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Buddy Baker
Sign in to saveAlso known as Norman "Buddy" Baker, Norman Dale Baker, Norman Dale "Buddy" Baker
American composer, big band arranger, orchestra leader (1918-2002)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Grim Grinning Ghosts
- Flat Out and Half Turned Over
- Tales from the Iowa sidelines
- Disney Parks Presents The Haunted Mansion
- The Buddy Baker tenor trombone handbook
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1929-12-23
- Active to
- 1988-05-13
2008 universal fire victimamericanjazzjazz and blueswest coast jazz
Discography
- Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman1953
- Chet Baker Sings1954
- Chet Baker & Strings1954
- Gerry Mulligan Quartet1955
- Sings and Plays With Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings1955
- The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker1955
- Playboys1956
- Quartet: Russ Freeman Chet Baker1957
- It Could Happen to You: Chet Baker Sings1958
- Chet Baker in New York1958
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9,270
- Total plays
- 45,909
Tags
United States
Norman "Buddy" Baker (January 4, 1918 - July 26, 2002) was a film composer who composed many of Walt Disney's Classic Films, like The Apple Dumpling Gang (film), The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, The Shaggy D.A., and The Million Dollar Duck.. He also composed the soundtracks to many Disney attractions such as the Haunted Mansion <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Buddy+Baker">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Baker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Springfield
- Place of death
- Sherman Oaks
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- Southwest Baptist University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Disney Legends
- Field of work
- film score
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1918-01-04
- date of death
- 2002-07-26
- pseudonym
- Buddy Baker
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
- Commons category
- Buddy Baker (composer)
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Buddy Baker (composer)
- influenced by
- Nino Rota
Sources (12)
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