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Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 94
John Alfred Mandel was an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Diane Schuur and Shirley Horn.
Johnny Mandel is read about 125 times a day, in 22 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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People around Johnny
Close ties
Shirley Horn Johnny produced Here's to Life (1992)
Jack Warden Johnny wrote The Verdict and Being There
John Anderson Johnny wrote M*A*S*H and Heaven with a Gun
Paul Newman Johnny wrote The Verdict and Harper
Leslie Nielsen Johnny wrote M*A*S*H and Code Name: Heraclitus
Christopher Reeve Johnny wrote Deathtrap (1982)
Timothy Dalton Johnny wrote Agatha and Brenda Starr
James Coburn Johnny wrote The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Sharon Tate Johnny wrote The Sandpiper (1965)
Janet Leigh Johnny wrote Harper and An American Dream
Henry Mancini Duets: Suicide Is Painless (1970)
Eva Marie Saint Johnny wrote The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
Angie Dickinson Johnny wrote Point Blank and Some Kind of a Nut
Ned Beatty Johnny wrote 1941 and M*A*S*H
Eddie Albert Johnny wrote Escape to Witch Mountain (1976)
Nancy Allen Johnny wrote 1941 and The Last Detail
Ahmad Jamal Duets: Suicide Is Painless (1970)
Michael Lerner Johnny wrote M*A*S*H and The Baltimore Bullet
John Vernon Johnny wrote Point Blank and W
James Sikking Johnny wrote M*A*S*H and Point Blank
Harold Gould Johnny wrote Harper and An American Dream
Ted Knight Johnny wrote Caddyshack (1980)
Robert Webber Johnny wrote Harper and The Sandpiper
J. D. Cannon Johnny wrote An American Dream (1966)
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Awards
About this person
He won five Grammy Awards, from 17 total nominations; his first nomination was for his debut film score for the multi-nominated 1958 film I Want to Live!. In 2011, he was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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What they share with Johnny
Leslie BricusseBoth received Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Annie RossAlso in Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)
Margaret WhitingAlso in Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)
John Cameron MitchellAlso in Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)
George WeinAlso in Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)
Buddy BregmanAlso in Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)