Ken Darby was an American Academy Award and Grammy Award winning composer, vocal arranger, and conductor.

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  • Ken Darby was an American Academy Award and Grammy Award winning composer, vocal arranger, and conductor. He has shared in winning an Oscar three times and was nominated for three others: Awarded "Scoring of a Musical Picture" The King and I (1956) Nominated "Scoring of a Musical Picture" South Pacific (1958) Awarded "Scoring of a Musical Picture" Porgy and Bess (1959) Nominated "Scoring of a Musical Picture" Flower Drum Song (1961) Nominated "Original Music Score" How the West Was Won (1963) Awarded "Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment" Camelot (1967) Awarded Grammy, "Best Soundtrack Album, Original Cast, Movie or Television" Porgy and Bess (1959) His choral group, the Ken Darby Singers, sang backup for Bing Crosby on the original 1942 Decca Records studio recording of "White Christmas. " They also sang on the first album ever made of the songs from The Wizard of Oz, in 1940, a film on which Darby had worked. However, the album was a studio cast recording, not a true soundtrack album, although it did feature Judy Garland, and it did not use the film's original arrangements. He also performed as part of a vocal quartet, "The King's Men", who recorded several songs with Paul Whiteman's orchestra in the mid-'30s, and were the featured vocalists on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio program from 1940 through 1953. They also participated on the soundtracks of several MGM films, including The Wizard Of Oz and occasional Tom and Jerry cartoons. He was a composer and production supervisor for Walt Disney Studios, and was choral and vocal director on the 1946 Disney film classic, Song of the South. He was Marilyn Monroe's vocal coach for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and There's No Business Like Show Business (1954). He was also the principal composer of the 1956 Elvis Presley hit "Love Me Tender" for the movie of the same name, but signed the rights over to his wife, Vera Matson, whose name appears as co-lyricist and co-composer with Elvis Presley. The song was adapted from the Civil War era song "Aura Lee". He died on January 24, 1992. His interment was located at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery.
  • Ken Darby est un compositeur et acteur américain né le 13 mai 1909 à Hebron, Nebraska, décédé le 24 janvier 1992 à Sherman Oaks.
  • Ken Darby foi um compositor, diretor de coral, maestro, arranjador e cantor norte-americano. Estudou e se formou no "Christian College". Seu nome completo de batismo é Kenneth Lorin Darby. Em sua carreira também foi creditado com os pseudônimos "Kenneth Darby" e "The King's Men". Entre seus muitos trabalhos se destacam os filmes "How the West Was Won", "Camelot", Love Me Tender, entre outros. Foi casado com Vera Matson de 1932 até sua morte em 1992, deixou dois filhos.
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  • Ken Darby was an American Academy Award and Grammy Award winning composer, vocal arranger, and conductor.
  • Ken Darby est un compositeur et acteur américain né le 13 mai 1909 à Hebron, Nebraska, décédé le 24 janvier 1992 à Sherman Oaks.
  • Ken Darby foi um compositor, diretor de coral, maestro, arranjador e cantor norte-americano. Estudou e se formou no "Christian College". Seu nome completo de batismo é Kenneth Lorin Darby. Em sua carreira também foi creditado com os pseudônimos "Kenneth Darby" e "The King's Men". Entre seus muitos trabalhos se destacam os filmes "How the West Was Won", "Camelot", Love Me Tender, entre outros. Foi casado com Vera Matson de 1932 até sua morte em 1992, deixou dois filhos.
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