Stan Applebaum interview

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abstract

{"value"=>"Stan Applebaum (born 1922) is an arranger and composer who was highly active in the New York City popular and commercial music industry from the 1940s to the 1980s. The Stan Applebaum interview is one hour long and provides an overview of his life and career."}

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{"value"=>"Applebaum, Stan, 1922-", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"ive"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Stanley Applebaum (born in 1922) is an arranger and composer who was highly active in the New York City popular and commercial music industry from the 1940s to the 1980s. Born in Newark, New Jersey, and raised in Irvington, Applebaum began playing piano at the age of 7. His first influences were such jazz pianists as Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson. He wrote his first compositions and arrangements at age 12. By the time he was 19, Applebaum had started writing for several big band leaders, including Cootie Williams, Benny Goodman, and Harry James. Though he never had a composition teacher growing up, Applebaum later studied with Stefan Wolpe.</p> <p>In 1941, he was drafted and served three years in the military, where he was able to work as an arranger for an army band in Germany. After World War II, Applebaum moved to New York City, where he found work as a staff arranger for CBS and NBC, and continued to write arrangements for band leaders such as Raymond Scott and Charlie Ventura. He also began collaborating with the conductor Andre Kostelanetz. Though he worked primarily as an arranger, Applebaum co-wrote the song \"Passing Strangers,\" a hit recording of which was made by Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan in 1957.</p> <p>In the late 1950s and 1960s, Applebaum worked with the producers, composers, lyricists, and singers associated with the Brill Building, including Ben E. King, Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller, Neil Sedaka, the Drifters, the Coasters, Carole King, and Gerry Goffin. Applebaum was particularly noted for his arrangement for Ben E. King's hit \"Stand By Me.\" Other artists with whom he worked included Harold Arlen, Bobby Vinton, Ella Fitzgerald, Della Reese, Brook Benton, Quincy Jones, Doc Pomus, and Connie Francis. Applebaum had a hand in 35 top ten hits, as well as several number-one singles.</p> <p>For 15 years, Applebaum was the main arranger and orchestrator for Skitch Henderson and the New York Pops Orchestra, and he also worked as well with the New York and London Philharmonic orchestras. He was very successful in the commercial world, writing countless jingles for radio and television. One of them, for Pan Am airlines, was turned into a ballet by George Balanchine. Applebaum also published compositions and arrangements for concert bands and orchestras, some written for student ensembles; piano etude books; and texts on harmony and composition.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>This interview of Stan Applebaum was conducted by George Boziwick, then Chief of the Music Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. It took place in Applebaum's home in New York City on October 24th, 2016, and is just over an hour long.</p> <p>The topics covered in the interview are:</p> <p>Background and education in Irvington, NJ. How he started playing piano. Jazz pianists. Composing and arranging at age 12. Re-arranging stock arrangements, trying them out with bands. Arrangers who influenced him. Working for Edward B. Marks as an arranger. Writing arrangements for recordings. Writing for vocalists. Instrumentalists he arranged for. Working with Cootie Williams, Benny Goodman, Harry James. Working as an arranger in the army in Germany. Andre Kostelanetz. Working as a staff arranger for CBS and other networks after the war. Arrangers he knew and worked with. Harold Arlen. The Brill Building scene (1619 Broadway). Copying process at the Brill Building. Writers and publishers he met there or at 1650 Broadway. Working on arrangements with Ben E. King, Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller. \"Stand By Me.\" Neil Sedaka. Carole King. Ellie Greenwich. Quincy Jones. Doc Pomus. Writing for television and radio commercials. Learning from musical challenges. Working with Peter Wexler. Working in England on the <span class=\"title\">Gulliver's Travels</span> show. Airline commercials. The New York Pops and Skitch Henderson. Music printing shops in New York. How his arrangements evolved to say less with more. His own compositions. \"Passing Strangers.\" Cal Tjader. Other jazz musicians he worked with. His musical legacy.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>The recording was created by <span class=\"persname\">George Boziwick</span>, who donated it to the Music Division.</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"persname\">Matthew Snyder</span>, 2018.</p>"}

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2016

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2016

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2016

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2016

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2016

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1 audio_file; 01:03:20 ami timecode

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