A must read for fans of television or the music industry!

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	• Memoirs of a Famous Composer-Nobody Ever Heard of Earle H. Hagen Xlibris Corporation, 2002 - 340 pages average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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A must read for fans of television or the music industry!

Who doesn't recognize the theme to The Andy Griffith Show or The Dick Van Dyke Show?

Mr. Hagen gives a unique and enlightening perspective not only about his life, but about the time of the Big Bands - Dorsey, Noble, Miller, etc.

He also sheds a behind the scenes look of the television industry and the role that music and orchestration plays in the quality of show.

I'm sure you will really enjoy this publication!

A must read for fans of television or the music industry!

Mr. Hagen's life story of his career in television and the music industry is extremely fascinating. Imagine...working with Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and so many more folks from the Big Band era!!

As his career transitioned to television and theme music, he worked with some of the biggest icons of the television industry...Sheldon Leonard, Danny Thomas, Andy Griffith, Dick Van Dyke, and more.

If you have any interest in classic television and/or the music industry, this is a definite must read. Mr. Hagen's insights are interesting and intriguing, to say the least!

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Your Chance To Know A Great Music Man

You may never have heard of Earle Hagen, but there are few people who have not heard his music. This book -honest, funny, touching, loaded with insight- gives the reader a chance to know the author, and relive the years of the Big Band era with Tommy Dorsey and Hagen, Ray Noble and Hagen, Harry James and Hagen, Benny Goodman and Hagen. It takes us through World War II and the musicians in uniform. And then, there are his adventures in Hollywood and memorable films with stars like Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe. Hagen's remarkable accomplishments in television come alive as he relates his experiences with the producers and stars of series like I Spy and Dick Van Dyke and Danny Thomas and Andy Griffith. He opens a whole new entertaining vista, revealing what went on behind the scenes. Always interesting, always revealing, always provocative, one realizes that Hagen is not only a great composer, but a remarkable storyteller. I loved every page!

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Wonderfully entertaining and informative book !

Earle Hagen is a true American original. You know his music. It's played on TV in syndication every day of the week all over the world. Almost every theme he wrote is a bonified classic in it's own right. Earle learned and performed with the best bandleaders and musicians in the big band era, did live radio broadcasts aplenty , and made his mark in feature films working alongside most of the greats in the industry back in the 50's. (Alfred Newman ring a bell?) He went on to DEFINE scoring for picture in television . A true artist and craftsman who's arrangements, orchestrations and conducting were second to none in the 1960's world of quality episodic television when real orchestras were used instead of electronic approximations and dubbing was done on the fly before the days of the Avid digital film editor. And if that weren't enough, he wrote a true bonified jazz classic/standard , the great "Harlem Nocturne" recorded hundreds of times by artists all over the world and later to become the theme for TV's Mike Hammer series.

And to top it all off, this guy is FUNNY !! This book if chock full of down to earth stories about all aspects of his business. The heroes and villains, the professionals and the hacks. Earle knew and worked with most of them at one time or another. He recounts his experiences in a very easy to read style that kept me turning the page and finishing the book the day after I started reading it.

I have enjoyed Mr. Hagen's' music for more than 50 years and after reading this book I have a much deeper understanding of the hard work and dedication to his craft that went into his classics themes and underscores. By the way, contrary to the title of this book, I actually HAD heard of Earle Hagen, myself being a compulsive credit reader at the end of movies and TV programs. His passing earlier this year led me to this wonderful book. What a life this guy had! WOW! And what a body of work he has left behind for all of us to continue to enjoy!

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