American actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood, an

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, has had a strong passion for music all his life, particularly

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and

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and western music. He is a pianist and composer in addition to his main career as an actor, director, and film producer.McGilligan, p.114 He developed as a ragtime pianist early on, and in late 1959 he produced the album ''Cowboy Favorites'', which was released on the Cameo label.Hughes, 91 Jazz has played an important role in Eastwood's life from a young age and although he was never successful as a musician, he passed on the influence to his son

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, a successful jazz bassist and composer. Eastwood has his own

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-distributed imprint, Malpaso Records, as part of his deal with Warner Brothers, which has released all of the scores of Eastwood's films from '' The Bridges of Madison County'' onward. Eastwood co-wrote " Why Should I Care" with Linda Thompson and

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, which was recorded by

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for the film ''

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'' (1999). "Why Should I Care" was also released on Krall's album ''

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'' (also 1999). Eastwood composed the film scores of ''

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'', '' Million Dollar Baby'', '' Flags of Our Fathers'', '' Grace Is Gone'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and the original piano compositions for ''

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''. One of his songs can be heard over the credits of ''

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''.

Albums

Singles

Guest singles

(*) "Smokin' the Hive" was the B-side of " A Few Ole Country Boys" (a duet with Travis and

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with no involvement from Eastwood), a record that hit number 8 on the U.S. country charts and number 4 on the Canadian charts.

Other songs

References

Bibliography

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