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Johnny Mandel (born 23 November 1925 in New York) is an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... NY redirects here. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... In music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet. ... A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ...


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. William Count Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. ... Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was a jazz oriented popular singer and Academy Award-winning actor. ... Ring-A-Ding-Ding is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1961. ... Shirley Horn (May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. ...


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 Bennett, for whom it became a recognition song. See also: 1965 in music, other events of 1966, 1967 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music Hot 100 No. ... Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907-March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist. ... The Song of the Year is one of the two most prestigious awards in the Grammies, if not in all of the American music industry. ... For other persons named Tony Bennett, see Tony Bennett (disambiguation). ...


He won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) in 1992 for Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable" and again in 1993 for Shirley Horn's "Here's to Life". The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) has been awarded since 1963. ... Natalie Cole (born Stephanie Natalie Maria Cole on February 6, 1950), is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. ... Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) was a popular American singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. ... Unforgetable may refer to; The song Unforgettable popularised by Nat King Cole. ...


At the age of 80, he contributed importantly on Tony Bennett's Grammy-awarded 2004 The Art of Romance as the arranger and conducting the orchestra. Both had collaborated before on Bennett's classic Movie Song Album in 1966, for which Mandel arranged and conducted his own two standard film songs and was the album's musical director. Headline text Great!!...nothing else to say. ...


Among Mandel's most famous compositions are "Suicide Is Painless" (theme from the movie and TV series M*A*S*H), "Close Enough for Love", "Emily" and "A Time for Love". He has written a great many film scores, perhaps most notably The Sandpiper. Suicide Is Painless is a song written by Johnny Mandel (music) and Mike Altman (lyrics), which is mostly known for being featured in both the movie and TV series M*A*S*H. The lyrics were written by 14-year-old Altman for his fathers film M*A*S... M*A*S*H is a 1970 satirical American dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman, based extremely loosely on the novel written by Richard Hooker. ... The Sandpiper is a 1965 film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, and directed by Vincente Minnelli. ...


Mandel and Paul Francis Webster collaborated on the Oscar-winning song "The Shadow of Your Smile" from the film The Sandpiper in 1965. Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907-March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist. ... The Academy Award for Best Song is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers. ... The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from The Sandpiper) is a popular song. ... The Sandpiper is a 1965 film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, and directed by Vincente Minnelli. ... See also: 1964 in music, other events of 1965, 1966 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // January 4 - Fender Guitars is sold to CBS for $13 million. ...


In 2006, Australian comic band Tripod released their CD "Songs From Self Saucing" which features a song titled "Theme From Mash Guy" all about Johnny Mandel (though his name is never mentioned).


Discography

  • 1958 I Want to Live
  • 1965 The Sandpiper
  • 1966 The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
  • 1970 MASH

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Johnny Mandel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (277 words)
Johnny Mandel (born 23 November 1925 in New York) is an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz.
Among Mandel's most famous compositions are "Suicide Is Painless" (theme from the movie and TV series M*A*S*H), "Close Enough for Love", "Emily" and "A Time for Love".
Mandel and Paul Francis Webster collaborated on the Oscar-winning song "The Shadow of Your Smile" from the film The Sandpiper in 1965.
Johnny Mandel - Biography - AOL Music (285 words)
Considered one of the top living composers during the 1990's, Johnny Mandel is one of the few writers around who is capable of writing standards that can be recorded and performed by a wide variety of jazz musicians and singer.
Mandel starting writing arrangements when he was 13 but he made his living during the 1940's as a trombonist and trumpeter, generally playing in sections of big bands.
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