Richard Hayman & The Manhattan Pops
Richard Warren Joseph Hayman (March 27, 1920 – February 5, 2014) was an American musician who was the chief music arranger of the Boston Pops Orchestra for over 50 years, and served as a pops conductor for orchestras including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony and the Grand Rapids Symphony in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He toured and recorded as a harmonica player and made dozens of recordings for Mercury Records as "Richard Hayman and His Orchestra." His biggest hit was a single, "Ruby," from the 1952 film Ruby Gentry, starring Jennifer Jones and Charlton Heston. Hayman's arrangement featured himself as harmonica soloist. Over a lengthy career, he created musical arrangements for more than 50 artists and entertainers including Barbra Streisand, Bob Hope, Liza Minnelli and Olivia Newton-John.
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Top Tracks
- Tarantella
- Theme From Zorba The Greek
- Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler On The Roof)
- Holiday For Strings
- Do You Love Me (Fiddler On The Roof)
- Funiculi
- O Sole Mio
- Autumn Leaves
- Third Man Theme
- Climb Every Mountain
- Our Waltz
- No Strings Attached
- Fiddle Faddle
- Plink Plank Plunk
- Pops Hoedown
- The Hot Canary
- Fiddler On The Roof (Theme from Fiddler On The Roof)
- Santa Lucia
- Torna A Sorriento
- Matinatta
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