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Jan 26, 1992 · Ken Darby, a composer who won three Academy Awards and wrote the Elvis Presley song "Love Me Tender," died on Friday at his home here. He was 82 years old.
Dec 14, 2008 · Ken Darby. Born in Hebron, NE. Composer How The West Was Won (1963), songwriter "Make Mine Music" (1946), choral director, conductor, arranger, singer and author, educated at Christian College and a student of Tibor Serly, Ernst Toch, Herman Hand, and Victor Young. Darby originated the King's Men male vocal quartet in 1929 and appeared on radio ...
Profile: Ken Darby (born: May 13, 1909 Hebron, NE - died: January 24, 1992 in Sherman Oaks, California.) was an Academy Award and Grammy Award winning American composer, vocal arranger, conductor, choral director, singer and author. He has shared in winning an Oscar three times for The King and I (1956), Porgy and Bess (1959) and Camelot (1967 ...
Jan 24, 1992 · Ken Darby. b. 13 May 1909, Hebron, Nebraska, USA, d. 24 January 1992, Sherman Oaks, California, USA. A prolific composer, arranger and musical director for records and films, Ken Darby’s Singers and the John Scott…. Read Full Biography.
Jan 24, 1992 · Died: January 24, 1992, Sherman Oaks, California. His full name was Kenneth Lorin Darby and his movie career spanned four decades, from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, beginning as a singer with The King's Men, leading to arranging music, especially as music director for Walt Disney Studios in the 1940s (MAKE MINE MUSIC, MELODY TIME) and ...
Jan 24, 1992 · Biography. Three-time Oscar winner for his lush musical adaptations of Broadway musicals to film: "The King and I" (1956) and "Camelot" (1967), both in collaboration with Alfred Newman; and "Porgy and Bess" (1959), with Andre Previn. A leading musical scorer, conductor and songwriter in films from the late 1940s through the 60s, Darby wrote ...
Ken Darby. Kenneth Lorin Darby (13 May 1909 – 24 January 1992) was the vocal arranger who was primarily responsible for the sound of the Munchkins and the Winkie guards in the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz . Darby was a singer, arranger, songwriter, composer, choral director, and conductor. Born in Nebraska, he was educated at Christian College.
