Ernest Hughes(1915-1999)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Composer, arranger and pianist, educated at the Los Angeles
Conservatory, and a music student of Vernon Spencer, Oscar Wagner, and
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He was a pianist and arranger in the bands
of Jack Teagarden and Tommy Dorsey plus others, and during World War II
he was a pianist and arranger for the band at at Lowry Field Air Force
Base. Joining ASCAP in 1960, his popular-instrumental compositions
include "Hughes Fugue".
