The Henry Mancini family continue to celebrate what would have been the late legendary composer’s 100th birthday with the release of Dinner at Mancini’s, a lo-fi celebratory retrospective album via ...

The show falls on the 86th anniversary of his birth. Mancini was born in Cleveland, the only child of Italian immigrants. His family moved to West Aliquippa, Pa., when he was 5. Mancini died of ...

The Henry Mancini family continues to celebrate what would have been the late legendary composer’s 100th birthday with the release of Henry Mancini’s “Pink Panther” featuring Lizzo and Sir James ...

When the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's was released in 1961, its tag line promised: "It's everything you've always wanted to do—and Audrey Hepburn's the one you've always wanted to do it with." It was ...

Who could ever forget the assertive, pulse-quickening theme from Peter Gunn, the urbane TV detective series that ran from 1958-61, with its jazz-centered score by the incomparable Henry Mancini. In ...

Composer Henry Mancini (1924-1994) became famous for his hit theme from the TV detective series "Peter Gunn," and his music for such movies as "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "Days of Wine and Roses," and ...

MOUNT DORA — The American Film Institute puts “Moon River” at No. 4 on its list of 100 best songs from movies, behind No. 3 “Singin’ in the Rain,” No. 2 “As Time Goes By,” and No. 1 “Over the Rainbow.

The name Henry Mancini represents one of the greats of film music, but it’s also a virtual trademark. The late and hugely popular composer’s elegantly nuanced work for movies and television make his ...

The late-'50s detective series Peter Gunn was popular, but Henry Mancini's music for it became iconic. NPR's Linda Wertheimer finds out what makes... The Private Eye Who Made Cool Jazz His Calling ...

And though Mancini died in 1994, his friends, family and fans got to time-travel back to his heyday of the 1960s during a star-guided tour Saturday, a concert titled “Mancini Delivered: A Musical ...

Composer, arranger and pianist Henry Mancini was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1924. His father, a flutist and piccolo player, encouraged his son to pursue music, and the young Mancini began taking ...