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Johnny Mandel

American composer and arranger

New York City, United States · 1925-11-23 – 2020-06-29

Johnny Mandel is credited on 7,592 releases across 1,952 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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7,592

Pressings credited

1,952

Albums

8

Decades active

849

In collections

Biography

John Alfred Mandel (November 23, 1925 – June 29, 2020) was an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Diane Schuur and Shirley Horn. He won five Grammy Awards, from 17 total nominations; his first nomination was for his debut film score for the multi-nominated 1958 film I Want to Live!. In 2011, he was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. Among his other film accolades, Mandel also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper (1965), and was nominated three times each for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. He received the Grammy Trustees Award for his contributions to the music industry, in 2018.

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7,592 releases · 1,952 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 9,148
  • Other credits · 355
  • Production · 263

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Westlake Studios · Capitol Studios · Cherokee Studios

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