Dick Reynolds (musician)

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Dick Reynolds
Birth nameRichard Eastis Reynolds
Occupations
  • Songwriter
  • arranger
  • conductor
  • musician
Instrument Trombone
Formerly ofThe Dick Reynolds Orchestra, The Four Freshmen, The Ray Anthony Orchestra

Richard Eastis Reynolds was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, conductor and trombonist [1] who was an arranger for The Four Freshmen. [2]

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He also arranged for Frank Sinatra and authored "If I Ever Love Again", which Sinatra recorded in 1949. [1]

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys said of Reynolds: "[He's] just about a god to me. His work is the greatest, and the Freshmen's execution is too much." [3] Reynolds was later employed by Wilson for the recording of The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964) and Adult/Child (unreleased, 1977). [2]

As songwriter

References

  1. 1 2 Friedwald, Will (1995). Sinatra! the Song is You: A Singer's Art. Simon and Schuster. pp. 237–. ISBN   978-0-684-19368-7.
  2. 1 2 Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. pp. 57, 101, 371. ISBN   978-0-87930-818-6.
  3. ↑ Nathan, David; Lindsay, Susan Gedutis (2001). Inside the Hits. Berklee Press. p. 89. ISBN   978-0-634-01430-7.
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