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Wally Gold(1928-1998)

  • Producer
  • Music Department
  • Composer
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Composer, songwriter ("Look Homeward Angel", "Good Luck Charm", "Sweet Bird of Youth"), author and saxophonist, educated at Boston University (Bachelor of Science degree). He was a saxophonist in dance orchestras, and a member of the US Navy Band during World War II. Later he formed The Four Esquires vocal quartet, singing in night clubs and on records and television. He was a manager for Arch Music and vice-president of Aaron Schroeder Music Company. Joining ASCAP in 959, his chief musical collaborator was Aaron Schroeder. His other popular-song compositions include "It's Now or Never", "In Your Arms", "Lucky Devil", "Twixt Twelve and Twenty", "Time and the River", "Because They're Young", "Utopia", "Hither and Thither and Yon", "She Can't Find Her Keys", "Half Heaven - Half Heartache", "It's My Party", and "Fools Hall of Fame".
BornMay 15, 1928
DiedJune 7, 1998(70)
BornMay 15, 1928
DiedJune 7, 1998(70)
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Known for

Salma Hayek and Matthew Perry in Fools Rush In (1997)
Fools Rush In
6.1
  • Soundtrack("It's Now Or Never")
  • 1997
Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, and Ed Helms in The Hangover (2009)
The Hangover
7.7
  • Soundtrack("It's Now or Never")
  • 2009
Christina Ricci, Winona Ryder, Cher, and Bob Hoskins in Mermaids (1990)
Mermaids
6.7
  • Soundtrack("It's My Party")
  • 1990
Adam Sandler, Cole Sprouse, and Dylan Sprouse in Big Daddy (1999)
Big Daddy
6.4
  • Soundtrack("It's Now or Never")
  • 1999

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Producer



  • Musical Chairs (1975)
    Musical Chairs
    5.6
    TV Series
    • associate producer
    • 1975

Music Department



  • The Savage Bees (1976)
    The Savage Bees
    5.1
    TV Movie
    • music coordinator
    • 1976
  • Steve Bonino, Cosie Costa, John Lansing, Freddie Prinze, and Biff Warren in The Great NBC Smilin' Saturday Mornin' Parade (1976)
    The Great NBC Smilin' Saturday Mornin' Parade
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • music producer
    • 1976
  • Starbuck in Rock Concert (1973)
    Rock Concert
    8.5
    TV Series
    • music coordinator
    • 1973

Composer



  • The World of Animals: Big Cats, Little Cats
    9.5
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1968

Personal details

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  • Born
    • May 15, 1928
    • Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Died
    • June 7, 1998
    • Teaneck, New Jersey, USA(complications from crohn's disease)

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    While working in the early 1970s as a producer and agent for Don Kirshner's eponymous label, distributed by Columbia Records, he discovered and signed the progressive rock band Kansas.

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