Pete King
Pete King (also C. Dudley King; August 8, 1914 in Ohio – September 21, 1982) was an American music composer and arranger of easy listening music and film soundtracks. He studied music at the Cincinnati Conservatory and the University of Michigan. He was elected president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 1967. 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. |
Birth and Death Data: Born August 8, 1914 (Ohio), Died September 21, 1982
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1957
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | L 10675 | 12/27/1957 | Trust your destny to your star | Bing Crosby | leader | |||
Decca | L 10676 | 12/27/1957 | Gigi | Bing Crosby | leader |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "King, Pete," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/325320.
King, Pete. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/325320.
"King, Pete." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: King, Pete - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91095407
Wikidata: Pete King - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7172062
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/11489335
MusicBrainz: Pete King - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d22d4330-ff8b-44b6-af41-78a2fa7f2bd6
ISNI: 0000 0001 1487 8111 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000114878111
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