Life and career
Copeland was born in Los Angeles, California on October 6, 1926. Copeland was a member of The Modernaires, first from 1948 to 1956 and then from 1959 to the mid-1960s. He also worked as a songwriter in Los Angeles in the 1950s. He co-wrote the song "Make Love to Me (1954 song), Make Love to Me", "Back Where I Belong", "Darling, Darling, Darling", "High Society", "Into the Shadows", "This Must Be the Place", "Too Young to Know", and "While the Vesper Bells Were Ringing". He also worked as a composer for television and did arrangement work for musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby.Kembrew McLeod and Peter DiCola, ''Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling''. Duke University Press, 2011, p. 173. He led studio ensembles that released several albums in the 1960s. In 1968, he issued the single, "Mission: Impossible Theme / Norwegian Wood", which was a Medley (music), medley interpolating the ''Theme from Mission: Impossible'' and the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), Norwegian Wood". It peaked at number 120 on the ''Billboard magazine, Billboard'' Bubbling Under chart and won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Performance by a Chorus. He released his autobiography, "Jukebox Saturday Nights", in November 2007. Copeland died in Sonora, California on December 28, 2022, at the age of 96.Discography
*''No Sad Songs for Me'' (Coral Records, Coral, 1957) *''Cool Country'' (ABC Records, ABC, 1966) *''Basie Swingin' Voices SinginReferences
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