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{{Short description|American composer and arranger (1926–2016)}}
'''Jimmie Haskell''' (born '''Sheridan Pearlman''', November 7, 1936 – February 4, 2016) was an American [[composer]] and arranger for a variety of popular singers and motion pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonjazznews.com/2016/02/tribute-jimmie-haskell-1936-2016.html|title=LondonJazz: TRIBUTE: Jimmie Haskell (1936- 2016)|publisher=londonjazznews.com}}</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368135/bio Jimmie Haskell - Biography<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

'''Jimmie Haskell''' (born '''Sheridan Pearlman''';{{cn|date=February 2023}} November 7, 1926 – February 4, 2016) was an American [[composer]] and arranger for motion pictures and a wide variety of popular artists, including [[Elvis Presley]], [[Neil Diamond]], [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young|Crosby, Stills & Nash]], [[Steely Dan]], [[Billy Joel]], [[Simon & Garfunkel]] and [[the Everly Brothers]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jeremylr.medium.com/only-the-good-die-young-jimmie-haskell-revisits-hit-records-with-rick-nelson-35b1ebf357fa| title = Only the good die young: Jimmie Haskell revisits hit records with Rick Nelson {{!}} by Jeremy Roberts {{!}} Medium| date =January 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonjazznews.com/2016/02/tribute-jimmie-haskell-1936-2016.html|title=LondonJazz: TRIBUTE: Jimmie Haskell (1936- 2016)|website=Londonjazznews.com|date=2016-02-07|access-date=2016-02-08|archive-date=2016-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306102423/http://www.londonjazznews.com/2016/02/tribute-jimmie-haskell-1936-2016.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368135/bio|title=Jimmie Haskell|website=IMDb.com|access-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://www.jimmiehaskell.com/ Jimmie Haskell website], Jimmiehaskell.com. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> His career spanned over six decades.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/jimmie_haskell/credits/|title = Jimmie Haskell discography - RYM/Sonemic|accessdate=January 31, 2023}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Haskell was born in [[Brooklyn]], New York. He entered the musical business through being hired to do arrangements with [[Imperial Records]]. He became the [[Arrangement|arranger]] of choice for [[Ricky Nelson]] and arranged such hits as "[[There's Nothing I Can Say]]" (1964). In the late 1960s and early 1970s Haskell was the arranger of choice for [[The Grass Roots]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://the-grassroots.com/html/jimmiehaskell.html|title=Jimmie Haskell memories of The Grass Roots|accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref> He arranged the signature horn section on Chicago's worldwide hit "If You Leave Me Now" and also provided horn & string arrangements for [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]'s 1980 album ''[[Autoamerican]]''.
Haskell was born in [[Brooklyn]], New York. He entered the music business in the 1950s doing arrangements for [[Imperial Records]]. His first professional arrangement was a chart of "[[Nature Boy]]", sold to [[Lionel Hampton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tims.blackcat.nl/messages/jimmie_haskell.htm|title=Jimmie Haskell|website=tims.blackcat.nl|accessdate=January 31, 2023}}</ref> He became the [[Arrangement|arranger]] of choice for [[Ricky Nelson]], arranging and producing around 75 records for the artist, including such hits as "[[There's Nothing I Can Say]]" and "[[Hello Mary Lou]]". In 1960, he accompanied Elvis Presley on accordion on the [[G.I. Blues (soundtrack)|"G.I. Blues" soundtrack]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jeremylr.medium.com/only-the-good-die-young-jimmie-haskell-revisits-hit-records-with-rick-nelson-35b1ebf357fa| title = Only the good die young: Jimmie Haskell revisits hit records with Rick Nelson {{!}} by Jeremy Roberts {{!}} Medium| date=January 18, 2022}}</ref> Almost four decades later, he provided arrangements on [[Sheryl Crow|Sheryl Crow's]] album ''[[The Globe Sessions]]''.

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In 1960, Haskell entered the motion picture soundtrack industry as an uncredited orchestrator for [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]'s ''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]''. The following year he composed his first score, ''[[Love in a Goldfish Bowl]]''. His composition "The Silly Song" became the theme song of American television's ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]''. He composed a variety of film scores such as [[A.C. Lyles]]' Westerns and arranging [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s title song for ''[[Spy Hard]]''.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Haskell was the arranger of choice for [[The Grass Roots]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://the-grassroots.com/html/jimmiehaskell.html|title=Jimmie Haskell memories of The Grass Roots|website=The-grassroots.com|access-date=2014-08-29|archive-date=2015-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029105322/http://the-grassroots.com/html/jimmiehaskell.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He arranged the signature string section on [[Chicago (band)|Chicago's]] song "[[If You Leave Me Now]]", for which he won a [[Grammy award]], and also provided horn and string arrangements for [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]'s 1980 album ''[[Autoamerican]]'', including for the US and UK No. 1 hit "[[The Tide Is High]]". In the mid-1970s, Haskell worked with the band [[Steely Dan]], providing orchestration on their 1974 album ''[[Pretzel Logic]]'' and arrangements and horn on their 1975 album ''[[Katy Lied]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmie-haskell-mn0000286896/credits|title=Jimmy Haskell Credits|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=May 15, 2021}}</ref> In 2009, well into his eighties, he provided "a lovely, understated string arrangement" on [[David Rawlings|David Rawlings']] album ''A Friend of a Friend''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/118314-dave-rawlings-machine-a-friend-of-a-friend-2496146209.html |title=Dave Rawlings Machine: A Friend of a Friend - PopMatters |website=www.popmatters.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125160746/https://www.popmatters.com/118314-dave-rawlings-machine-a-friend-of-a-friend-2496146209.html |archive-date=2019-01-25}}</ref>


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In addition to composing and arranging, Haskell would often act as conductor and selected the musicians used.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cgkEAAAAMBAJ&q=jimmie+haskell&pg=PA12 |title=Billboard - Google Books |date=1974-05-04 |access-date=2012-02-20}}</ref>
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He entered the motion picture soundtrack industry in 1960 as an uncredited orchestrator for [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]'s ''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]'' and composed his first score the following year ''[[Love in a Goldfish Bowl]]''. His composition ''The Silly Song'' became the theme song of American television's ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]''.


His birthday is widely reported as 1936 because he lied about his age, figuring he would get more work if people thought he was younger. A statement from his daughter published by The Musicians Union of Los Angeles gives the correct birthday in 1926.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afm47.org/press/final-note-jimmie-haskell/|title=Final Note: Jimmie Haskell|website=afm47.org|date=2016-02-26}}</ref>
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In addition to composing and arranging, Haskell would often act as conductor and selected the musicians used.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cgkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12&dq=jimmie+haskell&hl=en&ei=cSn9TZKZD5LovQP42Y2WAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=jimmie%20haskell&f=false |title=Billboard - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com.au |date=1974-05-04 |accessdate=2012-02-20}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
Haskell was awarded an [[Emmy]] for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special (Dramatic Underscore) for ''[[See How She Runs]]'' (1978) and has received two other nominations. He was awarded [[Grammy Award|Grammies]] for his arrangements of ''[[Ode to Billie Joe]]'' recorded by [[Bobbie Gentry]], ''[[Bridge Over Troubled Water]]'' recorded by [[Simon and Garfunkel]], and ''[[If You Leave Me Now]]'' recorded by [[Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Los Angeles &nbsp; |url=http://www.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-a-2004-08-27-42-1-67507412.html?moddate=2004-08-27 |title=Jimmie Haskell: The Man Behind the Music - 2004-08-27 &#124; News &#124; English |publisher=Voanews.com |date=2004-08-27 |accessdate=2012-02-20}}</ref>
Haskell was awarded an [[Emmy]] for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special (Dramatic Underscore) for ''[[See How She Runs]]'' (1978) and has received two other nominations. He was awarded [[Grammy Award|Grammies]] for his arrangements of "[[Ode to Billie Joe]]" recorded by [[Bobbie Gentry]], "[[Bridge Over Troubled Water]]" recorded by [[Simon and Garfunkel]], and "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" recorded by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Los Angeles |url=http://www.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-a-2004-08-27-42-1-67507412.html?moddate=2004-08-27 |title=Jimmie Haskell: The Man Behind the Music - 2004-08-27 &#124; News &#124; English |publisher=Voanews.com |date=2004-08-27 |access-date=2012-02-20}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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*''[[Love in a Goldfish Bowl]]'' (1961)
*''[[Love in a Goldfish Bowl]]'' (1961)
*''[[I'll Take Sweden]]'' (1965)
*''[[I'll Take Sweden]]'' (1965)
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*''[[The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz]]'' (1968)
*''[[The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz]]'' (1968)
*''[[Arizona Bushwhackers]]'' (1968)
*''[[Arizona Bushwhackers]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Rogue's Gallery (1968 film)|Rogue's Gallery]]'' (1968)
*''[[Buckskin (film)|Buckskin]]'' (1968)
*''[[Buckskin (film)|Buckskin]]'' (1968)
*''[[The Thousand Plane Raid]]'' (1969)
*''[[The Thousand Plane Raid]]'' (1969)
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*''[[The Honkers]]'' (1972)
*''[[The Honkers]]'' (1972)
*''[[Night of the Lepus]]'' (1972)
*''[[Night of the Lepus]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry]]'' (1974)
*''[[Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry]]'' (1974)
* ''[[When the North Wind Blows]]'' (1974)
*''[[Death Game]]'' (1977)
*''[[Death Game]]'' (1977)
*''[[Joyride (1977 film)|Joyride]]'' (1977)
*''[[Joyride (1977 film)|Joyride]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell]]'' (1978)
*''[[A Christmas to Remember (film)|A Christmas to Remember]]'' (1978)
*''[[A Christmas to Remember (1978 film)|A Christmas to Remember]]'' (1978)
*''[[The Jericho Mile]]'' (1979)
*''[[The Jericho Mile]]'' (1979)
*''[[Guyana: Crime of the Century]]'' (1979)
*''[[Guyana: Crime of the Century]]'' (1979)
*''[[Goldie and the Boxer]]'' (1979)
*''[[Goldie and the Boxer]]'' (1979)
*''[[Mirror, Mirror (1979 film)|Mirror, Mirror]]'' (1979)
*''[[The Jayne Mansfield Story]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Jayne Mansfield Story]]'' (1980)
*''[[Hard Country (film)|Hard Country]]'' (1981)
*''[[Hard Country (film)|Hard Country]]'' (1981)
*''[[Jake Spanner, Private Eye]]'' (1989)
*''[[Jake Spanner, Private Eye]]'' (1989)
{{div col end}}


==Television scores==
==Television scores==
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* ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]'' (1965) (composer)
* ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]'' (1965) (composer)
* ''[[Bewitched]]'' (1966) (composer)
* ''[[Bewitched]]'' (1966) (composer)
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* ''[[Cathy (TV special)|Cathy]]'' (1987) (composer)
* ''[[Cathy (TV special)|Cathy]]'' (1987) (composer)
* ''[[Silent Möbius]]'' (1998) (main composer with Suzie Katayama and Kenichi Sudo)
* ''[[Silent Möbius]]'' (1998) (main composer with Suzie Katayama and Kenichi Sudo)
{{div col end}}


==References==
==References==
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*{{IMDb name|name=Jimmie Haskell|id=0368135}}
*{{IMDb name|name=Jimmie Haskell|id=0368135}}
* [http://www.km-rickynelson.com/interview.html Haskell interview on Ricky Nelson]
* [http://www.km-rickynelson.com/interview.html Haskell interview on Ricky Nelson]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_ioQ96YdfE "Rockin' in the Orbit (Space Satellite)" - 1957 (Jimmie Haskell and Orchestra) - [[Imperial Records<nowiki>]]</nowiki>]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_ioQ96YdfE "Rockin' in the Orbit (Space Satellite)" - 1957 (Jimmie Haskell and Orchestra) Imperial Records]

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Latest revision as of 20:38, 4 October 2024

Jimmie Haskell (born Sheridan Pearlman;[citation needed] November 7, 1926 – February 4, 2016) was an American composer and arranger for motion pictures and a wide variety of popular artists, including Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Steely Dan, Billy Joel, Simon & Garfunkel and the Everly Brothers.[1][2][3][4] His career spanned over six decades.[5]

Biography

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Haskell was born in Brooklyn, New York. He entered the music business in the 1950s doing arrangements for Imperial Records. His first professional arrangement was a chart of "Nature Boy", sold to Lionel Hampton.[6] He became the arranger of choice for Ricky Nelson, arranging and producing around 75 records for the artist, including such hits as "There's Nothing I Can Say" and "Hello Mary Lou". In 1960, he accompanied Elvis Presley on accordion on the "G.I. Blues" soundtrack.[7] Almost four decades later, he provided arrangements on Sheryl Crow's album The Globe Sessions.

In 1960, Haskell entered the motion picture soundtrack industry as an uncredited orchestrator for Dimitri Tiomkin's The Alamo. The following year he composed his first score, Love in a Goldfish Bowl. His composition "The Silly Song" became the theme song of American television's The Hollywood Squares. He composed a variety of film scores such as A.C. Lyles' Westerns and arranging "Weird Al" Yankovic's title song for Spy Hard.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Haskell was the arranger of choice for The Grass Roots.[8] He arranged the signature string section on Chicago's song "If You Leave Me Now", for which he won a Grammy award, and also provided horn and string arrangements for Blondie's 1980 album Autoamerican, including for the US and UK No. 1 hit "The Tide Is High". In the mid-1970s, Haskell worked with the band Steely Dan, providing orchestration on their 1974 album Pretzel Logic and arrangements and horn on their 1975 album Katy Lied.[9] In 2009, well into his eighties, he provided "a lovely, understated string arrangement" on David Rawlings' album A Friend of a Friend.[10]

In addition to composing and arranging, Haskell would often act as conductor and selected the musicians used.[11]

His birthday is widely reported as 1936 because he lied about his age, figuring he would get more work if people thought he was younger. A statement from his daughter published by The Musicians Union of Los Angeles gives the correct birthday in 1926.[12]

Awards

[edit]

Haskell was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special (Dramatic Underscore) for See How She Runs (1978) and has received two other nominations. He was awarded Grammies for his arrangements of "Ode to Billie Joe" recorded by Bobbie Gentry, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" recorded by Simon and Garfunkel, and "If You Leave Me Now" recorded by Chicago.[13]

Selected filmography

[edit]

Television scores

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Only the good die young: Jimmie Haskell revisits hit records with Rick Nelson | by Jeremy Roberts | Medium". January 18, 2022.
  2. ^ "LondonJazz: TRIBUTE: Jimmie Haskell (1936- 2016)". Londonjazznews.com. 2016-02-07. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  3. ^ "Jimmie Haskell". IMDb.com. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  4. ^ Jimmie Haskell website, Jimmiehaskell.com. Accessed January 31, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jimmie Haskell discography - RYM/Sonemic". Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  6. ^ "Jimmie Haskell". tims.blackcat.nl. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  7. ^ "Only the good die young: Jimmie Haskell revisits hit records with Rick Nelson | by Jeremy Roberts | Medium". January 18, 2022.
  8. ^ "Jimmie Haskell memories of The Grass Roots", The-grassroots.com, archived from the original on 2015-10-29, retrieved 2014-08-29
  9. ^ "Jimmy Haskell Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  10. ^ "Dave Rawlings Machine: A Friend of a Friend - PopMatters". www.popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-25.
  11. ^ Billboard - Google Books. 1974-05-04. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  12. ^ "Final Note: Jimmie Haskell". afm47.org. 2016-02-26.
  13. ^ Los Angeles (2004-08-27). "Jimmie Haskell: The Man Behind the Music - 2004-08-27 | News | English". Voanews.com. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
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