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Milton Delugg was born in Los Angeles, California. He said, “There aren't any Deluggs. It's not a real name.”. He believed the family's ancestral name to be D’Luggatch. Delugg's great grandfather said no one could pronounce it so he changed it to “Delugg,” with a lower case “L”. [2]
Milton Delugg. Soundtrack: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Composer, songwriter ("Orange-Colored Sky"), "Just Another Polka", "Hoop Dee Doo"), accordionist and pianist, conductor and author, educated at UCLA and a student of Tibor Serly. He began as a staff musician with a Hollywood radio station, and with film studios. During World War II, he served in the Radio Production Unit of the United ...
- December 2, 1918
- April 6, 2015
Published. 1950, by Frank Music. Songwriter (s) Milton Delugg and Willie Stein. " Orange Colored Sky " is a popular song written by Milton Delugg and Willie Stein and published in 1950. [1] The first known recording was on July 11, 1950, on KING records catalog number 15061, with Janet Brace singing and Milton Delugg conducting the orchestra.
- 1950, by Frank Music
Apr 13, 2015 · By Sam Roberts. April 12, 2015. Milton Delugg, who accompanied Al Jolson on the accordion, co-wrote the Nat King Cole hit “Orange Colored Sky,” conducted the band for Johnny Carson’s “The ...
Apr 6, 2015 · In 1950 and 1951, Delugg was musical director, bandleader, and accordionist on Broadway Open House the NBC late-night television program considered to be the forerunner to The Tonight Show. He often played a song he co-wrote, "Orange Colored Sky", which was best remembered as a hit for Nat King Cole. In 1950, Delugg was also orchestra conductor ...
Milton Delugg (1918-2015) Milton Delugg. Composer, songwriter ("Orange-Colored Sky"), "Just Another Polka", "Hoop Dee Doo"), accordionist and pianist, conductor and author, educated at UCLA and a student of Tibor Serly. He began as a staff musician with a Hollywood radio station, and with film studios. During World War II, he served in the ...
In his nearly two-and-a-half-hour interview, Milton Delugg (1918-2015) talks about his early professional jobs before his service in World War II, including a job in the orchestra at Paramount. He describes the days of network radio and early television, and working with personalities including Abe Burrows and Morey Amsterdam. He speaks about his role as conductor (and accordion player) on the ...
