Mike Post

The most famous and prolific composer ever to ever to grace the field of television music, Mike Post contributed some of the most memorable themes in the medium's history, writing scores for programs including Hill Street Blues, Magnum, P.I., L.A. Law, The Rockford Files and The Phil Donahue Show. Born September 29, 1944 in Los Angeles, Post first emerged as a backing musician for the Markettes and the duo Paul & Paula; a stint in the house band at an area strip joint inspired him to return to college to study music, and after graduation he formed a folk ensemble dubbed the Wellingbrook Singers. Tenures with performers including Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin followed, and after playing guitar on the Sonny & Cher smash "I Got You Babe" Post produced Kenny Rogers and the First Edition's "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)." For his arrangement work on Mason Williams' 1968 effort The Phonograph Record, Post won his first Grammy.

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