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Richard Hayman

Cambridge, United States

Richard Hayman is credited on 1,326 releases across 398 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,326

Pressings credited

398

Albums

8

Decades active

55

In collections

Biography

Richard Warren Joseph Hayman (March 27, 1920 – February 5, 2014) was an American musician who was the chief music arranger of the Boston Pops Orchestra for over 50 years, and served as a pops conductor for orchestras including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony and the Grand Rapids Symphony in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He toured and recorded as a harmonica player and made dozens of recordings for Mercury Records as "Richard Hayman and His Orchestra." His biggest hit was a single, "Ruby," from the 1952 film Ruby Gentry, starring Jennifer Jones and Charlton Heston. Hayman's arrangement featured himself as harmonica soloist. Over a lengthy career, he created musical arrangements for more than 50 artists and entertainers including Barbra Streisand, Bob Hope, Liza Minnelli and Olivia Newton-John.

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1,326 releases · 398 albums · active 1952–2023

  • Performance · 1,992
  • Other credits · 225
  • Production · 14

Studios: Music Hall, Cincinnati · Symphony Hall, Boston · Concert Hall Of The Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra · Studio Of The Czechoslovak Radio (Bratislava)

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