Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Henry Mancini's Birthday Apr 16th

Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an Academy Award winning American composer, conductor and arranger. He is remembered particularly for being a composer of film and television scores. Mancini also won a record number of Grammy awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best-known works are the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series and Moon River.

Moon River Sound Bite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Henry_Mancini_-_Moon_River-1961.ogg

Read more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Mancini