Jack Fascinato

Composer, conductor, pianist, arranger and songwriter, educated at Culver-Stockton College (BA). He also studied with his father, and with Louise Robyn. He lived in Hannibal, Missouri (1934-1936) where he supervised instrumental music. Then he arranged and did piano work for NBC, CBS, and WGN for five years. From 1943 to 1945, he arranged for the Navy Symphony in Washington, DC. Then he arranged for and accompanied Curt Massey, the Dinning Sisters, Dinah Shore, Mel Blanc, Johnny Desmond, Stan Freberg, and Gale Storm. He composed, conducted and arranged music for a number of radio and television commercials. His chief musical collaborators were Ernie Ford, Kenneth Snyder, Al Trace, and Burr Tillstrom. Joining ASCAP in 1954, he composed the popular songs "Silly" and "You're A Character, Dear". His classical works include "The Palm Springs Suite" and the opera "St. George and the Dragon".