- Henri René
Henri René (
December 29 ,1906 , in New York,New York –April 25 ,1993 inHouston ,Texas ) was an American-born German producer, conductor and arranger. René mother was German and his father French; while young, his family moved to Germany, and René studied at theBerlin Royal Academy of Music . Returning to the U.S. in the mid-1920s, he began appearing with several orchestras. Soon after he returned toBerlin , working as an arranger with a Germanrecord label .In 1936, René came back to the U.S. and became musical director for the international wing of
RCA-Victor , forming his own orchestra in 1941. After service for the Allies inWorld War II , he resumed working at RCA as a conductor and arranger. In the middle of the 1950s, he issued several successful LPs whichAllmusic has called "forerunners of the space-age pop aesthetic"; [ [http://wm10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jnfixqr5ldte~T1 Henri René] at Allmusic.com] among the albums were "Music for Bachelors", "Music for the Weaker Sex", "Compulsion to Swing" and "Riot in Rhythm". After this René worked in production for RCA, withHarry Belafonte (on the 1956 LP "Calypso") andEartha Kitt among others. In 1959 he left RCA to workfreelance for the rest of his active career.For his contributions for Recording, René has a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame .References
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