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American composer for film and television
Charles Fox
Born
Charles Ira Fox
(1940-10-30 ) October 30, 1940 (age 83 ) Occupation Composer Years active 1965-present Spouse Joan Susan Redman (1962-present) Children 3 Website http://www.charlesfoxmusic.com/
Charles Ira Fox (born October 30, 1940) is an American composer for film and television. His compositions include the sunshine pop musical backgrounds which accompanied every episode of the 1970s ABC-TV show Love, American Style theme song for the late 1970s ABC series The Love Boat Wide World of Sports [1] Monday Night Football Killing Me Softly with His Song ", written in collaboration with Fox's longtime writing partner, Norman Gimbel .
Early life [ edit ]
Fox was born in The Bronx, New York City , the son of Mollie and Walter Fox.[2] Jewish immigrant[3] Szydlowiec , Poland .
While still a student at the High School of Music & Art , Fox studied jazz piano with Lennie Tristano . He then continued his musical education with Nadia Boulanger , first at Fontainebleau and then privately in Paris. Following his return to the United States, he studied electronic music with Vladimir Ussachevsky at Columbia University .[4]
Fox's career started by playing the piano for, composing, and arranging for artists in NYC's vibrant Latin music scene such as Ray Barretto , Joe Quijano and Tito Puente . He also wrote theme music and arranged for Skitch Henderson and The Tonight Show Orchestra. Fox worked under the banner of Bob Israel's Score Productions where he composed the themes for several Goodson-Todman game shows including NBC's version of the Match Game ,What's My Line? ,To Tell The Truth ,Paul Alter . He co-composed the theme song and all the original scores for Love, American Style ,[5]
Fox also composed the music for "Killing Me Softly with His Song ," featuring lyrics by Norman Gimbel and Lori Lieberman , in 1972. The song was inspired by Lieberman listening to Don McLean sing at a nightclub in Los Angeles. Fox and Gimbel had been managing her early career, and the song was released first by Lieberman, with writing credit assigned to Fox and Gimbel, cutting Lieberman out. Lieberman's version was only a minor hit, but the song became an international number 1 hit for Roberta Flack in 1973 and again for the Fugees in 1997. The song won the Grammy for Best Song in 1973. Fox denies Lieberman's involvement, and failed to force McLean to change his website.[6] [7]
Fox and Gimbel later wrote the themes for many films such as The Last American Hero I Got a Name ", sung by Jim Croce ), Foul Play Ready to Take a Chance Again ", sung by Barry Manilow ) and many television series, including The Bugaloos ,Happy Days ,Laverne & Shirley Making Our Dreams Come True " sung by Cyndi Grecco ), Angie Maureen McGovern ), The Paper Chase Seals and Crofts ; Emmy-nominated Best Song), and Wonder Woman .Stephen Geyer for The Hogan Family Roberta Flack .
In 1977, Fox composed "Love Boat ", the theme to the popular TV series The Love Boat Paul Williams , and was sung by Jack Jones until the ninth and final season when Dionne Warwick was featured. The single released by Jack Jones in 1979 peaked at #37 on the Billboard US Adult Contemporary chart.[8]
In February 1981, Fox peaked at #75 on the Billboard Hot 100"Seasons". [9] Ed Newmark .[10]
In 2010, Fox published his memoirs, Killing Me Softly: My Life in Music .[11]
"The Charles Fox Singers" was the credited name for the group vocalists who performed his compositions on television and movie themes and cues; they were actually The Ron Hicklin Singers .
Film scores [ edit ]
In total Fox has created film scores for over 100 films including:
Awards and honors [ edit ]
Fox was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.[12]
BMI Richard Kirk Award For Outstanding Life Achievement
Grammy Awards – Grammy Award for Song of the Year - "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
New York Film Critics Circle – Best Film Song - “I Got a Name”
Emmy Awards – Best Score - “Love American Style”
Emmy Winner – Best Theme Song - “Love American Style”
Emmy Nomination (Four Times) – Best Score, “Love American Style”
Emmy Nomination – Best Song, “The Paper Chase”
Academy Award nomination – Academy Award for Best Original Song , “Richard’s Window”/The Other Side of the Mountain
Academy Award nomination – Academy Award for Best Original Song – “Ready to Take a Chance Again”/Foul Play
Golden Globe Awards – Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score , "The Other Side of the Mountain”
Golden Globe Nomination – Best Song, “Richard’s Window”/The Other Side of the Mountain
Golden Globe Nomination – Best Song, “Ready to Take a Chance Again”/Foul Play
Grammy Nomination – Best Soundtrack for a film, “Nine to Five”
Society of Composers and Lyricists , “Ambassador’s Award” for Life Achievement
Bronx Walk of Fame, inducted 2008
Smithsonian Museum permanent exhibit, inducted 2011
Middleburg Film Festival - Legacy Composer Award, 2021[13]
References [ edit ]
^ Bartkowiak, Matthew; Kiuchi, Yuya (2015). The Music of Counterculture Cinema: A Critical Study of 1960s and 1970s Soundtracks . Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 59. ISBN 978-0786475421 Charles Fox, collaborator for the film's soundtrack, had already established some level of success in scoring the film 'The Incident', as well as penning TV scores including the 'Wide World of Sports' theme...
^ "Charles Fox Biography (1940-)" . Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-16 .
^ Congregation, Shir Ami (March 6, 2013). "Hollywood Luminary Charles Fox to Appear at the Avon Theatre for an Exclusive Showing of 100 Voices, A Journey Home" . Patch - Darien, CT .
^ "Charles Fox: Ready to Take a Chance" . NewMusicBox.org. July 2011. Retrieved 2016-07-21 .
^ "Love, American Style | A Television Heaven Review" . Televisionheaven.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2012-02-16 .
^ Edgers, Geoff (January 24, 2020). "She sang 'Killing Me Softly' before Roberta Flack. Now she just wants you to hear her side of the story" . The Washington Post .
^ "The Lori Lieberman Team" . Billboard . June 24, 1974. p. 53.
^ "Jack Jones Chart History | Billboard" . www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20 .
^ "Charles Fox - Billboard Hot 100 History" . Billboard the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2021 .
^ Whitburn, Joel (1991). The Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. Feb. 7, 1981. ISBN 0-89820-079-2
^ Fox, Charles (2010). Killing Me Softly: My Life in Music . Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810869929 OCLC 678101101 .
^ Songwriters Hall of Fame, "Charles Fox, Inductee"
^ Davis, Clayton (2021-09-30). "Kenneth Branagh, Dakota Johnson and 'Red Rocket' Cast Among Middleburg Film Festival Honorees (EXCLUSIVE)" . Variety . Retrieved 2021-10-07 .
External links [ edit ]
Awards for Charles Fox
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"Up to You" – Music and Lyrics by John Kimbrough (2000)
"A Dream That Only I Can Know" – Music and Lyrics by Patrick Williams (2001)
"You've Got a Lot to See" – Music by Walter Murphy ; Lyrics by Seth MacFarlane (2002)
"Aren't They All Our Children" – Music by David Foster ; Lyrics by Linda Thompson (2003)
"Because You Are Beautiful" – Music by Toni Childs ; Lyrics by Toni Childs , Eddy Free, and David Ricketts (2004)
"Mary Jane/Mary Lane" – Music by Dan Studney; Lyrics by Kevin Murphy (2005)
"A Wonderfully Normal Day" – Music by Greg O'Connor ; Lyrics by Jim Wise (2006)
"Dick in a Box " – Music by Katreese Barnes , Asa Taccone , Jorma Taccone , and Justin Timberlake ; Lyrics by Andy Samberg , Akiva Schaffer , Jorma Taccone , and Justin Timberlake (2007)
"I'm F**king Matt Damon" – Music and Lyrics by Tony Barbieri , Sal Iacono , Wayne McClammy, Sarah Silverman , and Dan Warner (2008)
"Hugh Jackman Opening Number" – Music by John Kimbrough, William Ross , and Rob Schrab ; Lyrics by Dan Harmon and Ben Schwartz (2009)
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"Beautiful Day " – Adam Clayton , David Evans , Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2000)
"Fallin' " – Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2001)
"Don't Know Why " – Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2002)
"Dance with My Father " – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (songwriters) (2003)
"Daughters " – John Mayer (songwriter) (2004)
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own " – Adam Clayton , David Evans , Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2005)
"Not Ready to Make Nice " – Emily Burns Erwin , Martha Maguire , Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2006)
"Rehab " – Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2007)
"Viva la Vida " – Guy Berryman , Jonathan Buckland , William Champion & Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2008)
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) " – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell , Beyoncé Knowles , Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2009)
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"Need You Now " – Dave Haywood , Josh Kear , Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2010)
"Rolling in the Deep " – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2011)
"We Are Young " – Jack Antonoff , Jeff Bhasker , Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (songwriters) (2012)
"Royals " – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters) (2013)
"Stay with Me " (Darkchild version) – James Napier , William Phillips & Sam Smith (songwriters) (2014)
"Thinking Out Loud " – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (songwriters) (2015)
"Hello " – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2016)
"That's What I Like " – Christopher Brody Brown , James Fauntleroy , Philip Lawrence , Bruno Mars , Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2017)
"This Is America " – Donald Glover , Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (songwriters) (2018)
"Bad Guy " – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2019)
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