Henry Mancini
- MatchHenry Mancini
- 100%Nelson Riddle
- 93%Lalo Schifrin
- 80%Herb Alpert
- 68%Martin Denny
- 67%John Barry
- 64%Elmer Bernstein
- 63%Burt Bacharach
- 63%Jerry Goldsmith
- 55%Bert Kaempfert
- 54%Perry Como
Biography
Enrico Mancini, 16 April 1924, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, d. 14 June 1994, Los Angeles, California, USA. Prompted by his father, a steelworker who loved music, Mancini learned to play several musical instruments while still a small child. As a teenager he developed an interest in jazz and especially music of the big bands. He wrote some arrangements and sent them to Benny Goodman, from whom he received some encouragement. In 1942, he became a student at the Juilliard School of Music, but his career... Read more