Paul Weston (2)

American pianist, arranger, conductor, composer and the original music director for Capitol Records and helped start the Grammy Awards. Born on March 12, 1912 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He died September 20, 1996 in Santa Monica, California. He was married to singer Jo Stafford. Weston was the chief arranger for Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra from 1936 to 1940. He pioneered "mood music". He charted numerous times in the U.S. between 1945 and 1965: 23 times as a songwriter including the #1 smash " I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am" by Herman's Hermits (co-written by Fred Murray) in 1965; he charted 14 times with his orchestra, including hitting #2 with "Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)". In 1944, Paul was hired on as Musical Director and Artist and Repertoire consultant for Capitol, switching to Columbia Records in 1950, and bringing his wife (Capitol's #1 selling artist) with him. During the 1950s & 1960s he became increasingly more involved in television. Weston and Stafford developed a comedy routine where they assumed the guise of a bad lounge act named Jonathan and Darlene Edwards.