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Yma Sumac
Peruvian-American soprano (1922-2008)
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Nelson Riddle
American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921-1985)
2
Milt Bernhart
American musician
3
Joe Comfort
American musician
4
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
5
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
6
Franklyn Marks
composer (1911-1976)
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Bobby Scott
American musician, record producer, and songwriter (1937-1990)
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George Roberts
American trombonist
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Alex North
American composer
10
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
11
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
12
101 Strings
American easy-listening orchestra and brand
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Willie Smith
American musician
14
Plas Johnson
American musician
15
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
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Pete Rugolo
American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer (1915-2011)
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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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Vincent DeRosa
American musician
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Shorty Sherock
American musician
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Martin Denny
American pianist and composer best known for originating the Exotica genre of music
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Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
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Roger Roger
French composer
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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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Axel Stordahl
American arranger, orchestra leader
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Jesse Belvin
American singer
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Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
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Adolph Deutsch
American composer, conductor and arranger
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Ernest Gold
Austrian American composer (1921-1999)
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Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
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Jimmy Young
British disc jockey
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Earl Palmer
American drummer
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Alessandro Cicognini
Italian composer
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Irving Gordon
American songwriter
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Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
38
Don Bagley
American jazz bassist
39
Dominic Frontiere
American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist (1931-2017)
40
Don Elliott
jazz musician
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Larry Elgart
American jazz bandleader (1922-2017)
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Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
43
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Robert Mellin
Ukrainian-born American songwriter and music publisher
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Ted Nash
Woodwind virtuoso, author and studio musician
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Dimitri Tiomkin
American conductor
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Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
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Herbie Harper
American musician
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Walter Scharf
American composer (1910-2003)
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Don Fagerquist
American musician
51
Roy Webb
American-born composer
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William Russo
American musician
