Walter E. “Jack” Rollins was an American musician born in Scottdale, Pennsylvania and raised in Keyser, West Virginia. Rollins wrote the lyrics to holiday favorites “Here Comes Peter Cottontail,” “Frosty the Snowman,” and “Smokey the Bear.” The music was written by his partner Steve Nelson.
Francisco Santiago Santiago was a Filipino musician, sometimes called The Father of Kundiman Art Song.
Rolf Zuckowski is a German singer-songwriter. He has written and composed music especially for children, but his songs are very popular among adults, too. His compositions involve children in music throughout their childhood and accompany their daily life.
Erroll Louis Garner was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad “Misty”, his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard.
Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole (meaning ‘the fearless eye, the bold face’), also called Bruddah Iz or just simply IZ, was a Hawaiian musician, singer, songwriter, and Hawaiian sovereignty activist.
William Thomas Strayhorn was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His compositions include “Take the ‘A’ Train”, “Chelsea Bridge”, “A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing”, and “Lush Life”.
Harry Warren was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing “Lullaby of Broadway”, “You’ll Never Know” and “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe”. He wrote the music … Read more
Max Richter is a British composer and pianist. He works within postminimalism and in the meeting of contemporary classical and alternative popular musical styles. Richter is classically trained, having graduated in composition from the University of Edinburgh, the Royal Academy of Music in London, and studied with Luciano Berio in Italy.
Cory Hunter Asbury is an American Christian musician, worship pastor, songwriter, and former member of the Bethel Music collective.
Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier is a German musician, composer and record producer. Faltermeyer is best known for composing the “Axel F” theme for the feature film Beverly Hills Cop, an influential synth-pop hit in the 1980s. He also composed the “Top Gun Anthem” for the feature film Top Gun.