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Pete Rugolo was an American composer, arranger, and record producer. He was born in San Piero Patti, Italy, on December 25, 1915. He moved to the United States with his family in 1920 and grew up in Santa Rosa, California. Rugolo studied music at San Francisco State College and the University of Southern California. He began his career as a jazz arranger in the 1940s, working with Stan Kenton, Charlie Barnet, and others. He also wrote arrangements for television and film, including the theme for the television series "The Fugitive." Rugolo composed and arranged music for over 50 albums, including his own "Adventures in Rhythm" and "The Music from Richard Diamond." He also wrote the music for the Broadway musical "The Most Happy Fella." Rugolo was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 2002. He died on October 16, 2011, at the age of 95. As of 2021, Pete Rugolo's net worth is estimated to be around $2 million.

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Occupation composer,music_department,soundtrack
Age 96 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 25 December 1915
Birthday 25 December
Birthplace San Piero Patti, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death October 16, 2011
Died Place Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality Italy

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His wife is Edye Gaffney (m. ?–2011)

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Pete Rugolo Net Worth

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Timeline

1963

From there he went on to prolific television work, writing the jazzy theme scores for popular crime shows like The Fugitive (1963) and The Outsider (1968), as well as westerns (Alias Smith and Jones (1971)) and numerous TV movies. He was nominated for six Emmy Awards, of which he won three.

1954

He briefly fronted his own band in 1954, featuring Patti Page as his vocalist. He also had contractual affiliations first with Columbia Records and then with Mercury Records, writing, among others, for Sarah Vaughan. By that time, he had branched out into musical genres other than jazz.

1953

At MGM, he was employed as a staff composer/arranger on a number of musicals, including Kiss Me Kate (1953) and Easy to Love (1953).

1950

The 1950's were a busy decade for Rugolo.

1949

In 1949, Pete became musical director at Capitol records , where he produced recording sessions with big name jazz stars, including Miles Davis (he came up with the title of Davis's ground-breaking album "The Birth of the Cool"), Charlie Parker, Nat 'King' Cole and Peggy Lee. He continued a part-time collaboration with Kenton and also arranged for Kenton's former star vocalist June Christy (her "Something Cool" album).

1930

One of the great arrangers of the Big Band era, Sicilian-born Peter Rugolo was five years old when his family moved to Santa Rosa, California. He attended San Francisco College and in the 1930's studied composition under the classical composer Darius Milhaud. After military service in World War II, he joined Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, where he contributed numerous distinctive arrangements and compositions. He had a critical influence on the progressive image of the band, which sounded unlike any other in the business. Rugolo and Kenton formed a very close personal friendship, akin to that of Duke Ellington and his arranger Billy Strayhorn.