The Harry Simeone Chorale

Artist Biography For The Harry Simeone Chorale

Harry Moses Simeone Newark NJ May 9 1911 - February 22 2005 New York City United States Was A Distinguished Arranger Conductor And Composer Best Known For Arranging The Classic Christmas Song "The Little Drummer Boy" For Which He Received Co-Writing Credit. Sparked By His Childhood Passion For The Metropolitan Opera Simeone Sought A Career As A Concert Pianist And Eventually Attended The Juilliard School Of Music For Three Years Before Leaving To Take Work At CBS As An Arranger For Bandleader Fred Waring. After Garnering Vocal And Music Arrangement Credits On The 1938 RKO Motion Picture Radio City Revels Simeone Moved To Hollywood With His Wife Margaret McCravy Who Was Benny Goodman's First Singer Using The Stage Name Margaret McCrae And Later A Fred Waring Vocalist. Once There He Took Various Music Production Jobs On Several Paramount Films From 1939 To 1946 Including Several That Starred Bing Crosby. In 1948 Simeone Joined NBC's "The Swift Show" As The Program's Orchestra Leader And In 1952 He Joined NBC's The Firestone Hour As Conductor And Choral Arranger. When 20th Century Fox Records Contracted Simeone To Make A Christmas Album In 1958 He Assembled The Harry Simeone Chorale And Searched For Recording Material. After Being Introduced To An Obscure Song Titled "Carol Of The Drum" By Friend And Credited Song Co-Author Henry Onorati Simeone Recorded The Tune As "The Little Drummer Boy" For His Album Sing We Now Of Christmas. The "Little Drummer Boy" Single Quickly Became Enormously Popular And Stayed On The U.S. Music Charts From 1958 To 1962. A Group Called The Harry Simeone Songsters Whose Style Was Similar To That Of The Ray Conniff Singers Produced A Baseball-Oriented Song In 1960 Called "It's A Beautiful Day For A Ballgame". The Song Is On One Of The Baseball's Greatest Hits CD's And Is Still Played At Major League Baseball Parks Today. On May 22 2000 Harry And Margaret McCravy Simeone Officially Established The Harry And Margaret Simeone Music Scholarship At Yale University By Bestowing A Gift Of US$1 Million.

50 Top Music Tracks For The Harry Simeone Chorale - Frogtoon Music

50 Top Music Lyrics For The Harry Simeone Chorale - Frogtoon Music

Max

Biography - The Harry Simeone Chorale

Harry Moses Simeone Newark NJ May 9 1911 - February 22 2005 New York City United States Was A Distinguished Arranger Conductor And Composer Best Known For Arranging The Classic Christmas Song "The Little Drummer Boy" For Which He Received Co-Writing Credit. Sparked By His Childhood Passion For The Metropolitan Opera Simeone Sought A Career As A Concert Pianist And Eventually Attended The Juilliard School Of Music For Three Years Before Leaving To Take Work At CBS As An Arranger For Bandleader Fred Waring. After Garnering Vocal And Music Arrangement Credits On The 1938 RKO Motion Picture Radio City Revels Simeone Moved To Hollywood With His Wife Margaret McCravy Who Was Benny Goodman's First Singer Using The Stage Name Margaret McCrae And Later A Fred Waring Vocalist. Once There He Took Various Music Production Jobs On Several Paramount Films From 1939 To 1946 Including Several That Starred Bing Crosby. In 1948 Simeone Joined NBC's "The Swift Show" As The Program's Orchestra Leader And In 1952 He Joined NBC's The Firestone Hour As Conductor And Choral Arranger. When 20th Century Fox Records Contracted Simeone To Make A Christmas Album In 1958 He Assembled The Harry Simeone Chorale And Searched For Recording Material. After Being Introduced To An Obscure Song Titled "Carol Of The Drum" By Friend And Credited Song Co-Author Henry Onorati Simeone Recorded The Tune As "The Little Drummer Boy" For His Album Sing We Now Of Christmas. The "Little Drummer Boy" Single Quickly Became Enormously Popular And Stayed On The U.S. Music Charts From 1958 To 1962. A Group Called The Harry Simeone Songsters Whose Style Was Similar To That Of The Ray Conniff Singers Produced A Baseball-Oriented Song In 1960 Called "It's A Beautiful Day For A Ballgame". The Song Is On One Of The Baseball's Greatest Hits CD's And Is Still Played At Major League Baseball Parks Today. On May 22 2000 Harry And Margaret McCravy Simeone Officially Established The Harry And Margaret Simeone Music Scholarship At Yale University By Bestowing A Gift Of US$1 Million. read less

16 Similar Artists To The Harry Simeone Chorale - Frogtoon Music

Bobby Helms Elmo & Patsy Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Songs Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters Ray Conniff And The Ray Conniff Singers John Denver & The Muppets The Fireside Singers Bob Rivers The Singing Dogs Bing Crosby & David Bowie Burl Ives Johnny Marks Gayla Peevey The Justinas John KLein The Dinning Sisters, Bob Atcher