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Perry Botkin Sr. (born 22 July 1907 in Richmond, Indiana; died 14 October 1973 in Van Nuys, California) was an American Jazz musician, composer and songwriter. == Career == Perry Botkin, Sr. started working in the 1920s for Wayne Euchner, who had a big band in West Baden, Indiana.〔Duncan P. Schiedt: ''The jazz state of Indiana'', Schiedt, 1977, page 247〕 Around 1928 he worked with Phil Napoleon's Original Memphis Five. Later he played the guitar in Hoagy Carmichael's ''Hong Kong Blues''.〔 at nhj.k12.in.us, access date 12 January 2014〕 He also recorded with Al Jolson, Buddy Cole Trio, Connee Boswell, Eddie Cantor, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Paul Whiteman, Bob Hope, Fred Astaire, Spike Jones (''Clink Clink, Another Drink''), The Dorsey Brothers and Roy Rogers.〔 at bakeyandbetty.com, access date 12 January 2014〕〔(Perry Botkin ) at Jazzbanjo.com, access date 12 January 2014〕 During the 1940s into the early 1950s, Botkin was a member of many of the Hollywood Radio Studio Orchestras. On NBC's Fibber McGee and Molly radio show, Botkin would be a featured jazz guitarist with a few bars of a guitar solo within the musical portion of that show, as a member of the Billy Mills Orchestra, who provided the radio orchestra for that show. For 17 years he worked as musical director for Bing Crosby.〔 He also was seen in as a musician in ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' (1956-1957).〔 In 1958 he composed the score for ''Murder by Contract'' and in the 1960s he composed many songs for ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', e.g. "Elly Mae’s Theme".〔 His son, Perry Botkin, Jr., also became a successful musician and composer.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Perry Botkin, Sr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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