Bobby Hammack
Biography
Robert Vernor Hammack, Jr. (January 22, 1922 Brookston, Texas – March 28, 1990 Riverside, California) was an American musician, originally from Texas, whose principal instrument was jazz piano. He led a prolific career in Los Angeles as a pianist, organist, conductor, arranger, and composer in live venues, broadcast studios for radio and television, and recording studios for records, radio, television, and film. Hammack flourished in a wide spectrum of genres that included dixieland, Blues, swing, sweet dance music (e.g., Lawrence Welk), easy listening, gospel, liturgical jazz, musical theatre, Tin Pan Alley, classical, and film score.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
241 releases · 54 albums · active 1953–2016
- Performance · 302
- Other credits · 24
Studios: Capitol Studios · Shrine Auditorium · RCA's Music Center Of The World · A&M Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Henry Mancini
- Ray Conniff His Orchestra And Chorus
- Red Nichols
- David Rose And His Orchestra
- Carpenters
- The Clebanoff Strings & Percussion
- Albert Langue And The Dixie Stompers