Winston Sharples

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Winston Sharples
Sharples (far left) with the Burney Boys Orchestra, c. 1920s
Born	March 1, 1909 Fall River, Massachusetts
Died	April 3, 1978 (aged 69) Hilton Head, South Carolina
Occupation	Musician
Known for	Cartoon and film music
Spouses	Daisy Josephine Shackley ​ ​ (m. 1931; died 1937)​ Carmela Parrino ​ (m. 1938)​
Children	3

Winston Singleton Sharples (March 1, 1909 – April 3, 1978) was an American composer known for his work with animated short subjects, especially those created by the animation department at Paramount Pictures.^[1] In his 35-year career, Sharples scored more than 700 cartoons for Paramount and Famous Studios, and composed music for two Frank Buck films, Wild Cargo (1934) and Fang and Claw (1935).