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    married to Vera Matson from 1932 to his death in 1992. Ken Darby's choral group, The Ken Darby Singers, sang backup for Bing Crosby on the original 1942...
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  • credited to "Vera Matson" (though the actual lyricist was her husband, Ken Darby). The melody is identical to the sentimental Civil War ballad "Aura Lea"...
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    succession of top vocal groups, including the Norman Luboff Choir and the Ken Darby Singers, among others. Norma married builder and property developer Randy...
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  • That?": Written by Ken Darby and Foster Carling; performed by James Baskett "Let the Rain Pour Down": (uptempo) Written by Ken Darby and Foster Carling;...
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    given to George Bassman, Murray Cutter (who did "Over the Rainbow"), Ken Darby and Paul Marquardt for orchestral and vocal arrangements. As usual, Roger...
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    3: Miklós Rózsa (16) 3: Dimitri Tiomkin (14) 3: Maurice Jarre (8) 3: Ken Darby (6) 3: Roger Edens (6) 3: Saul Chaplin (5) 3: Adolph Deutsch (5) 2: Hans...
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    Kenneth Darby (born December 26, 1982) is a former American football running back. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seventh round of...
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  • Make Mine Music (category Films scored by Ken Darby)
    Clair de Lune was replaced by the new song Blue Bayou, performed by the Ken Darby Singers. However, the original version of the segment still survives....
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  • Jack Kinney Producer: Walt Disney Writer: Dick Kinney, Dick Shaw Music: Ken Darby Mike Pinsky, of DVD Verdict, reviewed the compilation: "If, as James Earl...
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  • by Vera Matson and Lionel Newman (although the lyrics were written by Ken Darby, credited under the name of his wife Matson). The third "groovy version"...
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    subsequently recorded the song with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers at Radio Recorders for Decca Records in 18 minutes on May 29,...
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  • Thayer & Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev inter alia Eliot Daniel, Ken Darby, Charles Wolcott, Oliver Wallace and Edward H. Plumb Fun and Fancy Free...
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    How the West Was Won (film) (category Films scored by Ken Darby)
    Color Walter Plunkett – Best Costume Design, Color Alfred Newman and Ken Darby – Best Music, Score – Substantially Original The film is recognized by...
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  • South Pacific (1958 film) (category Films scored by Ken Darby)
    Liat Russ Brown as Captain George Brackett Jack Mullaney as The Professor Ken Clark as Stewpot Thurl Ravenscroft as Stewpot's singing voice (uncredited)...
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    Rhys Montague Darby (born 21 March 1974) is a New Zealand actor and comedian, known for his energetic physical comedy routines, telling stories accompanied...
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  • American singer Fabian in the late 1950s. The text was written by lyricist Ken Darby.[citation needed] The song is noted for being performed by entertainer...
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  • The King and I (1956 film) (category Films scored by Ken Darby)
    Irene Sharaff Won Best Scoring of a Musical Picture Alfred Newman and Ken Darby Won Best Sound Recording Carlton W. Faulkner Won Directors Guild of America...
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    "the clattering noise of each galloping hoof"), by the American composer Ken Darby (1909–1992), whose version was recorded by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians...
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  • music was based on the Civil War ballad "Aura Lee," with new lyrics by Ken Darby. Darby, in fact, wrote all of the soundtrack songs, but credited them to his...
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  • Carousel (film) (category Films scored by Ken Darby)
    resulting in a playing time of 70 minutes. Under the vocal direction of Ken Darby, the songs on the expanded edition of the album are: "Introduction" –...
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  • made the charts with the song include The Outlaws, Bing Crosby (with the Ken Darby Singers), Frankie Laine, Burl Ives (two different versions), Marty Robbins...
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  • music supervisor Pete Docter Director, writer, animator, and voice actor Ken Darby Composer and music supervisor Ralph Dawson Film editor Hans Dreier Art...
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  • Melody Time (category Films scored by Ken Darby)
    the music that Ken Darby had composed for Johnny Appleseed, Walt Disney "scorned the music", describing it as "like New Deal music". Darby was "enraged"...
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    General Mills, Procter & Gamble, and Parker Pen Company. Off-camera the Ken Darby singers, a choral group, sang the theme song and hummed the background...
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    Porgy and Bess (film) (category Films scored by Ken Darby)
    Tony Award for Best Scenic Design for My Fair Lady, and André Previn and Ken Darby, who would supervise the music. Because Poitier could not sing and the...
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  • Alex Kramer and published in 1948. The recording by Bing Crosby & The Ken Darby Choir was recorded on November 25, 1948 and released by Decca Records...
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    "Room Full of Roses" Sammy Kaye 18 "Far Away Places" Bing Crosby and Ken Darby Choir 19 "Buttons and Bows" Dinah Shore 20 "Galway Bay" Bing Crosby 21...
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  • That's My Mommy, drowning vocal effects in the 1953 short: Just Ducky Ken Darby (1950): "singing" in the 1950 short: Texas Tom Paul Frees (1951): snoring...
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  • Camelot (film) (category Films scored by Ken Darby)
    Truscott Won Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score Alfred Newman and Ken Darby Won Best Sound Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department Nominated...
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  • Buck, Mills, Stipe), performed by R.E.M. – 5:13 "This Friendly World" (Ken Darby), performed by Michael Stipe and Jim Carrey (with the latter portraying...
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