Love" (with Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman) from Yes, Giorgio | Best Original Song | |- | 1985 | The River | Best Original Score | |- | 1988 | Empire of the Sun | Best Original Score | |- | 1989 | The Accidental Tourist | Best Original Score | |- | 1990 | Born on the Fourth of July | Best Original Score | |- | 1994 | Schindler's List | Best Original Score | |- | 1996 | "Moonlight" (with Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman) from Sabrina | Best Original Song | |- | 1998 | Seven Years in Tibet | Best Original Score | |- | 1999 | Saving Private Ryan | Best Original Score | |- | 2000 | Angela's Ashes | Best Original Score | |- | 2002 | Artificial Intelligence: AI | Best Original Score | |- | 2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Best Original Score |

Emmy Awards

|- | 1962 | Alcoa Premiere | Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed for Television | |- | 1963 | Alcoa Premiere | Outstanding Achievement in Composing Original Music | |- | 1968 | Heidi | Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition | |- | 1971 | Jane Eyre | Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition | |- | 2002 | The 74th Academy Awards | Outstanding Music Direction | |- | 2009 | Great Performances | Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music |

Academy Awards

|- | 1967 | Valley of the Dolls | Score Adaptation | |- | rowspan=2 | 1969 | Goodbye, Mr Chips | Score Adaptation | |- | The Reivers | Original Score | |- | 1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | Best Music, Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score | |- | rowspan=2 | 1972 | Images | Original Score | |- | The Poseidon Adventure | Original Score | |- | rowspan=3 | 1973 | Cinderella Liberty | Original Dramatic Score | |- | "Nice to Be Around" (from Cinderella Liberty) | Original Song | |- | Tom Sawyer | Score Adaptation | |- | 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Original Score | |- | 1975 | Jaws | Best Music, Original Score | |- | rowspan=2 | 1977 | | Best Music, Original Score | |- | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Original Score | |- | 1978 | Superman | Original Score | |- | 1980 | Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | Original Score | |- | 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Original Score | |- | rowspan=2 | 1982 | E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial | Best Music, Original Score | |- | "If We Were in Love" (from Yes, Giorgio) | Original Song | |- | 1983 | Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi | Original Score | |- | rowspan=2 | 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Original Score | |- | The River | Original Score | |- | rowspan=2 | 1987 | Empire of the Sun | Original Score | |- | The Witches of Eastwick | Original Score | |- | 1988 | The Accidental Tourist | Original Score | |- | rowspan=2 | 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Original Score | |- | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Original Score | |- | rowspan=2 | 1990 | Home Alone | Original Score | |- | "Somewhere in My Memory" (from Home Alone) | Original Song | |- | rowspan=2 | 1991 | JFK | Original Score | |- | "When You're Alone" (from Hook) | Original Song | |- | 1993 | Schindler's List | Best Music, Original Score | |- | rowspan=3 | 1995 | Nixon | Original Dramatic Score | |- | Sabrina | Original Musical or Comedy Score | |- | "Moonlight" (from Sabrina) | Original Song | |- | 1996 | Sleepers | Original Dramatic Score | |- | 1997 | Amistad | Original Dramatic Score | |- | 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Original Dramatic Score | |- | 1999 | Angela's Ashes | Original Score | |- | 2000 | The Patriot | Original Score | |- | rowspan=2 | 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Original Score | |- | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Original Score | |- | 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | Original Score | |- | 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Original Score | |- | rowspan=2 | 2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Original Score | |- | Munich | Original Score |

See also

Star Wars music

Superman music

Harry Potter music

Indiana Jones music

References

Further reading

Peter Moormann: Spielberg-Variationen. Die Filmmusik von John Williams, Baden-Baden (Germany): Nomos 2010. ISBN=978-3-8329-5355-3

Roberto Aschieri: OVER THE MOON: LA MÚSICA DE JOHN WILLIAMS PARA EL CINE, Chile 1999. ISBN=956-288-177-6. Recognized by the composer and Google Books posted.

External links

John Williams Fan Network

Music by John Williams

The John Towner Touch (1957) (First solo album)

The John Williams Web Pages

John Williams Official Site

Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame

John Williams Music Network

John Williams at Soundtrackguide.net

John Williams on SoundtrackNet

John Williams Discography at SoundtrackCollector.com

The John Williams Collection

John Williams Sheet Music and Scores

Timelines John Williams (Article Part 1 of 6)

Timelines John Williams (Article Part 2 of 6)

Timelines John Williams (Article Part 3 of 6)

Timelines John Williams (Article Part 4 of 6)

Timelines John Williams (Article Part 5 of 6)

Timelines John Williams (Article Part 6 of 6)

Critical review of Williams's career by Anthony Tommasini at New York Times (2005)

John Williams Fan Site (Chinese language)

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Name	Henry Mancini
Landscape	yes
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Enrico Nicola Mancini
Born	April 16, 1924Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died	June 14, 1994Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Composer, conductor
Instrument	Piano
Genre	Film scores
Spouse	Virginia O'Connor (13 September 1947 - 14 June 1994) (his death) 3 children

Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) When Mancini was 12 years old, he began piano lessons. Quinto and Henry played flute together in the Aliquippa Italian immigrant band, "Sons of Italy". After graduating from Aliquippa High School in 1942, Mancini attended the renowned Juilliard School of Music in New York. In 1943, after roughly one year at Juilliard, his studies were interrupted when he was drafted into the United States Army. In 1945, he participated in the liberation of a concentration camp in southern Germany.

Career

Upon discharge, Mancini entered the music industry. In 1946, he became a pianist and arranger for the newly re-formed Glenn Miller Orchestra, led by Tex Beneke. After World War II, Mancini broadened his composition, counterpoint, harmony and orchestration skills during studies with two acclaimed "serious" concert hall composers, Ernst Krenek and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

In 1952, Mancini joined the Universal Pictures music department. During the next six years, he contributed music to over 100 movies, most notably The Creature from the Black Lagoon, It Came from Outer Space, Tarantula, This Island Earth, The Glenn Miller Story (for which he received his first Academy Award nomination), The Benny Goodman Story and Orson Welles' Touch of Evil. Mancini left Universal-International to work as an independent composer/arranger in 1958. Soon after, he scored the television series Peter Gunn Ted Kotcheff (Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?), and others. Mancini's score for the Alfred Hitchcock film Frenzy (1972) was rejected and replaced by Ron Goodwin's work.

Mancini scored many TV movies, including The Thorn Birds and The Shadow Box. He wrote his share of television themes, including Mr. Lucky (starring John Vivyan and Ross Martin), NBC News Election Night Coverage, NBC Mystery Movie, Newhart, Remington Steele, Tic Tac Dough (1990 version) and Hotel. Mancini also composed the "Viewer Mail" theme for Late Night with David Letterman. Lawrence Welk held Mancini in very high regard, and frequently featured Mancini's music on The Lawrence Welk Show (Mancini, at least once, made a guest appearance on the show).

Mancini recorded over 90 albums, in styles ranging from big band to classical to pop. Eight of these albums were certified gold by The Recording Industry Association of America. He had a 20 year contract with RCA Records, resulting in 60 commercial record albums that made him a household name composer of easy listening music.

Mancini's range also extended to orchestral scores (Lifeforce, The Great Mouse Detective, Sunflower, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Molly Maguires, The Hawaiians), and darker themes (Experiment in Terror, The White Dawn, Wait Until Dark, The Night Visitor).

Mancini was also a concert performer, conducting over fifty engagements per year, resulting in over 600 symphony performances during his lifetime. Among the symphony orchestras he conducted are the London Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He appeared in 1966, 1980 and 1984 in command performances for the British Royal Family. He also toured several times with Johnny Mathis and with Andy Williams, who had sung many of Mancini's songs.

Mancini had experience with acting and voice roles. In 1994, he made a one-off cameo appearance in the first season of the sitcom series Frasier, as a call-in patient to Dr. Frasier Crane's radio show. Mancini voiced the character Al, who speaks with a melancholy drawl and hates the sound of his own voice, in the episode "Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast?" Mancini also had an uncredited performance as a pianist in the 1967 movie Gunn, the movie version of the series Peter Gunn, the score of which was originally composed by Mancini himself.

Death and legacy

Mancini died of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles. He was working at the time on the Broadway stage version of Victor/Victoria, which he never saw on stage. At the time of his death, Mancini was married to his wife of 43 years, singer Virginia "Ginny" O'Connor, with whom he had three children. They'd met while both were members of the Tex Beneke orchestra, just after World War II. In 1948, Ginny was one of the founders of the Society of Singers, a non-profit organization which benefits the health and welfare of professional singers worldwide. Additionally the Society awards scholarships to students pursuing an education in the vocal arts. One of Mancini's twin daughters, Monica Mancini, is a professional singer; her sister Felice runs The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation (MHOF). Son Christopher is a music publisher and promoter in Los Angeles.

In 1996, the Henry Mancini Institute, an academy for young music professionals, was founded by Jack Elliott in Mancini's honor, and was later under the direction of composer-conductor Patrick Williams. By the mid 2000s, however, the institute could not sustain itself and closed its doors on December 30, 2006. However, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Foundation "Henry Mancini Music Scholarship" has been awarded annually since 2001. While still alive, Henry created a scholarship at UCLA and the bulk of his library and works are archived in the highly esteemed music library at UCLA.

In 2005, the Henry Mancini Arts Academy was opened as a division of the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center. The Center is located in Midland, Pennsylvania, minutes away from Mancini's hometown of Aliquippa. The Henry Mancini Arts Academy is an evening-and-weekend performing arts program for children from pre-K to grade 12, with some classes also available for adults. The program includes dance, voice, musical theater, and instrumental lessons.

Awards

Mancini was nominated for an unprecedented 72 Grammys, winning 20. Additionally he was nominated for 18 Academy Awards, winning four. He also won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for two Emmys.

Mancini won a total of four Oscars for his music in the course of his career. He was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1955 for his original score of The Glenn Miller Story, on which he collaborated with Joseph Gershenson. He lost out to Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin's Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. In 1962, he was nominated in the Best Music, Original Song category for "Bachelor in Paradise" from the film of the same name, in collaboration with lyricist Mack David. That song did not win. However, Mancini did receive two Oscars that year: one in the same category, for the song "Moon River" (shared with lyricist Johnny Mercer), and one for "Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture" for Breakfast at Tiffany's. The following year, he and Mercer took another Best Song award for "Days of Wine and Roses", |- | 1960 | align="left"| "Mr. Lucky" | 21 | — | — | — |- | rowspan="2"| 1961 | align="left"| "Theme from the Great Imposter" | 90 | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "Moon River" | 11 | 1 | — | 44 |- | 1962 | align="left"| "Theme from Hatari" | 95 | — | — | — |- | rowspan="3"| 1963 | align="left"| "Days of Wine and Roses" | 33 | 10 | — | — |- | align="left"| "Banzai Pipeline" | 93 | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "Charade" | 36 | 15 | — | — |- | rowspan="4"| 1964 | align="left"| "The Pink Panther Theme" | 31 | 10 | — | — |- | align="left"| "A Shot in the Dark" | 97 | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "Dear Heart" | 77 | 14 | — | — |- | align="left"| "How Soon" | — | — | — | 10 |- | rowspan="2"| 1965 | align="left"| "The Sweetheart Tree" | 117 | 23 | — | — |- | align="left"| "Moment to Moment" | — | 27 | — | — |- | 1966 | align="left"| "Hawaii (Main Theme)" | — | 6 | — | — |- | rowspan="2"| 1967 | align="left"| "Two For the Road" | — | 17 | — | — |- | align="left"| "Wait Until Dark" | — | 4 | — | — |- | rowspan="2"| 1968 | align="left"| "Norma La De Guadalajara" | — | 21 | — | — |- | align="left"| "A Man, a Horse and a Gun" | — | 36 | — | — |- | rowspan="3"| 1969 | align="left"| "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" | 1 | 1 | — | — |- | align="left"| "Moonlight Sonata" | 87 | 15 | — | — |- | align="left"| "There Isn't Enough to Go Around" | — | 39 | — | — |- | rowspan="2"| 1970 | align="left"| "Theme from Z (Life Goes On)" | 115 | 17 | — | — |- | align="left"| "Darling Lili" | — | 26 | — | — |- | rowspan="2"| 1971 | align="left"| "Love Story" | 13 | 2 | — | — |- | align="left"| "Theme from Cade's County" | — | 14 | — | 42 |- | rowspan="2"| 1972 | align="left"| "Theme from the Mancini Generation" | — | 38 | — | — |- | align="left"| "All His Children"(with Charley Pride) | 117 | — | 2 | — |- | 1973 | align="left"| "Oklahoma Crude" | — | 38 | — | — |- | 1974 | align="left"| "Hangin' Out"(with the Mouldy Seven) | — | 21 | — | — |- | 1975 | align="left"| "Once Is Not Enough" | — | 45 | — | — |- | rowspan="2"| 1976 | align="left"| "African Symphony" | — | 40 | — | — |- | align="left"| "Slow Hot Wind" | — | 38 | — | — |- | 1977 | align="left"| "Theme from Charlie's Angels"" | 45 | 22 | — | — |- | 1980 | align="left"| "Ravel's Bolero" | 101 | — | — | — |- | 1984 | align="left"| "The Thornbirds Theme" | — | — | — | 23 |- | colspan="6" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. |}

Albums

The Versatile Henry Mancini, Liberty LRP 3121

The Mancini Touch, RCA Victor LSP 2101

The Blues & the Beat, RCA Victor LSP-2147

Mr. Lucky Goes Latin, RCA Victor LSP-2360

Our Man in Hollywood, RCA Victor LSP-2604

Uniquely Mancini, RCA Victor LSP-2692

The Best of Mancini, RCA Victor LSP-2693

Mancini Plays Mancini, RCA Camden CAS-2158

Everybody's Favorite, RCA Camden CXS-9034

Concert Sound of Henry Mancini, RCA Victor LSP-2897

Dear Heart and Other Songs, RCA Victor LSP-2990

Theme Scene, RCA Victor LSP-3052

Debut Conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, RCA Victor LSP-3106

The Best of Vol. 3, RCA Victor LSP-3347

The Latin Sound of Henry Mancini, RCA Victor LSP-3356

A Merry Mancini Christmas, RCA Victor LSP-3612

Pure Gold, RCA Victor LSP-3667

Mancini Country, RCA Victor LSP-3668

Mancini '67, RCA Victor LSP-3694

Music of Hawaii, RCA Victor LSP-3713

Brass on Ivory, RCA Victor LSP-3756

A Warm Shade of Ivory, RCA Victor LSP-3757

Big Latin Band, RCA Victor LSP-4049

Six Hours Past Sunset, RCA Victor LSP-4239

Theme music from Z & Other Film Music, RCA Victor LSP-4350

Big Screen-Little Screen, RCA Victor LSP-4630

This Is Henry Mancini, RCA Victor VPS6029

Music from the TV Series "The Mancini Generation", RCA Victor LSP-4689

Brass, Ivory & Strings (with Doc Severinsen), RCA APL1-0098

The Theme Scene, RCA AQLI-3052

Country Gentleman, RCA APD1-0270 (Quadraphonic)

Hangin' Out, RCA CPL1-0672

Symphonic Soul, RCA APD1-1025 (Quadraphonic)

Mancini's Angels, RCA CPL1-2290

(with Johnny Mathis), The Hollywood Musicals, Columbia FC 40372

The Pink Panther Meets Speedy Gonzales, Koch Schwann CD

The Legendary Henry Mancini, BMG Australia 3 CD set

Soundtracks

Many of Mancini's "soundtracks" are actually "Music from ...", which allowed him to rearrange the music to be more accessible and to release records without the expense of paying studio orchestra fees.

The Music from Peter Gunn, RCA Victor LSP 1956

More Music from Peter Gunn, RCA Victor LSP 2040

Music from Mr. Lucky, RCA Victor LSP 2198

Bachelor in Paradise, Film Score Monthly FSMCD vol. 7 Nr. 18

, RCA Victor LSP-2362

A Change of Seasons

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, Intrada special collection vol. 11

Experiment in Terror, RCA Victor LSP-2442

Hatari!, RCA Victor LSP-2559

Charade (1963 film)Charade, RCA Victor LSP-2755

The Pink Panther, RCA Victor LSP 2795

The Great Race, RCA Victor LSP-3402

Arabesque, RCA Victor LSP-3623

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, RCA Victor LSP-3648

Two for the Road, RCA Victor LSP-3802

Gunn, RCA Victor LSP-3840

The Party, RCA Victor LSP-3997

Me, Natalie, Columbia OS 3350

Visions of Eight, RCA Victor ABL1-0231

The Great Waldo Pepper, MCA 2085

Darling Lili, RCA LSPX 1000

Gaily, Gaily, UAS 5202

The Glass Menagerie, MCA MCAD 6222

The Great Mouse Detective, Varèse Sarabande VSD 5359

The Hawaiians, UAS 5210

Lifeforce, BSXCD 8844

The Molly Maguires, Bay Cities BCD 3029

Nightwing

Oklahoma Crude, RCA APL1 0271

The Pink Panther Strikes Again, UA-LA 694

Revenge of the Pink Panther, EMI 791113-2

, EMI SJ 17177

Silver Streak, Intrada special collection vol. 5

Sometimes a Great Notion, Decca DL 79185

Son of the Pink Panther, Milan 21-16461-2

Sunflower, SLC SLCS 7035

The Thief Who Came to Dinner, WB BS 2700

The Thorn Birds, Varèse Sarabande 30206 65642 8

, MCA MCD 10721

Touch of Evil, Movie Sound MSCD 401

Victor Victoria, GNP Crescendo GNPD 8038

W.C. Fields and Me, MCA 2092

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, Epic SE 35692

Filmography

Charade - Universal Studios

The Great Mouse Detective - Walt Disney Pictures

Ghost Dad - Universal Studios

- Turner Pictures

Bibliography

Mancini, Henry: Sounds And Scores: a practical guide to professional orchestration (Book on orchestration of popular music, 1962)

Mancini, Henry: Did they mention the music? (Autobiography, with Gene Lees, 1989)

Thomas, Tony: Music For The Movies (1973)

Thomas, Tony: Film Score (1979)

Larson, Randall: 'Henry Mancini: On Scoring Lifeforce and Santa Claus' (interview)(in: CinemaScore, #15, 1987)

Büdinger, Matthias: 'An interview with Henry Mancini' (in: Soundtrack, vol. 7, No. 26, 1988)

Büdinger, Matthias: 'Henry Mancini' (in: Soundtrack, vol. 13, No. 50, 1994)

Büdinger, Matthias: 'Henry Mancini remembered' (in: Soundtrack, vol. 13, No. 51)

Büdinger, Matthias: 'Whistling Away The Dark' In: Film Score Monthly, # 45, p. 7

Büdinger, Matthias: 'Henry Mancini 1924–1994' In: Film Score Monthly, # 46/47, p. 5

Büdinger, Matthias: 'Feeling Fancy Free' (in: Film Score Monthly, vol. 10, No. 2)

Brown, Royal S.: Overtones and undertones — reading film music (1994)

References

External links

Henry Mancini, Space Age Pop

A Henry Mancini discography

Henry Mancini, Soundtrackinfo

Official site on Mancini's 80th anniversary

A Mancini anthology

Memories of Henry Mancini

The story behind the making of the music from Peter Gunn, including interviews with the musicians and sound engineers

Henry Mancini interview recorded 5.9.1968 on the Pop Chronicles

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Name	George Shearing
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born	August 13, 1919
Origin	Battersea, London, UK
Instrument	piano
Genre	jazz bebop swing cool jazz
Years active	1947–present
Occupation	musician
Label	MGM Capitol ConcordSavoy
Website	www.georgeshearing.net/

Sir George Shearing, OBE (born August 13, 1919) is an Anglo-American jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group which recorded for MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300 titles, he has had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s.

He became known for a piano technique known as Shearing's voicing, a type of double melody block chord, with an additional fifth part that doubles the melody an octave lower. George Shearing credits the Glenn Miller Orchestra's reed section of the late thirties and early forties as an important influence.

Shearing's interest in classical music resulted in some performances with concert orchestras in the 1950s and 1960s, and his solos frequently draw upon the music of Debussy and, particularly, Erik Satie and Frederick Delius for inspiration.

Early life

Born in Battersea, London, Shearing was the youngest of nine children. He was born blind to working class parents: his father delivered coal and his mother cleaned trains in the evening. He started to learn piano at the age of three and began formal training at Linden Lodge School for the Blind, where he spent four years.

Though offered several scholarships, Shearing opted to perform at a local pub, the Mason's Arms in Lambeth, for "25 bob a week" playing piano and accordion. He even joined an all-blind band during that time and was influenced by the albums of Teddy Wilson and Fats Waller.

In 2007, was knighted for services to music.

Discography

1947 Piano Solo — Savoy

1949 Midnight on Cloud 69 — Savoy

1949 George Shearing Quintet — Discovery

1950 You're Hearing the George Shearing Quartet — MGM

1951 An Evening with the George Shearing Quintet

1951 Souvenirs — London

1951 Touch of Genius — MGM

1952 I Hear Music — Metro

1955 Shearing Caravan — MGM

1955 Shearing in Hi Fi — MGM

1955 The Shearing Spell — Capitol

1956 Latin Escapade — Capitol

1956 Black Satin — Capitol (T858)

1956 By Request — London

1956 Velvet Carpet — Capitol

1957 Shearing on Stage — Capitol

1958 Blue Chiffon — Capitol

1958 Burnished Brass — Capitol

1958 Latin Lace — Capitol

1958 George Shearing on Stage! — Capitol

1958 Latin Affair — Capitol

1958 In the Night with Dakota Staton — Capitol

1959 Satin Brass — Capitol

1959 Satin Latin — MGM

1959 Beauty and the Beat! (with Peggy Lee) — Capitol

1960 San Francisco Scene — Capitol

1960 On the Sunny Side of the Strip — GNP

1960 The Shearing Touch — Capitol (T1472)

1960 White Satin — Capitol

1961 George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers — Jazz

1961 Mood Latino — Capitol

1961 Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays (with Nat King Cole) — Capitol

1961 Satin Affair — Capitol

1961 The Swingin's Mutual! (with Nancy Wilson) — Capitol

1962 Concerto For My Love - ST-1755 Capitol

1962 Jazz Moments — Blue Note

1962 Shearing Bossa Nova — Capitol

1962 Soft and Silky — MGM

1962 Smooth & Swinging — MGM

1963 Touch Me Softly — Capitol

1963 Jazz Concert — Capitol

1963 Rare Form — Capitol

1963 Old Gold and Ivory — Capitol

1963 Latin Rendezvous — Capitol

1964 Out of the Woods — Capitol

1964 Deep Velvet — Capitol

1966 That Fresh Feeling — Capitol

1969 In the Mind — Capitol

1970 Out of This World (Sheba Records)

1971 The Heart and Soul of George Shearing and Joe Williams (Sheba)

1972 As Requested (Sheba)

1972 Music to Hear (Sheba)

1972 The George Shearing Quartet (Sheba)

1973 GAS (Sheba)

1973 The George Shearing Trio, Vol. 1

1974 Light Airy and Swinging — MPS/BASF

1974 My Ship — MPS/BASF

1974 The Way We Are — MPS/BASF

1975 Continental Experience — MPS/BASF

1976 ''The Many Facets of George Shearing - MPS/BASF

1976 The Reunion — MPS/BASF (with Stephane Grappelli)

1977 Windows — MPS/BASF

1977 500 Miles High - MPS/BASF

1977 Feeling Happy - MPS/BASF

1979 Getting in the Swing of Things — MPS/BASF

1979 Live — Concord Jazz

1979 Blues Alley Jazz (Live) — Concord Jazz

1979 Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano — Angel

1980 Two for the Road (with Carmen McRae) — Concord

1980 In Concert at the Pavilion — Concord Jazz

1980 On a Clear Day — Concord Jazz

1981 Alone Together — (with Marian McPartland) Concord Jazz

1981 First Edition — Concord Jazz

1982 An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (Live, with Mel Tormé)

1983 Top Drawer — Concord Jazz (Live, with Mel Tormé)

1984 Live at the Cafe Carlyle — Concord

1985 An Elegant Evening — Concord Jazz (with Mel Tormé)

1985 Grand Piano — Concord Jazz

1986 Plays Music of Cole Porter — Concord

1986 More Grand Piano — Concord Jazz

1987 A Vintage Year — Concord Jazz (Live, with Mel Tormé)

1987 Breakin' Out — Concord Jazz

1987 Dexterity — Concord Jazz (Live, featuring Ernestine Anderson)

1988 The Spirit of 176 — Concord Jazz (with Hank Jones)

1988 Perfect Match — Concord Jazz (with Ernestine Anderson)

1989 George Shearing in Dixieland — Concord

1989 Piano — Concord Jazz

1990 Mel and George "Do" World War II — Concord (Live, with Mel Tormé)

1991 Get Happy! - EMI Classics

1992 - Telarc (Live)

1992 — Telarc (Live)

1992 How Beautiful Is Night — Telarc

1994 That Shearing Sound — Telarc

1994 Great Britain's Marian McPartland & George Shearing — Savoy Jazz

1994 Cocktail for Two — Jazz World

1995

1997 Favorite Things — Telarc

1998 Christmas with The George Shearing Quintet — Telarc

2000 — Jazz Band

2001 Live at the Forum, Bath 1992 — BBC Legends (Live)

2001 Back to Birdland — Telarc (Live)

2002 The Rare Delight of You (with John Pizzarelli) - Telarc

2002 Pick Yourself Up — Past Perfect

2002 ''Here and Now. New Look - with G.S. Quintet and String Choir

2004 Like Fine Wine — Mack Avenue

2005 Music to Hear — Koch

2005 Hopeless Romantics (with Michael Feinstein) — Concord

2006 Live Jazz from Club 15 — Request (Live)

2006 Swinging in a Latin Mood — Universal

Concert filmography

2003 George Shearing - Jazz Legend

2004 George Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland

2004 Swing Era - George Shearing

2004 Joe Williams with George Shearing: A Song is Born

2005 Duo Featuring Neil Swainson

References

External links

George Shearing.net

George Shearing discography (at VH1)

Profile at IMDB

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Name	Eric Burdon
Landscape	Yes
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Eric Victor Burdon
Born	May 11, 1941Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Girlfriend	Marianna Proestou
Genre	Rock, Hard rock, Heavy Metal, Blues rock, Progressive, Psychedelic, R&B;, Funk rock, Crossover, Glam Rock, Rock and Roll, Jazz fusion
Type of singing	Death growling, Baritone, Screamo
Occupation	Musician, songwriter, actor, painter
Years active	1960–present
Label	SPV, Polydor, Universal, Sony BMG, MGM, One Way, Repertoire Records, Avenue, Rhino, Line, Teldec, Flying Eye, Sanctuary, Columbia, EMI, Decca
Associated acts	The Animals, War
Url	EricBurdon.com
Past members	70s: Bob Morcereau, George Suranovich, John Sterling, Terry Ryan, Kim Kesterson, John Ussery, Aalon Butler, Alvin Taylor, Randy Rice, Snuffy Walden, Greg Brown, John "Rabbit" Bundrick, Robert Ahwai, Mike Carr, Bobby Gien, Dave Dover, Kenny Parry, Terry McCurker, Brian Paris, Leslie Binks, Zoot Money, Hilton Valentine, John Steel, Alexis Korner, Maggie Bell, Jeff Whitehorn, P.P. Arnold, Vicki Brown, Frank Diez, Hans-Jürgen Fritz, Colin Pincott, Steffi Stephan, Bobby Tench, Derek Austin, Lyle Harp, Glenn Peniston, Brian Robertson, Henry McCullough, Chris Stewart, Mick Weaver, Mel Collins, Bernt Schultz, Nippy Noya, Rosa King, Ingeburg Thomsen, Thomas Kretschner, Paul Vincent, Jean-Jaques Kravetz, Bertram Engel and Cepard Cloning.

Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is best known as a founding member and vocalist of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle, England, and the funk rock band War and his aggressive stage performance. He was ranked 57th in Rolling Stone's list - The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

Career

The Animals

Burdon was lead singer of The Animals, formed during 1962 in Newcastle, England. The original band was the Alan Price Combo which formed in 1958. They became the Animals shortly after Burdon joined the band. They combined electric blues with rock and in the USA were one of the leading bands of the British Invasion. Along with The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Dave Clark Five, and The Kinks, the group introduced British music and fashion. Burdon's powerful voice can be heard in The Animals singles "The House of the Rising Sun", "Sky Pilot", "Monterey", "I'm Crying", "Boom Boom", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", "Bring It On Home to Me", "Baby Let Me Take You Home", "It's My Life", "We Gotta Get out of This Place", "Don't Bring Me Down", and "See See Rider".

By late 1966 the other original members, including keyboardist Alan Price, had left. Burdon and drummer Barry Jenkins reformed the group as Eric Burdon and The Animals. This more psychedelic incarnation featured future Family member John Weider and was sometimes called Eric Burdon and the New Animals. Keyboardist Zoot Money joined during 1968 until they split up in 1969. This group's hits included the ballad "San Franciscan Nights", the grunge–heavy metal-pioneering "When I Was Young", "Monterey", the anti-Vietnam anthem "Sky Pilot" and the progressive cover of "Ring of Fire".

In 1975 the original Animals reunited and recorded an album called Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted, released in 1977 and overlooked due to the dawning of punk. In May 1983 The Animals reunited with their original lineup and the album Ark was released on 16 June 1983, along with the singles "The Night" and "Love Is For All Time". A world tour followed and the concert at Wembley Arena, London, recorded on 31 December 1983 was released in 1984 as Rip It To Shreds. Their concert at the Royal Oak Theatre in April 1984 was released in 2008 entitled Last Live Show; the band members were augmented by Zoot Money, Nippy Noya, Steve Gregory and Steve Grant. The original Animals broke up for the last time at the end of 1984.

Although the band Burdon formed in the late '60s was sometimes called Eric Burdon and The New Animals, it wasn't until 1998 that the name Eric Burdon and The New Animals was officially adopted. The 1998 band had bassist Dave Meros, guitarist Dean Restum , drummer Aynsley Dunbar and keyboard guitarist Neal Morse. They recorded Live At The Coach House on 17 October 1998, released on video and DVD in December that year. In 1999 they released The Official Live Bootleg #2 and in August 2000 The Official Live Bootleg 2000, with Martin Gerschwitz on keyboards.

In June 2003, he formed another Eric Burdon and The Animals, with keyboardist Martin Gerschwitz, bassist Dave Meros, guitarist Dean Restum, and drummer Bernie Pershey. They disbanded in 2005. During 2008 Burdon toured again as Eric Burdon and The Animals with a variable lineup of backing musicians.

On 13 December 2008, Burdon lost a three-year legal battle to win the name "The Animals" in the UK. Drummer John Steel now owns the rights in the UK only. Burdon still tours as Eric Burdon and the Animals, but is prevented from using the name "The Animals" in England while the case is under appeal. Steel was a member in its heyday and left before the band split in 1966. Steel later played in various reunion versions of the band with Burdon.

War

During 1969, while living in San Francisco, Burdon joined forces with Californian funk rock band War. The resulting album was entitled Eric Burdon Declares "War" which produced the singles "Spill the Wine" and "Tobacco Road". A two-disc set entitled The Black-Man's Burdon, was released later in September 1970. The singles from the double album, "Paint It, Black" and "They Can't Take Away Our Music", had moderate success during 1971. During this time Burdon collapsed on the stage during a concert, caused by an asthma attack, and War continued the tour without him.

In 1976 a compilation album, Love Is All Around, was released by ABC Records which had recordings of Eric Burdon with War and a live version of "Paint it Black" and a jam session called "A Day In The Life".

Eric Burdon and War were reunited for the first time in 37 years, to perform a concert at the Royal Albert Hall London on 21 April 2008. The concert coincided with a major reissue campaign by Rhino Records (UK), who released all the War albums including Eric Burdon Declares "War" and The Black-Man's Burdon.

Solo career

Burdon began a solo career in 1971 with The Eric Burdon Band, continuing with a hard rock–heavy metal–funk style. In August 1971 he recorded the album Guilty! which featured the blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon, and also Ike White of the San Quentin Prison Band. In 1973 the band performed at the Reading Festival and in 1974 they travelled to New York. At the end of 1974 the band released the album Sun Secrets and this was followed by the album Stop in 1975. Burdon moved to Germany in 1977 and recorded the album Survivor with a lineup including guitarist Alexis Korner and keyboardist Zoot Money; the album also had a line-up of four guitarists and three keyboard players and is known for its interesting album cover, which depicts Burdon screaming.

In May 1978 he recorded the album Darkness Darkness at the Roundwood House in County Laois, Ireland, using Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio and featuring guitarist and vocalist Bobby Tench from The Jeff Beck Group, who had left Streetwalkers a few months before. The album was eventually released in 1980. During January 1979 Burdon changed his band for a tour taking in Hamburg, Germany and Holland.

On 28 August 1982 "The Eric Burdon Band" including Red Young (keyboards) performed at the Rockpalast Open Air Concert in Lorelei, Germany. Following this Burdon toured heavily with his solo project from March 1984 to March 1985, taking in UK, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Canada and Australia. In 1986 Burdon published his autobiography entitled I Used To Be An Animal, But I'm Alright Now.

In March 1979 he played a concert in Cologne and changed the band's name to "Eric Burdon's Fire Department", whose lineup included backing vocalist Jackie Carter of Silver Convention, Bertram Engel of Udo Lindenbergs "Panik Orchester" and Jean-Jaques Kravetz. In mid 1980 they recorded the album The Last Drive. "Eric Burdon's Fire Department" toured Europe with this lineup and Paul Millins and Louisiana Red made special appearances in Spain and Italy. By December 1980 the band had broken up.

In April 1981, Christine Buschmann began to film Comeback with Burdon as the star. They created a new "Eric Burdon Band" whose lineup included Louisiana Red, Tony Braunagle, John Sterling and Snuffy Walden. This band recorded live tracks in Los Angeles. They also recorded in Berlin with another lineup, the only remaining member being John Sterling. In September 1981 the final scenes of Comeback were shot in the Berlin Metropole and Burdon and his band continued to tour through Australia and North America. A studio album titled Comeback was released in 1982. The 1983 album Power Company also included songs recorded during the Comeback project.

In 1988 he put together a band with 15 musicians including Andrew Giddings - keyboards, Steve Stroud - bass, Adrian Sheppard - drums, Jamie Moses - guitar and four backing vocalists to record the album I Used To Be An Animal in Malibu, in the United States. In 1990 Eric Burdon's cover version of "Sixteen Tons" was used for the film Joe Versus the Volcano. The song, which played at the beginning of the film, was also released as a single. He also recorded the singles "We Gotta Get out of this Place" with Katrina & The Waves and "No Man's Land" with Tony Carey and Anne Haigis. Later in 1990 he had a small lineup of an Eric Burdon Band featuring Jimmy Zavala (sax and harmonica), Dave Meros(bass), Jeff Naideau (keyboards), Thom Mooney (drums) and John Sterling (guitar) before he began a tour with The Doors guitarist Robbie Krieger and they appeared at a concert from Ventura Beach, California, which was released as a DVD on 20 June 2008.

On 13 April 2004 he released a "comeback" album, My Secret Life, which was his first album with new recordings for 16 years. When John Lee Hooker died in 2001, Burdon had written the song "Can't Kill the Boogieman" the co-writers of the songs, on the album, were Tony Braunagel and Marcelo Nova. In 2005 they released a live album, Athens Traffic Live, with special DVD bonus material and a bonus studio track and disbanded in November 2005. He began a short touring as "The Blues Knights".

On 27 January 2006 he released his blues–R&B; album Soul of a Man. This album was dedicated to Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker. The cover of the album was a picture, which was sent to Burdon a few years before. Burdon then formed a new band, with the following members: Red Young (keyboards), Paula O'Rourke (bass), Eric McFadden (guitar) and Wally Ingram (drums). They also performed at the Lugano Festival and in 2007 he toured as the headlining act of the "Hippiefest" lineup, produced and hosted by Country Joe McDonald.

Other associations

In 1991, Burdon and Brian Auger formed the "Eric Burdon - Brian Auger Band" with the following lineup: Eric Burdon - vocals, Brian Auger - keyboards, vocals, Dave Meros - bass, vocals, Don Kirkpatrick - guitar, vocals, and Paul Crowder - drums, vocals. By 1992, Larry Wilkins replaced Kirkpatrick and Karma Auger (Brian's son) replaced Crowder and in 1993 they added Richard Reguria (percussion). The live album Access All Areas was then released. In 1994 the "Eric Burdon - Brian Auger Band" disbanded. Burdon then formed the "Eric Burdon's i Band". The lineup included Larry Wilkins, Dean Restum (guitar), Dave Meros (bass) and Mark Craney (drums).

In 1995, Burdon made a guest appearance with Bon Jovi, singing "It's My Life"/"We Gotta Get out of This Place" medley at the Hall of Fame. He also released the album Lost Within The Halls Of Fame, with past tracks and re-recordings of some songs from I Used To Be An Animal. In October 1996, Aynsley Dunbar replaced Craney on drums. The Official Live Bootleg was recorded in 1997 and in May that year Larry Wilkins died of cancer. He also released the compilations Soldier Of Fortune and I'm Ready which featured recordings from the 1970s and 1980s.

In 2000 he recorded the song "Power to the People" together with Ringo Starr and Billy Preston for the motion picture Steal This Movie!. On 11 May 2001, The Animals were inducted into the Rock Walk Of Fame on Burdon's 60th birthday. On 3 March 2002, the live album Live in Seattle was recorded. Ex-War member Lee Oskar made a guest appearance on the album. In 2003 he made a guest appearance on the album Joyous in the City of Fools by the Greek rock band Pyx Lux, singing lead vocal on "Someone Wrote 'Save me' On a Wall".

In 2001, his second critically acclaimed memoir, "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," written with author/filmmaker J. Marshall Craig, was released in the U.S., followed by editions in Greece, Germany and Australia.

On 7 June 2008 Burdon performed at the memorial service of Bo Diddley in Gainesville, Florida. During July and August 2008, Burdon appeared as the headline act of the "Hippiefest". He also recorded the single "For What It's Worth" with Carl Carlton and Max Buskohl.

On 12 November 2008 Rolling Stone ranked Eric Burdon #57 on the list of the 100 Greatest Singers of all Time. On 22 January 2009 he first performed with his new band, including keyboardist Red Young, guitarist Rick Hirsch, bass player Jack Bryant and drummer Ed Friedland. For a few months he was sick and did not perform except in the United States. On 26 June, he began his European tour. The band includes Red Young (keyboards), Billy Watts (guitar), Terry Wilson (bass), Brannen Temple (drums) and Georgia Dagaki (cretan lyra). On 7 August the tour ended.

On 9 September after a gig, his wife and manager Marianna Proestou were hit by a pick up truck, when two fans asked for an autograph.

Influence

The sound of The Animals influenced many Britpop, alternative rock and power pop groups, and his voice is highly respected by many people such as Jim Morrison, Robert Plant, Tom Petty, David Johansen, Joe Cocker and Dan Zanes.

Iggy Pop and Bruce Springsteen voted for Burdon in the poll of Rolling Stone's list of the Top One Hundred best singers.

Brian Jones called him "The best blues singer to ever come out of England."

Alan Price has called him "The best singer in a white band."

Film career

Burdon wanted to act in the movie Blowup (1966). Director Michelangelo Antonioni wanted to use him as a musician in a club scene. Burdon turned the role down, because he had acted in movies before, where he sang songs. He disbanded The Animals and went to California where he met Jim Morrison and came to the realisation that his real inspiration was acting.

Later, he turned down major roles in Zabriskie Point and Performance (both 1970).

In 1973 he formed The Eric Burdon Band and recorded the soundtrack for his own film project, Mirage. He spent much money to make this film, produced as a motion picture for Atlantic. The film and the soundtrack were to be released in July 1974, but somehow they never were. The soundtrack was released in 2008.

In 1979 he acted in the TV movie The 11th Victim. Then in the German motion picture Gibbi - Westgermany (1980). In 1982 he starred in another German motion picture, Comeback, again as a singer.

In 1991 he had a cameo appearance in The Doors.

In 1998 he acted as himself in the Greek movie My Brother and I, followed by a bigger role in the German motion picture Snow on New Year's Eve (1999).

In the following years he was credited in many documentaries and in an independent movie called Fabulous Shiksa in Distress (2003), along with Ned Romero and Ted Markland.

In 2007 he performed the traditional "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" in the drama festival film The Blue Hour and in a documentary about , where Burdon lives, called Nowhere Now (2008).

Personal life

Burdon was born in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne. On 7 September 1967 he married Angie King in London. Burdon made it clear that he didn't want to make the marriage public, but on the wedding day the press encroached on the church service. This marriage only lasted until 1969, when they divorced.

On 17 September 1972, he married a German woman, Rosie Marks. They had a daughter, Alexandria, who named the album Mirage that was released in 2008. Marks appears in an "Up North" television programme, appearing with Burdon's family. They divorced in 1978 and a battle for child custody began. In 1983, after the Animals reunited again and started touring, his ex-wife and their daughter disappeared. In a 2006 interview Burdon confirmed that he eventually made contact with his daughter.

In the late 70s, his house in California was burned down by his ex-wife Rosie Marks. Much of his archival material, including footage, records, lyrics, scripts, diaries and pictures were destroyed.

His father died in 1984, and his mother in 1991.

Discography

Filmography

1964: Get Yourself a College Girl

1964: Whole Lotta Shakin'

1965: Pop Gear

1965: The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood

1967: It's a Bikini World

1967: Tonite Let's Make All Love in London

1968: All My Loving

1968: Monterey Pop

1973: Mirage (never filmed)

1979: 11th Victim

1980: Gibbi (West German)

1982: Comeback

1991: The Doors

1999: Snow on New Year's Eve

2001: Plaster Caster

2001: Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me

2003: Fabulous Shiksa In Distress

2007: The Blue Hour

2008: Nowhere Now: The Ballad of Joshua Tree

2010: Remembering Nigel

Festivals

1965: The Richmond Jazz Festival

*with The Yardbirds, The Animals Big Band, The Who

1967: The Windsor Jazz Festival of the Flower Power Children

1967: Monterey Pop Festival

1968: Newport Pop Festival '68

1969: Newport Pop Festival '69

*with Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Miles, Lee Oskar

1994: Sziget

2000: Moondance Jam

2004: Arrow Rock Festival

2005: San Sebastian Jazz Festival

2006: Lugano Jazz Festival

2008: Hippiefest

2009: Maryport Blues Festival

2010: Montreal Jazz Festival

2010: Ribfest

2010: Satsop River Rock

2010: Legenda Rocka

Notes

Further reading

Burdon, Eric. I Used to Be an Animal, but I'm All Right Now. Faber and Faber, 1986. ISBN 0-571-13492-0.

Burdon, Eric (with J. Marshall Craig). Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: A Memoir. Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001. ISBN 1-56025-330-4.

External links

Eric Burdon website

Eric Burdon Interview with Pennyblackmusic from August 2010

Eric Burdon Interview on Music Towers from 2001

Eric Burdon Unofficial Fan Site

Eric Burdon Eric Burdon Interview from 2009

Eric Burdon interview in Crawdaddy! - January 2009

Eric Burdon unreleased songs

Eric Burdon biography

Eric Burdon biography

Eric Burdon talks about swine flu clip

The Soul of Eric Burdon Interview from March 2006

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