Floyd Huddleston

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Floyd Huddleston (born August 19, 1918 in Leland , † September 27, 1991 in Panorama City , Los Angeles ) was an American songwriter , screenwriter and television producer .

Life

Huddleston began his musical career in Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band while doing military service in World War II . After he was discharged from the Army, he moved to California and found employment with Decca Records . For this he wrote some songs that were used in various films, including for The Devil's Wife of Texas (1967), Asphalt-Cowboy (1969) and Highway to Hell (1977). For the text to Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat from Aristocats , he was nominated for a Grammy in 1971 for the best children's album.

He received his second Grammy nomination for the song Love from the film Robin Hood , which he wrote with George Bruns . At the 1974 Academy Awards , the song was also nominated for Best Song . But it lost against The Way We Were by Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman and Marvin Hamlisch , sung by Barbra Streisand from the film As We Were . His wife Nancy Adams sang on the song.

Floyd Huddleston wrote more than 800 songs. Some were used by Frank Sinatra , Judy Garland, and Sarah Vaughan .

1978 he wrote and produced the TV special Lucy Comes to Nashville from Lucille Ball .

Huddleston was active until his death and also worked for theater productions. He died on September 27, 1991 of a heart attack in Panorama City Hospital.

Private life

His son Huston Huddleston is also active in the film business and works as a screenwriter, including for Star Trek Continues . In 2011 he published some rare Disney recordings of his father on YouTube . After a brief legal interlude with Disney, Disney decided to publish the recordings itself.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1974 Academy Awards. Internet Movie Database , accessed January 4, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Floyd Huddleston; Songwriter. Los Angeles Times , October 2, 1991, accessed January 4, 2017 .
  3. ^ Huston Huddleston in the Internet Movie Database . Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ Jerry Beck: Rare Disney Songs: Released! Cartoon Brew, March 24, 2012, accessed January 4, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Huddleston, Floyd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter, screenwriter, and television producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Leland
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1991
Place of death Panorama City