Alan Robert Copeland (born October 6, 1926), also known as Weaver Copeland,[1] is an American singer, songwriter, composer, and conductor. He was born in Los Angeles, California, United States.[2]

Music career

Copeland was a member of The Modernaires, first from 1948 to 1956 and then from 1959 to the mid-1960s.[3] He also worked as a songwriter in Los Angeles in the 1950s. He co-wrote the song "Make Love to Me", "Back Where I Belong", "Darling, Darling, Darling", "High Society", "Into the Shadows", "This Must Be the Place", "Too Young to Know", and "While the Vesper Bells Were Ringing". He also worked as a composer for television and did arrangement work for musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby.[4] He led studio ensembles that released several albums in the 1960s. In 1968, he issued the single, "Mission: Impossible:Norwegian Wood", which was a medley interpolating the Theme from Mission: Impossible and the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood".[5] It peaked at number 120 on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart and won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Performance by a Chorus.[4] He released his autobiography, "Jukebox Saturday Nights", in November 2007.[6]

Discography

• No Sad Songs for Me (Coral, 1957)
• Cool Country (ABC, 1966)
• Basie Swingin' Voices Singin', with Count Basie (ABC-Paramount, 1966)
• A Bubble Called You (ABC, 1967)
• If Love Comes With It (A&M, 1969)
• Enchanting Woodwinds (Reader's Digest, year unknown)

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