Bob Thompson Net Worth is
$19 Million

Mini Biography

Bob Thompson grew up in the tiny California city of Auburn. Hearing Duke Ellington on the air during the Melancholy was a turning stage in his existence, sending him to a profession in music. His education contains short educational music stints coupled with apprenticeships to music arrangers – and useful training as an employee arranger at San Francisco’s NBC train station – KGO. Bob also performed in jazz rings (piano), most memorably with Barney Bigard of Duke Ellington’s orchestra when he was simply 18. Bob’s discovery came after he moved to Hollywood and was an RCA darling, saving records right now there and arranging because of its celebrities want Rosemary Clooney (who have called Bob “1 hell of the arranger” in her latest autobiography) and Bing Crosby. Bob also caused Mae Western, Gloria Lasso, Julie London, and Ruth Olay. During a job that spanned 40 years being a Hollywood composer and arranger, Bob composed music for a large number of commercials, TV themes, movies – and 4 of his have albums which were become referred to as “Space Age group Bachelor Pad” classics. Music from those information (Starfire, Early-Bird Whirly-Bird) have already been used off their creation in the late 1950s for this seeing that music for Television shows, radio displays and advertisements. Bob also organized the famous picture in Picnic (1955) where Kim Novak and William Holden dance. “Move Go Goodyear” is normally among Bob’s most well-known advertisements, garnering him one of is own three “Cleos” (awards for brilliance in marketing music). Bob also won a Grammy nomination for his RCA melody, “Simply for Kicks.”

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