Louie Bellson(1924-2009)
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Drummer, composer, author and conductor. He performed with the
orchestras of Ted Fiorito, Benny Goodman, the Dorsey brothers, Harry
James, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie. He toured with Jazz At the
Philharmonic, and later organized his own band and did a concert tour
with his wife Pearl Bailey. In 1965 he rejoined the Ellington
orchestra. He has made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1956, he composed
"Hawk Talks", Skin Deep", "You Gotta Dance", and "Ting-a-Ling".
