Pianist and arranger. Worked with dance orchestras during the 1920Irving Aaronson and His Commanders and the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. In Hollywood from 1932 as composer and orchestrator, mostly at Republic and under contract to Columbia from 1944 to 1948. Skiles was musical director for Columbia's mega-hit
Gilda, starring Rita Hayworth, in her most famous role. Skiles free-lanced from the 1950's and retired in 1971.
Pianist and arranger. Worked with dance orchestras during the 1920Irving Aaronson and His Commanders and the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. In Hollywood from 1932 as composer and orchestrator, mostly at Republic and under contract to Columbia from 1944 to 1948. Skiles was musical director for Columbia's mega-hit
Gilda, starring Rita Hayworth, in her most famous role. Skiles free-lanced from the 1950's and retired in 1971.
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