Sid Bass (songwriter)

Sid Bass (January 22, 1913 – June 19, 1993) was a

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

and

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leader. He was born in

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and attended

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. After working for

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he was hired as a staff composer by

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. He also recorded a number of albums for RCA, many appearing on their low-budget "Vik" label. One highlight of Bass' work was his orchestration of

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's 1964 hit album ''My Kind of Folk Songs''. Working alongside producer Andy Wiswell, Bass' efforts also yielded Gale's top 5 hit "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" (which she also wrote) that same year. In 1962 Bass also received arranging credits for the first two Four Seasons' hits "

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" and "

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" as well as their Christmas LP ''Seasons Greetings''. Bass also conducted and arranged songs of Staff Sergeant

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"). In 1963 Bass arranged and conducted for Jack Pastorius,

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’ father. They recorded “I Really Love You (Bossa Nova)” and “Please Don’t Love Me” for 711 Records. His orchestra also recorded the "

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" theme that's still played before each New York Yankee radio broadcast. 1913 births 1993 deaths American male composers Songwriters from New York (state) Musicians from New York City New York University alumni 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians American male songwriters {{US-songwriter-stub