Sidney "Sid" Feller (December 24, 1916 – February 16, 2006) was an American conductor and arranger, best known for his work with Ray Charles. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures In Music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing Music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch such Ray Charles Robinson ( September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his Stage name Ray Charles, was an American He worked with Charles on hundreds of songs including Georgia on My Mind and worked as Charles' conductor while on tour. " Georgia on My Mind " is a song written in 1930 by Stuart Gorrell (lyrics and Hoagy Carmichael (music Ray Charles once said of him "if they call me a genius, then Sid Feller is Einstein. " [1]
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Early career
Feller learned how to play the trumpet while a member of the Boy Scouts of America and also played the piano. The Boy Scouts of America ( BSA) is the largest youth organization in the United States with over five million He started playing as a member of local bands around New York City in the late 1930s and his career as an arranger started around that time. Feller worked with Jack Teagarden in 1940 before joining the US Army as a musician. Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden ( August 20, 1905 &ndash January 15, 1964) was an influential Jazz Trombonist and
After the war, he worked with Teagarden again before joining Carmen Cavallaro's band in 1949. Carmen Cavallaro ( May 6, 1913 – October 12, 1989) was an American pianist born in New York He joined Capitol Records where he worked as a conductor and arranger. Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as During this period, he worked on records by Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, Matt Monro, Mel Tormé and Nancy Wilson. Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7 1917 &ndash December 25 1995 was an American Singer, Film Actor, television personality Peggy Lee ( May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Jazz and popular music singer and Songwriter Matt Monro ( 1 December 1930, Shoreditch, London &ndash 7 February 1985, Ealing) was an English Melvin Howard Tormé ( September 13, 1925 &ndash June 5, 1999) nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician known as
Feller joined a new record label, ABC-Paramount, in 1955 where he worked with Paul Anka, Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence. ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres Paul Mustapha Abdi Anka, ( Arabic: بول مصطفى عبدي أنكا OC (born 30 July 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Eydie Gorme (alternative spelling Eydie Gormé; born Edith Gormezano August 16, 1931) is an American Singer credited heavily SUP YALL This is about the singer/actor For other uses see Steve Lawrence (disambiguation. He also recorded two albums of his own Music to Break a Lease By and More Music to Break a Lease By.
Work with Ray Charles
Feller met Ray Charles when he left Atlantic Records for ABC-Paramount. Their first album together was Genius Hits the Road featuring Georgia on my Mind. He also played a significant role in developing Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, also known as Modern Sounds, is a Studio album by American Rhythm and blues musician Charles recalled: "Sid researched the hell out of it and came up with 250 tunes. I picked the ones I liked, and of the ones I picked, they were all new to me except 'Bye Bye, Love. '" [2] Amongst the songs they recorded was I Can't Stop Loving You which would become Charles' biggest hit. " I Can't Stop Loving You " is a Popular song written and composed by country singer songwriter and musician Don Gibson, who first recorded it on December Ironically, Feller was sceptical about the market for a pop singer covering country songs. Feller worked with Charles for 30 years, both on record and on tour as a conductor.
Subsequent career
In 1965, Feller moved to California where he worked as a freelancer. He worked as the musical arranger for The Flip Wilson Show in the early 1970's and on specials for John Denver, Andy Williams and Pat Boone amongst others. The Flip Wilson Show is a Variety show that aired in the US on NBC from September 17, 1970 to June 27, John Denver (December 31 1943 &ndash October 12 1997 born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3 1927 in Wall Lake Iowa) is an American pop singer Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone (born June 1 1934) is an American Singer whose smooth style made him a popular performer of the 1950s He also produced Broadway soundtrack albums. He finally retired after a heart attack in the late 1990s and moved to Ohio to be near his daughter.
References
- San Jose Mercury News, "Sidney Feller, produced and arranged Ray Charles hits, dies at 89"
- Big Band database
- Space Age Pop article on Sid Feller
- Allmusic.com Sid Feller article
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