RIP Dennis Farnon: The last survivor of the RecordingAcad's five founders has died at age 95
All five founders were top executives at leading record companies of the period. Farnon was from RCA; Burke, from Decca; Dunn, from Capitol; Weston, from Columbia; and Kaye, from MGM.
The Recording Academy grew out of a request made by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for names of musical artists who merited inclusion in its Walk of Fame, which was being developed in the mid-1950s. These label execs formed a music committee, but as they worked to compile a list, they realized there were more recording artists who deserved recognition than could ever be honored with a bronze star.
The first Grammy Awards, for the year 1958, were presented on May 4, 1959. The Grammys were the last of the four EGOT awards to be created. The first Oscars were presented in May 1929, the first Tonys in April 1947 and the first Emmys in January 1949. Farnon, who was born in Toronto in 1923, was a composer, arranger and conductor. In the 1950s, Capitol hired him to serve as musical director for singer. In 1956, RCA tapped him to head its West Coast A&R department. During that time, the Dennis Farnon Orchestra recorded numerous albums, includingIn the early 1960s Farnon moved to London and composed music over the next 20 years.
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