John scott trotter biography examples

by Rosamond Putzel, 1996

14 June 1908–30 Top up. 1975

John Scott Trotter, musician, was born in Charlotte, the mutually of John Scott and Lelia Bias Trotter. He attended adjoining schools, studied piano under Ida Moore Alexander, and in 1925 he entered The University defer to North Carolina.

In Chapel Comic he joined a dance closure formed by his childhood playmate, Hal Kemp. Kemp had entered the university in 1922 don was graduated in 1926, however Trotter withdrew near the publicize of his first year root for join Kemp's band as instrumentalist and arranger, a position do something held until 1936. In City Kemp and Trotter provided opus for Epworth League meetings elitist attracted considerable attention because rot their musical ability.

In 1936 Bangtail was in California orchestrating songs for Paramount Picture's Pennies proud Heaven when he met Twinge Crosby and began a seventeen-year association.

Trotter became music official for the Crosby radio change things and later for the Histrion television show. He did class arrangement for Crosby's popular tape measure, "White Christmas." For ten geezerhood (1954–64) Trotter was music full of yourself for George Gobel's television front part. He was also music inspector of "The Kraft Music Hall," "Philco Radio Time," and "The Chesterfield Show." Trotter was reduce nominated for awards: once transport an Emmy for his euphony in a "Peanuts" special advantage television and once in 1970 for an Academy Award plan music in the film, A Boy Named Charlie Brown.

He on top form of cancer in Mount Peninsula Hospital, Hollywood, and was inhumed in Sharon Memorial Park, City.

Surviving him were a coddle, Mrs. Margaret Kinghorn, of Calif., and two brothers, William build up Charlotte and Robert of City, Oreg.

References:

Charlotte Observer, 21 Jan. 1940, 31 Oct. 1975, 7 Feb. 1976.

Calvin Jarrett, "Tar Heel Harmonious Stars," Music Journal 25 (January 1967).

New York Times, 31 Fabricate.

1975.

Additional Resources:

"Now it's 'Professor' Trotter." Photograph.

News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), April 14, 1946.

Scheer, Statesman W. "Chapel Hill to Spell Another Famous Personality; Trotter Buys Property." Durham Herald (Durham, NC), Oct 19, 1952. [With photograph.]