Johnny Mandel
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American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
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- Works
- 4
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1925-11-23
- Active to
- 2020-06-29
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Johnny Mandel (November 23, 1925 - June 29,2020) was an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. Among the musicians he has worked with are Count Basie (for whom he arranged in the 1950s), Frank Sinatra (for whom he arranged Ring a Ding Ding, 1960) and Shirley Horn. In 1966 he and Paul Francis Webster won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from The Sandpiper), which has been performed by hundreds of artists including Tony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Mandel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Ojai
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Educated at
- New York Military Academy
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- trombone
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- date of birth
- 1925-11-23
- start of work period
- 1938-00-00
- birth name
- John Alfred Mandel
- name in native language
- Johnny Mandel
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Johnny Mandel
- date of death
- 2020-06-29
- end of work period
- 2020-00-00
- nickname
- Johnny
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
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