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Walter Schumann
Walter Schumann is credited on 507 releases across 127 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
507
Credits
127
Albums
8
Decades active
92
In collections
Biography
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American composer for television, movies and theater.
Born 8 October 1913 in New York City, New York.
Died 21 August 1958 in Rochester, Minnesota (aged 44).
He wrote the "Dragnet" theme and soundtrack for "The Night of the Hunter" (1955). The Voices of Walter Schumann was his 20-member vocal group.
He charted once as a performer with "Ballad of Davy Crockett", in 1959, reaching #14. He charted an additional ten times as a songwriter between 1939 and 1988 with his top charted song coming in 1953: "Dragnet" by Ray Anthony and His Orchestra, hitting #2 in the U.S. and #7 in the U.K. He also had a #1 song with "St. George & the Dragonet" by Stan Freberg, also in 1953 (co-written by Stan Freberg & Daws Butler). The "Dragnet" theme and their derivatives charted seven times.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
507 releases · 127 albums · active 1951–2024
- Performance · 520
- Other credits · 44
Studios: Ely Cathedral · Music Hall, Cincinnati · Hammersmith Odeon · Soma Electronic Music Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Director's Cut
2001
The Best Of The Art Of Noise
1988
In No Sense? Nonsense!
1987
Television's Greatest Hits (65 TV Themes! From The 50's And 60's)
1985
Kiss
1988
What Do You Want From Live
1978
Dragnet
1987
Influence (Hits, Singles, Moments, Treasures…)
2010
Paranoimia '89
1989
Dragnet - Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack
1987
With The Original Cast
1959
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
1958
Melancholy Mood
2016
War Prayers
2003
Looks At The Bird
2002
Sing And Play The Three Doctors
1992
The FON Mixes
1991
Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time
1991
TV's Golden Hits
1986
From Russia With Love
1964
Bouquet Of Blues
1956
A Child's Garden Of Freberg
1957
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Voices Of Walter Schumann
- The Art Of Noise
- Stan Freberg
- Ray Anthony
- Ray Anthony And His Orchestra
- Dinah Shore
- Ted Heath And His Music
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