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I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

Chuck Mangione

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Chuck Mangione
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 1
Composer
Conductor
Jazz Musician
Trumpeter
Rochester
New York
Charles Frank Mangione
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To do it always right, that is what music is to me.
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I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last 10 years.
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I have been recording for five decades now.
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Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by talking to them.
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