David mann songwriter biography samples

American songwriter

David Mann (October 3, 1916 — March 1, 2002),^[1] also known as David Freedman, was an American songwriter of popularsongs.

MUSIC · VIDEO · CREDITS · BIO · CONTACT.

MUSIC · VIDEO · CREDITS · BIO · CONTACT.

Here's another great David Mann transcription from a Bb Blues that was sent to me from Igor Tomanoski.

One of the top rock/ pop recording saxophonists discusses his transition from a jazz musician to a first-call studio musician.

David Mann, author of Once Removed, interviews award-winning Scottish-South African poet, Basil du Toit about his latest collection of poetry Studies in Khoisan.

David Colin Mann passed away peacefully at pm on July 3, with his immediate family at his side; wife Trish, son Christian, daughter Gracie and sister.

His best-known songs are "There! I've Said It Again" (1945), popularized first by Vaughn Monroe and later by Bobby Vinton, "No Moon at All" (1947), recorded by Robert Goulet in (1963) and "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (1955), recorded most notably by Frank Sinatra, but covered by many other artists over the decades.

Career

Mann was able to play the piano by ear, at the age of 4, and by age 13, he was playing around Philadelphia. He attended the Curtis Institute of Music.^[2] In late 1939, Mann moved to New York and became a Decca Recordssession musician.

He was in Charley Spivak's orchestra until 1941.^[2]

During World War II, Mann joined the United States Army. Upon his discharge from the Army in 1945, they had the honor of placing Mann as personal pianist to Preside