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Charles Fox (composer)
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Charles Fox, not to be confused with R & B musician Charlie Foxx, was born and raised in New York City. Having graduated from High School of Music and Arts Fox continued his musical education with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He studied the jazz-piano with Lenny Tristano and he learned electronic music with Vladimir Ussachevsky at Columbia University.
His career started by playing the piano for, composing and arrainging for artists such as Ray Barretto, Joe Quijano and Tito Puente. He also wrote theme music and arranged for Skitch Henderson and the Tonight Show Orchestra. He co-composed the theme song for Love, American Style, along with Arnold Margolin. [1] He also co-composed "Killing Me Softly with His Song" with Norman Gimbel in 1971.
Most of his work is for film and television. He has worked with many artists, of these the most notable are:
- Roberta Flack
- Sarah Vaughan
- Barry Manilow
- Jim Croce
- Fred Astaire
- Luther Vandross
- Johnny Cash
- Lena Horne
- George Shearing
- The Boston Pops
- Jack Jones
- Tito Puente
- Goldie Hawn
- Carly Simon
- Johnny Mathis
- Shirley Bassey
- Crystal Gayle
- Lori Lieberman
- Sergio Mendes
- Maureen McGovern
- Olivia Newton-John
- Lauryn Hill & The Fugees
- Ice T
In total Fox has created film scores for over 100 films.
Fox was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.
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