- Johnny Mann
Johnny Mann (born
August 30 1928 , Baltimore,Maryland ) is an American arranger,composer ,conductor ,entertainer , and recording artist.Background
As
bandleader with the Johnny Mann Singers, the group recorded approximately three dozenalbum s, hosted the TV series entitled "Stand Up and Cheer ", and was themusical director for " [http://imdb.com/title/tt0061268/ The Joey Bishop Show] ". He was also musical director of the original "Alvin and The Chipmunks " TV series, and was the voice of Theodore. Mann was also choral director for the "NBC Comedy Hour".The Johnny Mann Singers'
cover version of "Up, Up and Away", rather than the original byThe Fifth Dimension , became the hit version of the song in theUK Singles Chart .Mann wrote a number of radio
jingle s, the most famous being the "Sounds of the City" jingle forKSFO in San Francisco,California . This jingle became as requested as many of the songs played by KSFO in the era ofDon Sherwood , and it was adapted by Mann for other radio stations around the country which included KFRC (AM) in San Francisco andCKLW in Windsor,Ontario .Mann has been nominated for five
Grammy Awards , two of which he won.The Johnny Mann Singers still record jingles for radio stations today, done in the famous Drake style of the 1960s and 1970s
Top 40 era. Mann is credited as "Johnnie Mann" in some of his earlier works.External links
* [http://www.johnnymannsingers.com/ Johnny Mann Singers]
* [http://www.spaceagepop.com/mann.htm Space Age Pop profile of Johnny Mann]
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