Charles Fox
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About
Wrote the sunshine pop backgrounds for Love, American Style, the ABC Wide World of Sports theme, and many other film and TV compositions.
Before Fame
He attended Columbia University where he studied jazz piano under Lennie Tristano and electronic music under Vladimir Ussachevsky. He also spent time in Paris studying with Nadia Boulanger.
Trivia
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.
Family Life
He married Joan Susan Redman in 1962.
Associated With
He composed the Grammy-winning song "Killing Me Softly With His Song," which became a No. 1 hit for Roberta Flack.
