Pete King (also C. Dudley King; August 8, 1914 in Ohio – September 21, 1982) was an American music composer and arranger of

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music and film soundtracks. He studied music at the Cincinnati Conservatory and the

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. He was elected president of the

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in 1967. King conducted orchestras for a variety of Hollywood films including adapting the works of

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for ''

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'' and two comedies '' The Family Jewels'' and ''

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''. King's arrangements and cues were heard often in the American television series ''

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'' and ''

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''. With his own Pete King Chorale he recorded, among other songs, " Hey, Look Me Over". He was buried at the

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in Los Angeles.

References

External links

Pete King at Space Age Pop
* {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Pete 1914 births 1982 deaths American male conductors (music) American film score composers American music arrangers Easy listening musicians Light music composers Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni 20th-century American conductors (music) 20th-century American composers American male film score composers 20th-century American male musicians University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music alumni