Bill Finegan(1917-2008)
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Composer, arranger, conductor, and co-leader (with Eddie Sauter) of the
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, 1952-1957. He studied music at the Paris
Conservatory, and privately with Rudolph Wintrop, Elizabeth Connolly,
Stefan Wolpe, and Valerie Soudere. He arranged for the Glenn Miller
Orchestra between 1938 and 1942, and for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
from then until 1952, and he made many recordings. He also wrote much
special material for radio and television. He joined ASCAP in 1952, and
composed, among others, the popular song "Church Mouse".
