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Frank Hunter

real name Frank Theodore Hundertmar

Frank Hunter is credited on 924 releases across 218 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2019 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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924

Credits

218

Albums

7

Decades active

32

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Biography

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American trombonist, band leader and arranger.
Born October 19, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Died December 15, 2005.
Frank Hunter was a big band veteran who switched to the studio. He began to make a name for himself beginning in 1941, playing trombone and co-arranging with bands of Al Donahue then Johnny Warrington. Hunter got his first big break arranging for Elliot Lawrence's Orchestra in the late 1940s. In the mid 1950s, he worked for, later with a variety of labels and artists, including,, and Top Rank and Johnny Hartman, Ketty Lester, Carmen McCrae, Eddie Fisher, and Eddie Heywood. He worked for for several years, arranging for Roger Williams, Anita Darian, and Joe Harnell. When he left Kapp, he continued to work with a variety of artists including Pat Boone, Chad and Jeremy and the Quinto Sisters. He composed music for commercials.
Between 1973 and 1975, Hunter was the musical director for The Mike Douglas Show.

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Credited work

924 releases · 218 albums · active 1951–2019

  • Performance · 1,297
  • Other credits · 266
  • Production · 7
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Century Sound Studios · RCA Studio A · Mediasound · RCA Victor Studios, New York

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