101 Strings Orchestra was a brand for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding 150 albums and a creative lifetime of around 30 years beginning in 1957. 101 Strings had a trademark sound, focusing on melody with a laid-back ambiance most often featuring strings. Their LPs were individualized by the slogan "The Sound of Magnificence", a puffy cloud logo and sepia-toned photo of the orchestra. The 101 Strings orchestra included 124 string instruments, and was conducted by Wilhelm Stephan. The orchestra's famous official photograph was taken in the Musikhalle Hamburg.
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Percy Faith
Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards (1908-1976)
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Andre Kostelanetz
American conductor
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Tony Mottola
guitarist (1918-2004)
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Henry Mancini
American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist (1924-1994)
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Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Les Baxter
American musician, singer, composer
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Huey Lewis
American singer, songwriter, rock musician, actor
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Ferrante & Teicher
American piano duo
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Mort Garson
Canadian-born composer, arranger, songwriter, and pioneer of electronic music
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Huey Lewis and the News
American pop rock band
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Bert Kaempfert
German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger and composer (1923-1980)
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Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
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Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
US big band led by Glenn Miller (1937-1942)
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Mitch Miller
American musician, singer, conductor and record producer
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Dave Stewart
English keyboardist and composer
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Ray Parker Jr.
American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
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Johnny Pearson
British composer, orchestra leader and pianist (1925-2011)
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Patti Page
American singer and recording artist
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Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer
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Jon Lord
English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player
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Larry Graham
American bass guitar player
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Biddu
Indian singer
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Johnny Rivers
American musician
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Van McCoy
American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor
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Harry Lookofsky
American musician
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Robert Farnon
Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player
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Seals and Crofts
American band
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Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Alec Wilder
American composer, lyricist
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Johnny Mathis
American singer, recording artist
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Frank Rehak
American musician
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Al Caiola
American jazz musician, guitarist, composer and arranger; United States Marine
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Rodion Shchedrin
Russian composer
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Buddy Cole
American jazz pianist and orchestra leader
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Ray Conniff
American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s (1916-2002)
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Michael Nyman
English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist
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Claus Ogerman
German composer
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Bradley Joseph
Composer, pianist, keyboardist, arranger, producer, recording artist
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Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Depeche Mode
English band
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Alejandro Fernández
Mexican recording artist; singer
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Richard Clayderman
French pianist
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The O'Jays
American band that plays rhythm and blues
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MFSB
group of studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s Sigma Sound Studios
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Roberta Flack
American singer
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Jean-Jacques Perrey
French composer
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Alun Hoddinott
Welsh composer