Robert Maxwell
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Robert Maxwell, born Max Rosen on April 19, 1921 in New York City, United States, was an American harpist and songwriter who began playing the harp at age ten. He won a scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music and became the youngest member of the National Symphony Orchestra at age 17. He performed under prominent conductors including Arturo Toscanini and Serge Koussevitsky, and served in the United States Coast Guard Band under Rudy Vallee. His compositions include the popular singles âEbb Tideâ (1953), âShangri-Laâ (1957), which reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1964, âLittle Dipperâ (1959), recorded under the pseudonym the Mickey Mozart Quintet, and âSolfeggioâ (1953), which was later reissued in 1957 as âSong of the Nairobi Trioâ. He also wrote âLost Patrolâ, which served as the theme music for the Australian television program Four Corners. He appeared on radio, television, and film, including a summer stint replacing Frank Sinatra on CBS. In the early 1970s, he changed his professional name to Bobby Maxwell to avoid confusion with a British publisher. He died on February 7, 2012.
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- Limehouse Blues
- Shangri-La
- Rosebud
- April In Portugal
- Spring Is Here
- Orchids in the Moonlight
- Bubble, Bubble, Bubble
- My Funny Valentine
- September In The Rain
- The Green Leaves Of Summer
- A Summer Song
- Summertime
- Our Winter Love
- Pumpkin Yellow
- Shine On Harvest Moon
- Gallop
- I've Got My Love To Keep Warm
- Chinatown, My Chinatown
- Rose Marie
- Hindustan
- Ebb Tide
- Shuffle off to Buffalo
- Ching Ching-A-Ling
- Plink, Plank, Plunk!
