Sonny Burke

Music DepartmentComposerSoundtrack
Born
March 22, 1914
Died
May 31, 1980
Awards
2 wins, 5 nominations

Songwriter ("Midnight Sun", "Black Coffee"), arranger, conductor, composer, and record executive, educated at the University of Detroit and Duke University. He arranged for dance orchestras, and was artists-and-repertoire director for Decca Records for fourteen years and Reprise Records for three…

Biography

Songwriter ("Midnight Sun", "Black Coffee"), arranger, conductor, composer, and record executive, educated at the University of Detroit and Duke University. He arranged for dance orchestras, and was artists-and-repertoire director for Decca Records for fourteen years and Reprise Records for three years. He joined ASCAP in 1942, and his other song compositions include "Somebody Bigger than You and I" and "How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies".

Self

The Magical World of DisneyThe Magical World of Disney(1954)as Self
Eddie Peabody and Sonny Burke's Orchestra(1951)as Self - Orchestra Leader

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