
I HAVE HUNDREDS OF STORIES, SOME OF THEM TRUE (paperback)
ISBN 9781593937294 In inimitable, delightfully humorous style, Russell Garcia,world-renowned composer-arranger-conductor, relates the stories of the glitz andglamour of Hollywood during his seventy years writing music for films andtelevision. Besides writing music for over a hundred films, such as The TimeMachine, Atlantis The Lost Continent, and Come September, his music canstill be heard today on many television shows, such as The Twilight Zone,Laredo, Fame Is The Name Of The Game, and Rawhide. He has also recorded with great singers, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day,Frances Faye, Julie London, Sarah Vaughan, Margaret Whiting, Louis Armstrong,Sammy Davis, and Mel Torme, as well recorded with instrumentalist stars, suchas Oscar Peterson, George Shearing, Buddy DeFranco, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz,andRoy Eldridge, to name a few. Known for hisversatility in both jazz and classical music, Garcia has conducted many of hisown compositions with symphony orchestras throughout