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Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1897
- Works
- 4
Top works
- The effects of work strategies in complex jobs on performance
- Partnership in Pennsylvania
- Remainders to children as a class
- Upon This Rock
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1952
big bandclassicalclassical crossoverdiscofilm scorefunk
Discography
- Major Production Music1975
- Major Production Music1975
- A Fifth of Beethoven1976
- A Fifth of Beethoven / California Strut1976
- Rhapsody in Blue1977
- Phantom of the Opera1978
- Discosymphony1979
- Themes From E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and More1982
- The Best of Walter Murphy1996
- Ted: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack2012
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 156,220
- Total plays
- 739,506
Tags
Discofunk70sinstrumentalpop
Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr. (Also Known as Uncle Louie) (born 19 December 1952) is a pianist, composer, and arranger who had a massive hit with the instrumental, "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of some passages of the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, in 1976, when disco was at the height of its popularity. Murphy was born in 1952, in New York City, New York, USA and grew up in Manhattan. He attended the Manhattan School of Music there, where he studied jazz and classical
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Family name
- Murphy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Primetime Emmy Award
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- keyboard instrument
- Record label
- Geffen Records
- Residence
- Los Angeles
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1952-12-19
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- birth name
- Walter Anthony Murphy Jr.
- nickname
- Uncle Louie
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
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