Nestor Amaral(1913-1962)
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Composer, conductor, singer and actor, he was educated in Brazilian
public schools and arrived in the US with Carmen Miranda and her group in
1940. He joined ASCAP in 1956, and his chief musical collaborators
included Laurindo Almeida, Ray Gilbert, and Johnny Mercer. His
popular-music compositions include: "Old Man and the Sea", "Sambiana",
and "Sighs".
