Alan Copeland

Alan Weaver Copeland (born October 6, 1926) is an American singer, songwriter, composer, and conductor. He was born in Los Angeles, California.[1]

Music career

Copeland was a member of The Modernaires, first from 1948 to 1956 and then from 1959 to the mid-1960s.[2] He also worked as a songwriter in Los Angeles in the 1950s. He co-wrote the song "Make Love to Me", "Back Where I Belong", "Darling, Darling, Darling", "High Society", "Into the Shadows", "This Must Be the Place", "Too Young to Know", and "While the Vesper Bells Were Ringing". He also worked as a composer for television and did arrangement work for musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby.[3] He led studio ensembles that released several albums in the 1960s. In 1968, he issued the single, "Mission: Impossible:Norwegian Wood", which was a medley interpolating the Theme from Mission: Impossible and the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood".[4] It peaked at number 120 on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart and won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Performance by a Chorus.[3]

Discography

No Sad Songs for Me (Coral, 1957)
Cool Country (ABC, 1966)
Basie Swingin' Voices Singin', with Count Basie (ABC-Paramount, 1966)
A Bubble Called You (ABC, 1967)
If Love Comes With It (A&M, 1969)
Enchanting Woodwinds (Reader's Digest, year unknown)

References

Bob Leszczak (22 August 2014). The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide. McFarland. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-1-4766-1539-4.
Wesley Hyatt (11 August 2010). A Critical History of Television’s The Red Skelton Show, 1951–1971. McFarland. pp. 77–. ISBN 978-1-4766-0875-4.
Kembrew McLeod and Peter DiCola, Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling. Duke University Press, 2011, p. 173.
Jack Boss; Brad Osborn; Tim S. Pack (24 July 2014). Analyzing the Music of Living Composers (and Others). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-1-4438-6471-8.

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[Leszczak2014-1] Bob Leszczak (22 August 2014). The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide. McFarland. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-1-4766-1539-4.

[Hyatt2010-2] Wesley Hyatt (11 August 2010). A Critical History of Television’s The Red Skelton Show, 1951–1971. McFarland. pp. 77–. ISBN 978-1-4766-0875-4.

[mcleod-3] Kembrew McLeod and Peter DiCola, Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling. Duke University Press, 2011, p. 173.

[BossOsborn2014-4] Jack Boss; Brad Osborn; Tim S. Pack (24 July 2014). Analyzing the Music of Living Composers (and Others). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-1-4438-6471-8.