Also known as: Phillips, Stu
Origin: New York, NY, USA
Stu Phillips was born on September 9, 1929, and is considered by many to be one of the best movie and television composers of the 1960s through 1980s. Beginning back in the 1940s, he studied at the High School of Music & Art in Manhattan and at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. He started out playing piano in cocktail lounges and in 1958 began composing TV and film scores. While at Capitol Records, Phillips created, produced and arranged the Hollyridge Strings, which at one time had three records on the Billboard Top 20 . He also worked as a composer for the TV shows The Donna Reed…