Stanley Seymour Applebaum (March 1, 1922 – February 23, 2019) was an American composer, arranger, musician and conductor. He arranged the orchestration on many pop hit records, most notably in the early 1960s, including The Drifters' "Save the Last Dance for Me"; Ben E. King's "Spanish Harlem" and "Stand By Me"; Brian Hyland's "Sealed with a Kiss"; and Neil Sedaka's "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do".
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Leiber-Stoller
American songwriting and record producing duo
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Johnny Green
American conductor, arranger, composer, pianist; Harvard AB 1928, achieved early fame as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s
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Neil Sedaka
American musician
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George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898-1937)
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Gershon Kingsley
American composer and musician
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Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
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Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Ferde Grofé
American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist
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Jimmy Wisner
American pianist, arranger, songwriter, and producer
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Aaron Zigman
American composer and musician
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George Greeley
American pianist
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David Amram
American musician
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Ray Noble
English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor (1903-1978)
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Ralph Burns
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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Dee Barton
composer, arranger
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Howard Greenfield
dickie rock
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Clarice Assad
American musician and singer
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Russell Garcia
American composer
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Frank Comstock
American composer, arranger, conductor and trombonist (1922-2013)
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Sylvester Rivers
American music producer and composer
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Ben E. King
American soul and R&B singer and record producer
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Michael Kamen
American film score composer, orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, and session musician
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André Previn
German-American pianist, conductor and composer
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Richard Rodgers
American composer of songs and Broadway musicals
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David Rosenthal
American musician
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Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
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John Williams
American composer, conductor, pianist and trombonist (born 1932)
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Rube Bloom
American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author
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Claudio Abbado
Italian conductor (1933-2014)
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Les Baxter
American musician, singer, composer
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Ottorino Respighi
Italian composer, musicologist and conductor
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Gene Roland
American composer
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Jimmie Haskell
American composer and arranger for a variety popular singers and motion pictures (1926-2016)
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Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer
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Walter Scharf
American composer (1910-2003)
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Torrie Zito
American pianist
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Jack Nitzsche
American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer and record producer
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Mort Garson
Canadian-born composer, arranger, songwriter, and pioneer of electronic music
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Jack Keller
American composer, songwriter and record producer (1936-2005)
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John Oddo
American pianist
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Andy LaVerne
American musician
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Magnus Lindberg
Finnish composer and pianist
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Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
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John Altman
composer