Andrew J. "A.J." Gundell is an American

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and

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. He has won 13 Emmy awards; his favorites being three in the "Outstanding Original Song" category.

Credits

*''

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'' *'' The Guiding Light''

Discography

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, and Don Williams. Music critic Kris Wilson called Don Williams's recording of Gundell's song "Harry and Joe" "one of the twelve best songs recorded in Nashville" in 1998.

Albums and CDs

*''Love On The Air'' *''A.J. Gundell collection''

Singles

#Sha La La La #Angel On My Shoulder #She Still Loves Me #Save A Little #I've Got No Complaints #The Wall #Mickey Mantle Hit One Out Today #Oxygen #Fool's Gold #Harry and Joe #Working On My Car #Out On A Limb #Hello In There

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy awards: *Won, 1991, Outstanding Original song for: " The Guiding Light" song, "Love Like This" *Won, 1991, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" (shared with

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, John Henry Kreitler, Richard Hazard, Barry De Vorzon,

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, and Jamie Lawrence) *Won, 1992, Outstanding Original Song for: "The Guiding Light" song, "I Knew that I'd Fall" *Won, 1992, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" (shared with

, Barry De Vorzon, Richard Hazard, John Henry Kreitler,

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, and Wes Boatman) *Won, 1994, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" (shared with

, John Henry Kreitler, Wes Boatman,

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, Larry Hold, Richard Hazard, and Barry De Vorzon) *Nominated, 1997, Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team for: "The Guiding Light" (shared with

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, James A. Baffico,

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, Andrew Lee,

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, Shirley Simmons, Paul F. Antonelli,

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, Jim McDonald, Rusty Swope, Penny Bergman, and Tamara P. Grady) *Nominated, 1998, Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team for "

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, Angela Tessinari, Karen Johnson,

, Shirley Simmons, Paul F. Antonelli,

, Rusty Swope, Penny Bergman, and Tamara P. Grady) *Nominated, 1999, Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team for "All My Children" (shared with James Baffico,

, Angela Tessinari, Karen Johnson,

, Shirley Simmons, Terry Walker,

, Paul F. Antonelli, Penny Bergman, Tamara P. Grady, and Rusty Swope) *Won, 1999, Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Paul F. Antonelli,

, Ron Goodman,

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, Terry Walker, and

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) *Nominated, 2000, Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team for: "All My Children" (shared with

, Angela Tessinari,

, Karen Johnson, Shirley Simmons,

, Harriet W. Goldstein, Terry Walker, Jerry Pilato, Rusty Swope, Tamara P. Grady, and Penny Bergman) *Nominated, 2000, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Terry Walker, Jerry Pilato,

, and Ron Goodman) *Nominated, 2001, Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team for: "All My Children" (shared with

, Angela Tessinari, James A. Baffico,

, Shirley Simmons, Karen Johnson, Terry Walker, Jerry Pilato, Penny Bergman, Rusty Swope, and Tamara P. Grady) *Nominated, 2001, Outstanding Achievement in music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Terry Walker, Jerry Pilato,

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, and Ron Goodman) *Nominated, 2002, Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team for: "All My Children" (shared with

, Angela Tessinari, James A. Baffico,

, Shirley Simmons, Karen Johnson, Terry Walker, Jerry Pilato, Penny Bergman, Rusty Swope, and Tamara P. Grady) *Won, 2002, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Terry Walker, Jerry Pilato,

, Ron Goodman, and Peter Fish (composer), Peter Fish) *Nominated, 2003, Outstanding Original Song for: "All My Children" song "I Want You to Want Me" (shared with

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) *Nominated, 2003, Outstanding Original Song for: "All My Children" song "This Déjà Vu" *Won, 2003, Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team for: "All My Children" (shared with

, Angela Tessinari, James A. Baffico,

, Shirley Simmons, Karen Johnson, Terry Walker, Jerry Pilato, Penny Bergman, Rusty Swope, and Tamara P. Grady) *Nominated, 2004, Outstanding Original Song for: "All My Children" song "Tad The Cad" (shared with Peter Fish (composer), Peter Fish) *Nominated, 2004, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Terry Walker, Jerry Pilato,

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, Kim Oler, Peter Fish (composer), Peter Fish, Tom Spahn, and

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) *Nominated, 2005, Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team for: "All My Children" shared with

, Angela Tessinari, Andrew Lee,

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, Shirley Simmons, Anthony Pascarelli, Terry Walker, Jerry Pilato, Rusty Swope, Penny Bergman, and Martin Fritz Brekeller) *Won, 2005, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Terry Walker, Jerry Pilato,

, R.C. Cates,

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)

References

External links

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