Pete King (composer)
C. Dudley "Pete" King (August 8, 1914 – September 21, 1982) was an American music composer and arranger of easy listening music and film soundtracks.
He was born in Ohio and studied music at the Cincinnati Conservatory and the University of Michigan.[1] He was elected president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 1967.[2]
King conducted orchestras for a variety of Hollywood films including adapting the works of Edvard Grieg for The Pied Piper of Hamelin and two comedies The Family Jewels and The Last of the Secret Agents. King's arrangements and cues were heard often in the American television series Happy Days and The Brady Bunch. With his own Pete King Chorale he recorded, among other songs, "Hey, Look Me Over".
He was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
References
- ^ "Pete King". Spaceagepop.com. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
- ^ Billboard (October 7, 1967). "King's NARAS Program in Gear". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 6.
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- 1914 births
- 1982 deaths
- 20th-century American composers
- 20th-century American conductors (music)
- 20th-century American male musicians
- American easy listening musicians
- American film score composers
- American light music composers
- American male conductors (music)
- American male film score composers
- American music arrangers
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
- University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music alumni
- University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni