Pete Moore (composer)

Pete Moore (20 August 1924 – 1 December 2013) was a British composer and arranger for a string of famous artists from the 1950s onwards. Early life Born in Essex, England, Moore studied composition and arranging privately for approximately ten years with three teachers. These were Alfred Nieman (who was on the staff at the Guildhall School of Music, London), Henry Geehl and a certain “Dr. Cook” who was probably another staff member at one of the London music colleges. Career His first job was playing piano in a pub. In 1949 he joined Teddy Foster’s band, and then played with Ken Macintosh, Vic Lewis, Frank Cordell and Norrie Paramor. By 1958, he worked with such greats as Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Johnny Mercer, Gene Kelly, Peggy Lee, Frankie Laine, Connie Francis and Peter Sellers, amongst others, on all manner of broadcasts and recordings. He frequently collaborated with record producer Ken Barnes. In the 1960s and the 1970s he made several easy listening records under his name or the name of Pete Moore and His Orchestra, usually recording covers of the pop hits of the day. He recorded for Pye Records and Rediffusion. As a composer, he wrote themes for many TV commercials, inclu