Les was educated at the Detroit Conservatory and Pepperdine College. He was a singer with Mel Torme's Mel-Tones in 1945. He conducted the orchestras and chorus for radio's "Halls of Ivy", "Abbott & Costello Show" and "Bob Hope Show". He arranged and orchestrated for Nat King Cole, Margaret Whiting, and Frank DeVol...See full bio »
1994Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
(documentary)
(writer: "Moon Moods", "Lunar Rhapsody", "Lunette", "This Room is My Castle of Quiet", "My Troubles Fall Away Like Fallen Leaves")
1992I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
(writer: "Sing an Italian Song", "Italian Love", "Underneath an Italian Sky" / arranger: "O Sole Mio", "Funiculi, Funicula")
1973The Devil and Leroy Bassett
(music: "Let Me Live on the Mountain", "Indian on the Mountain", "Hey Leroy", "Phone Call" / lyrics: "Let Me Live on the Mountain", "Indian on the Mountain", "Hey Leroy")
1954Secret of the Incas
(performer: "Virgin of the Sun God", "Earthquake", "High Andes" / arranger: "Virgin of the Sun God", "Earthquake", "High Andes")
1954College Capers
(short)
(music: "Sambabamba", "Quiet Village" / performer: "I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me", "Lover", "Sambabamba", "Quiet Village", "Mambolero")
1957Bop Girl Goes Calypso
(composer: song "Rovin' Gal, " "Calypso Boogie, " "Way Back in San Francisco, " "De Rain, " "Oo Ba Lo" and "Hard Rock Candy Baby")
Regarding his first album ("Music Out of the Moon"), which featured one cello, one French horn, a choir, rhythm section, and a theremin: "No one had ever heard of a combination like that. It was a little weird. I didn't know what popular records were. I didn't know what I was doing."
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Trivia:
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6314 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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