Johnny Mandel (born November 23, 1925)Contemporary Musicians, Volume 28. Gale Group, 2000.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich. is an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. Among the musicians he has worked with are Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, and Shirley Horn.
Biography
Life
Born John Alfred Mandel, New York, N.Y., to Alfred, a garment manufacturer, and Hannah, an opera singer, who discovered when he was aged 5 that he had perfect pitch. Piano lessons ensued but Johnny switched to the ...