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He was born in Toronto , Ontario . His live orchestra was a staple of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 's live-music broadcasting from 1938 to 1940 , when he resettled in Chicago . In 1945 , he became a Naturalized Citizen of the United States . He made many recordings for Voice Of America . After working briefly for Decca Records , he worked for Mitch Miller at Columbia Records , where he turned out dozens of albums and provided arrangements for many of the pop singers of the 1950s . His most famous and remembered recordings are " Delicado " ( 1952 ), "Moulin Rouge" ( 1953 ) and " Theme From A Summer Place " ( 1960 ). He died in Encino, California . EXTERNAL LINKS
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