After the war he played piano with a reconfigured Glenn Miller Orchestra led by Tex Beneke (Miller had been among those classified as missing in action). Army at World War II's peak period limited him to a single year at the prestigious school. Born Enrico Nicola Mancini in 1924, he grew up in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (near Pittsburgh) and was accepted at New York's Juilliard School of Music at age 18, though a call from the U.S. His less-than-spectacular beginning in Cleveland, Ohio hardly hinted at great things to come. Lucky and movie music for Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Pink Panther among many, in addition to occasional non-big- or small-screen recordings, supplying a daily music backdrop for tens of millions of people falling within that particular generation.
He created literally hundreds of music scores, gaining acclaim, fame and fortune for television themes like Peter Gunn and Mr. His compositions permeated pop culture during those years, if often in subtle ways. But there's a ring of truth to the short-lived series' title the period from the late '50s through early '70s could easily be seen as an era defined by Mancini's music.
After a brief run the show was canceled, perhaps having come a bit too late to appeal to the tastes of an audience that several years earlier would have more readily embraced a program perceived as cooler than The Lawrence Welk Show but not as cool as rock and roll. The Mancini Generation, a syndicated TV series that premiered in 1972, was hosted by none other than the man himself, award-winning composer Henry Mancini, and featured instrumental 40-man band versions of standards from pop hits to movie themes to classical overtures as well as originals composed by the series' star.
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