Mort Lindsey
Mort Lindsey (born Morton Lippman; March 21, 1923,
Early life
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He attended
Career
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In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Lindsey was part of a trio called the Playboys with jazz guitarist Johnny Smith and organist Arlo Hults at NBC.[3] In 1956, he was credited with composing the song "Rock 'N' Roll Polka" as recorded by John Serry Sr. (See Squeeze Play).
Lindsey was the musical director and conductor for
Lindsey was also a composer of motion picture scores including Gay Purr-ee (1962), 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962), I Could Go On Singing (1963), Stolen Hours (1963), The Best Man (1964), Real Life (1979) and Cats Don't Dance (1997) for which he composed the song "Tell Me Lies".
Lindsey served as musical director and bandleader of
In 1969, Lindsey won an
Family
In 1944, Lindsey married Betty Szold. They later divorced. In 1954, he married singer, Betty (Bonney) Broyles[5] who went by the stage name Judy Johnson while touring with the Les Brown Orchestra. Mort had three sons, David Lippman, Steve Lindsey, and Trevor Lindsey; and three daughters, Deborah Morris, Judy Grant, and Bonney Dunn.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "BBC News - Composer Mort Lindsey dies at the age of 89". BBC News. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
- ^ A Brief History Archived 2009-05-09 at the Wayback Machine, Newark Arts High School. Accessed August 10, 2008.
- ISBN 978-1-57424-322-2.
- ^ Hevesi, Dennis (May 9, 2012). "Mort Lindsey, Musical Director, Dies at 89". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Mort Lindsey dies at 89; Judy Garland's musical director". Los Angeles Times. May 10, 2012.