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Murphy, Lyle, 1908-2005

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Personal name headingMurphy, Lyle, 1908-2005
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Variant(s)Murphy, Spud, 1908-2005
Birth date1908-08-19
Death date2005-08-05
Place of birthSalt Lake City (Utah)
Place of deathHollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Profession or occupationComposers
Arrangers (Musicians)
Found inHis Compositions and arrangements of Lyle Murphy [SR] 1955?: container (Lyle Murphy)
His Spud Murphy's swing arranging method, c1937: t.p. (Spud Murphy)
His Modern dance band harmony and system of progressions, c1947: t.p. (Lyle Spud Murphy)
His Cadenzas and recitativos, c1972: t.p. (Lyle "Spud" Murphy)
Claghorn, C. Biog. dict. of Amer. mus. (Murphy, Lyle ("Spud"); b. 1908, Salt Lake City, Utah; composer and saxophonist)
New York times WWW site, Aug. 16, 2005 (Lyle Murphy; b. in Berlin; moved to U.S. at age 4 and grew up in Utah; d. Aug. 5, Hollywood, aged 96; prolific Hollywood composer and arranger best known for developing a composing system widely used by professional musicians)
RootsWeb.com WWW site, June 13, 2006: Social Security death index (Lyle Murphy; b. Aug. 19, 1908, d. Aug. 5, 2005)