Sonny Burke was a big band leader. In 1937, he graduated from Duke University. During the 1930s and 1940s he was a big band leader in New York, including Sam Donahue's band, and during the 1940s and 1950s he worked as a band arranger for the Charlie Spivak and Jimmy Dorsey bands, among others. In 1955 he wrote, along with Peggy Lee, the songs to Disney's Lady and the Tramp. He is credited as co-composer of "Midnight Sun", the Lionel Hampton tune with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

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  • Sonny Burke was a big band leader. In 1937, he graduated from Duke University. During the 1930s and 1940s he was a big band leader in New York, including Sam Donahue's band, and during the 1940s and 1950s he worked as a band arranger for the Charlie Spivak and Jimmy Dorsey bands, among others. In 1955 he wrote, along with Peggy Lee, the songs to Disney's Lady and the Tramp. He is credited as co-composer of "Midnight Sun", the Lionel Hampton tune with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. He was an active arranger and bandleader in major recording studios, including Decca Records. Burke was musical director of Reprise Records and was responsible for many of Frank Sinatra's albums. He was also bandleader for recordings of leading singers such as Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Tormé. He died on May 31st 1980, aged 66.
  • Sonny Burke war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Pianist, Keyboarder, Bandleader, Arrangeur und Komponist.
  • Sonny Burke est un compositeur et acteur américain né le 22 mars 1914 à Scranton, Pennsylvanie, décédé le 31 mai 1980 à Los Angeles.
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  • Sonny Burke was a big band leader. In 1937, he graduated from Duke University. During the 1930s and 1940s he was a big band leader in New York, including Sam Donahue's band, and during the 1940s and 1950s he worked as a band arranger for the Charlie Spivak and Jimmy Dorsey bands, among others. In 1955 he wrote, along with Peggy Lee, the songs to Disney's Lady and the Tramp. He is credited as co-composer of "Midnight Sun", the Lionel Hampton tune with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
  • Sonny Burke war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Pianist, Keyboarder, Bandleader, Arrangeur und Komponist.
  • Sonny Burke est un compositeur et acteur américain né le 22 mars 1914 à Scranton, Pennsylvanie, décédé le 31 mai 1980 à Los Angeles.
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