RIP - Johnny Mann, the Hollywood composer who worked with the - TopicsExpress



          

RIP - Johnny Mann, the Hollywood composer who worked with the likes of Nat King Cole, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, died late Wednesday night in Anderson, according to sources close to the family. A statement issues by the family said Mann had been active until the end, having just attended a two-hour rehearsal for the Concert of Hope and Remembrance on Tuesday night. Mann is best known for the 42 albums he arranged and conducted for his Johnny Mann Singers resulting in five Grammy Award nominations and two Grammy Awards, according to his website. The site goes on to say: Johnny got his start in Hollywood arranging scores for seven full-length motion pictures for Warner Brothers, Twentieth Century Fox and Columbia Studios. He then became the choral director of the NBC Comedy Hour, which led to the formation of The Johnny Mann Singers and a record contract. Along with being musical director of the original Alvin and The Chipmunks TV series, he sang the voice of Theodore. Read more: wyff4/news/conductor-composer-johnny-mann-dies-in-anderson/26566626#ixzz35O4bPT8o
Posted on: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 16:45:47 +0000

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