Chuck Mangione, famous flugelhorn participant, trumpeter and composer, has died. He was reportedly 84.
The information was confirmed by way of a press launch out of a funeral dwelling in Rochester, New York, on behalf of Mangione’s household, who mentioned they had been “deeply saddened to share that Chuck peacefully passed away in his sleep at his home in Rochester” on Tuesday.
Mangione, a flugelhorn participant whose composition “Feels So Good” grew to become an unlikely pop hit in 1978, was a Rochester native who began enjoying jazz as a teen.
He gained two Grammy Awards over his 60-year profession in music, together with one for finest instrumental composition for “Bellavia” – named to honor his mom – and was nominated a complete of 14 occasions.
“Feels So Good,” an upbeat instrumental whose full-length model runs almost 10 minutes, spent 25 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #4 in 1978.
In addition to that signature hit, Mangione was recognizable for his distinctive type at the height of his profession, sporting lengthy hair and a brown felt hat with a feathered band that he later donated to the Smithsonian Institution.
He composed and carried out “Give it All You Got,” which was the theme tune for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
Outside of the music enterprise, Mangione is remembered for his recurring appearances as a tongue-in-cheek model of himself on the primetime Fox animated collection “King of the Hill.”
The launch shared this week characterised Mangione as a musician with “boundless energy, unabashed enthusiasm, and pure joy that radiated from the stage,” saying his appreciation for his admirers was demonstrated “by how often he would sit at the edge of the stage after a concert for however long it took to sign autographs for the fans who stayed to meet him and the band.”
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