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Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation (s) Playback singer. Years active. 1948–1977. William Lee (August 21, 1916 – November 15, 1980) was an American playback singer who provided a voice or singing voice in many films, for actors in musicals and for many Disney characters.
Nov 24, 2012 · SIMON: The man who sounded so much like Christopher Plummer - if Christopher Plummer could sing - was the late Bill Lee, who was the singing voice of a lot of characters, including a pirate, in...
Jazz. Occupation (s) Composer, conductor, actor. Instrument (s) Double bass, bass guitar. Labels. Strata-East Records, Columbia Records. William James Edwards Lee III (July 23, 1928 – May 24, 2023) was an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin, his compositions for jazz ...
May 24, 2023 · Bill Lee, a jazz bassist and composer who scored the early films of his son Spike Lee, wrote folk-jazz operas, led an acclaimed ensemble of bassists and was a prolific sideman for Bob Dylan,...
- Maria von Trapp sold the rights to her life story for a song. After her book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers was published in 1949, there was interest from various quarters in buying the film rights.
- 20th Century-Fox almost didn’t make 'The Sound of Music' When the Broadway show opened in 1959 and proved to be such a smash hit, the studio, which had already produced four R&H adaptations, bought film rights for $1.25 million.
- The original director had a different vision for the movie. William Wyler, a Swiss-German Jew who had won three Best Director Oscars, was originally assigned to direct the film.
- Other actors were considered for the roles of Maria and Captain von Trapp. Doris Day was seriously considered for the role of Maria, along with Leslie Caron, Anne Bancroft and even Grace Kelly.
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May 25, 2023 · NEW YORK — Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte as well as scoring four of his son Spike ’s early films,...
May 24, 2023 · The Associated Press. NEW YORK — Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte as well as scoring four of his son...
