- Leith Stevens
Leith Stevens (
September 13 ,1909 –July 23 ,1970 ) was an Americancomposer .Born in
Mount Moriah, Missouri , the formerchild prodigy worked as anarranger forCBS radio and went on to become a prolific composer offilm score s. DuringWorld War II , he was radio director for the Southwest Pacific Area with the Office of War Information. He died at the age of 60 due to a heart attack after learning that his wife had died in a car accident.As a child, he was accompanist to Madame Schumann-Heink.
His numerous radio credits include "The
Abbott and Costello Show" and "Academy Award Theater".References
*Terrace, Vincent. "Radio Programs, 1924-1984". Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999. ISBN 0-7864-0351-9
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006302/ Leith Stevens at the IMDB]
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