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Botkin, Perry, Jr., 1933-2021

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Personal name headingBotkin, Perry, Jr., 1933-2021
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Variant(s)Botkin, Perry, 1933-2021
See alsoAlternate identity: Botkin, Bunny
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Birth date1933-04-16
Death date2021-01-18
Place of birthNew York (N.Y.)
Place of deathBurbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Field of activityMusic
Profession or occupationComposers Arrangers (Musicians) Sound recording executives and producers
Found inPorts [SR] p1977: label (Perry Botkin, Jr.)
AMG, Nov. 20, 2007 (Perry Botkin, Jr.; b. Apr. 16, 1933, New York, N.Y.; must have liked going to work with his father; Perry Botkin was a guitarist and banjo player who became heavily involved in television and film background music in the mid-'40s; his son followed his footsteps right into the same recording studios, becoming involved for the most part with a who's who of easy listening talent; sessions date back at least until the early '60s, when under the name of Bunny Botkin, he created vocal arrangements for the Cheers' recording of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's "Bazoom, I Need your Lovin"; Perry Botkin; d. Oct. 14, 1973; Botkin was a guitarist; also heads a family dynasty that has been carried on through Perry Botkin Jr., a musician, producer, and songwriter; senior Botkin was also the original and very first banjo player in Spike Jones and the City Slickers)
Wikipedia, June 21, 2021 (Perry Botkin, Jr.; born April 16, 1933, New York, NY; American composer, producer, arranger, and musician; retired in 1990 from the commercial music industry and began self-producing CDs of electronic music; died Jan. 18, 2021, Burbank, CA)
Discogs WWW site, August 8, 2022 (Perry Lafayette Botkin Jr.; American composer, producer, arranger, and musician, born April 16, 1933 in New York; variations: Bunny Botkin)
   <https://www.discogs.com/artist/1003356-Bunny-Botkin>
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