Harold Hastings

Date of birth : 12/19/1916

Date of death : 05/30/1973

City of birth : New York City, New York, USA

Composer, conductor and author, educated at NYU, who composed much background music and a number of musical commercials. He directed a number of radio and television orchestras and music for a number of Broadway musicals including "Top Banana", "Damn Yankees", "The Pajama Game", "Once Upon a Mattress", "Baker Street", "New Girl in Town", "Fiorello!", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "She Loves Me", and "It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman".