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Chuck Mangione jazz musician
Born: 11/29/1940
Birthplace: Rochester, New York
Trumpeter Chuck Mangione is best known for his 1977 easy listening pop instrumental “Feels So Good” (1977), which reached number two on the pop charts. Mangione, however, had an extensive jazz background, having played during the 1960s with family friend Dizzy Gillespie, as well as Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Among Mangione's more than 20 albums, many earned Grammy nominations, including Friends and Love (1970), Chase the Clouds Away (1975, also a gold album). Mangione won Grammy Awards for Bellavia (1976) and Children of Sanchez (1978). After the release of his 1989 album, Live at the Village Gate, Mangione stopped performing until 1994. He released The Feeling's Back in 1999.
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- 1978 Grammy Awards - 1978 Grammy Awards Record of the Year “Just the Way You Are,” Billy Joel Album of the ...
- 1976 Grammy Awards - 1976 Grammy Awards Record of the Year “This Masquerade,” George Benson Album of the ...
- 1978 Radio & Records All-Time Charts - 1978 Radio & Records All-Time Charts Pop Adult “Can't Smile Without You” Barry ...
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