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John Alfred Mandel (November 23, 1925 – June 29, 2020) was an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Diane Schuur and Shirley Horn.
Jun 30, 2020 · Johnny Mandel, who also wrote songs for Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and Michael Jackson, passed away at 94. He was a versatile arranger and orchestrator for films, TV and jazz, earning five Grammys and a Jazz Master award.
- Jon Burlingame
Johnny Mandel. Music Department: M*A*S*H. Inducted into the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame in 2009 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame a year later, Johnny Mandel is perhaps best known as the composer of the iconic M*A*S*H (1972) theme song, "Suicide is Painless".
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Jun 30, 2020 · Johnny Mandel, who composed and arranged for some of the leading big bands of the 1940s and ’50s before establishing himself as a writer of memorable movie scores and themes like “The Shadow of...
- Eric Grode
Jun 30, 2020 · Tributes have been paid to Johnny Mandel, the Oscar-winning composer of The Shadow Of Your Smile and the theme song to Mash, after the 94-year-old's death was reported in the...
Johnny Mandel was the composer who gave M*A*S*H its theme song, “Suicide is Painless”, who wrote the Oscar -winning “The Shadow of Your Smile” for The Sandpiper, and whose talents as an arranger...
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Johnny Mandel was a legendary composer, arranger, instrumentalist and record producer for film, pop and jazz music. He wrote "The Shadow of Your Smile" and the theme for "M*A*S*H", among other standards, and won five Grammys, an Oscar and an Emmy.
