WAS JUST MADE AWARE OF THE PASSING OFJOHNNY MANN Legendary Composer, Conductor, Entertainer and Recording Artist - And Founder of the Famed Johnny Manny Singers and Stand Up and Cheer Syndicated Television Show - HE WAS 85. PRAYERS OF LOVE GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY ...HE WAS TRULY A HUMBLE AND GIFTED MAN. WAS HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO INTERVIEW MR. MANN IN 2011 - POSTING HERE IN TRIBUTE ...A REAL PATRIOT, LOVER OF THIS COUNTRY ... AND LOVER OF JESUS! HIS STORY HERE - IN WORD AND IN SONG: PART 1 @ 14:30 jensinebard/Testimony_-_Johnny_Mann_-_P1.mp3 PART 2 @ 14:30 jensinebard/Testimony_-_Johnny_Mann_-_P2.mp3 IN SHORT: (@ jensinebard) 42 Albums 5 Grammy Nominations 2 Grammy Wins Conductor to the Stars King of Jingles Radio White House Guest of President Nixon And So Much More ... His Father Would Abandon Him at the Age of 8 But GOD Would Extend His Arms As a Father to the Fatherless And Give Him a Hope and Career Beyond His Wildest Dreams And Still Going Strong ... At Age 83!! (THE TIME OF THIS INTERVIEW) WWW.JOHNNYMANNSINGERS.COM MORE ON HIS CAREER FROM WIKIPEDIA: Born John Russell Mann August 30, 1928 Baltimore, Maryland, United States Died June 18, 2014 (aged 85) Anderson, South Carolina, United States John Russell Mann (August 30, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American arranger, composer, conductor, entertainer, and recording artist. CAREER: Johnny Mann and his vocal group The Johnny Mann Singers were involved in several classic rock n roll and rockabilly recording sessions for Johnny Burnette (including God, Country and My Baby), The Crickets and several 1957–1958 sessions with Eddie Cochran, who was also signed to Liberty Records in Hollywood. As bandleader with the Johnny Mann Singers, the group recorded approximately three dozen albums, hosted the TV series titled Stand Up and Cheer (1971–1974), and was the musical director for The Joey Bishop Show.[1] He was also musical director of The Alvin Show, and was the voice of Theodore. Mann was also choral director for the NBC Comedy Hour. The Johnny Mann Singers cover version of Up, Up and Away, rather than the hit version by The 5th Dimension, became the hit version of the song in the UK Singles Chart.[2] The version also won a Grammy Award in 1968 in the Best Performance by a Choir of Seven or More Persons category.[3] In total, Mann was nominated for five Grammys, two of which he won. Mann wrote a number of radio jingles, the most famous being Los Angeles station 93 KHJ as well as the Sound of the City jingle for KSFO in San Francisco, California.[4] This jingle became as requested as many of the songs played by KSFO in the era of Don Sherwood, and it was adapted by Mann for other radio stations around the country which included KFRC (AM) in San Francisco and CKLW in Windsor, Ontario. Mann was credited as Johnnie Mann in some of his earlier works. His groups most notable alumna was Vicki Lawrence. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.[5] In 2010, Mann was awarded an honorary doctor of humanities degree from Anderson University in Anderson, SC. In April 2014 at the age of 85, he was a guest conductor of The South Carolina School of the Arts,[6] at Anderson Universitys spring gala where he led the university choir in performing the Johnny Mann Singers arrangement of Up, Up and Away. At the songs conclusion, the audience of about 1,000 stood in Manns honor.[7] On June 18, 2014, Johnny Mann died of heart failure at his home in Anderson, South Carolina.
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