Pete King (composer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pete King (composer)

American conductor

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1914

Place of Birth: Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1982

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Pete King (August 8, 1914 in Ohio – September 21, 1982) was an American music composer and arranger of easy listening music and film soundtracks.
He studied music at the Cincinnati Conservatory and the University of Michigan.He was elected president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 1967.King conducted orchestras for a variety of Hollywood films including adapting the works of Edvard Grieg for The Pied Piper of Hamelin and two comedies The Family Jewels and The Last of the Secret Agents.
King's arrangements and cues were heard often in the American television series Happy Days and The Brady Bunch. He was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.