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Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr. (Also Known as Uncle Louie) (born 19 December 1952) is a pianist, composer, and arranger who had a massive hit with the instrumental, "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of some passages of the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, in 1976, when disco was at the height of its popularity. Murphy was born in 1952, in New York City, New York, USA and grew up in Manhattan. He attended the Manhattan School of Music there, where he studied jazz and classical piano. After finishing school, Murphy served as an arranger for Doc Severinsen and...

Coleman Hawkins (San José, 21 de noviembre de 1904 - Nueva York, 19 de mayo de 1969), saxofonista (tenor) y clarinetista estadounidense de jazz. Fundamentalmente conocido como saxofonista, Hawkins es un intérprete clásico del jazz cuyo estilo se mantuvo siempre dentro de los límites del swing y del bop. En una época en que el saxo era considerado un instrumento nuevo, usado hasta el momento en el vodevil y como un pobre sustituto del trombón en los desfiles de orquestas, Hawkins ayudó a que desarrollase su propio sonido. Coleman Hawkins comenzó a recibir lecciones de piano a los cinco años,...

Walter is a musician, singer, composer, writer, artist and sculptor who is most widely known for his 1978 million-selling single record, "Magnet and Steel," featured on his album Not Shy (Columbia). Twenty-five years later, Walter's signature song is a staple on the radio, and can also be heard in feature films and on television. Meanwhile, he has continued to make original music as both a prolific individual artist, with a total of eight solo CDs to his credit, and as a member of performing and recording bands including the Malibooz and the Brooklyn Cowboys. Today, Walter Egan continues to write,...