Charles Albertine
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Charles Albertine | |
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| Born | February 24, 1929 Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | May 18, 1986 (aged 57) |
| Genres | |
| Occupations | Musician, composer, arranger |
| Instruments | Piano, oboe, saxophone |
| Years active | 1948–1986 |
Charles Albertine (February 24, 1929 – May 18, 1986) was an American musician, composer, and arranger of the space-age pop era. He is best known as an arranger for Les and Larry Elgart, Sammy Kaye, and The Three Suns, and as the composer of Bandstand Boogie. He also composed music for many television shows.
Albertine was born in Passaic, New Jersey. He began playing piano at age five, and after high school played oboe with the Radio City Music Hall band. He played tenor saxophone with the Sammy Kaye band in the late 1940s, and became the arranger for Les Elgart's swing band in 1952.[1] In the 1950s and 60s, he arranged and composed on recordings for Les and Larry Elgart, Sammy Kaye, The Three Suns and others. His compositions were recorded by artists as diverse as Chet Atkins, Bud Powell, Barry Manilow, and Lawrence Welk.
The Albertine family moved to Los Angeles in 1964, and Albertine began writing music for television shows such as Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, and others. Two of his best-known compositions were "Bandstand Boogie" (a tune he wrote for the Elgarts), which was later used by Dick Clark as the theme for his long-running American Bandstand; and the theme to the soap opera Days of Our Lives, which he wrote with Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.[2]
