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Richard Warren Joseph Hayman (March 27, 1920 – February 5, 2014) was an American musician who was the chief music arranger of the Boston Pops Orchestra for over 50 years, and served as a pops conductor for orchestras including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony and the Grand Rapids Symphony in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1]
He toured and recorded as a harmonica player and made dozens of recordings for Mercury Records as "Richard Hayman and His Orchestra." His biggest hit was a single, "Ruby," from the 1952 film Ruby Gentry, starring Jennifer Jones and Charlton Heston. Hayman's arrangement featured himself as harmonica soloist. Over a lengthy career, he created musical arrangements for more than 50 artists and entertainers including Barbra Streisand, Bob Hope, Liza Minnelli and Olivia Newton-John.[2]
- ^ "Richard Hayman, a Pops Concert Figure in St. Louis and Boston, Dies at 93," by Peter Keepnews (born 1950), The New York Times, February 6, 2014
- ^ Kaczmarczyk, Jeffrey (February 6, 2014). "Richard Hayman, Boston Pops arranger, Grand Rapids Symphony pops conductor, dies at 93". MLive.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.