Biography

Academy Award-winning composer and songwriter ("Whistle While You Work", "Some Day My Prince Will Come"), and pianist, educated at the University of California. He was a pianist in film theatres, and then came to Hollywood under contract to Walt Disney. Joining ASCAP in 1938, his chief musical collaborators included Ann Ronell and Larry Morey. His other popular-song compositions include "I Bring You a Song", "Love Is a Song", "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?", "Spring is in the Air", "Ain't Nature Grand?", "The Golden Youth", "Slow but Sure", "With a Smile and a Song", "I'm Wishing", "Heigh-Ho", "Happy as a Lark", "The Sunny Side of Things", "One Song", and "Baby Mine".
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Frank Churchill's tragic death at the age of 40 occurred on 14 May 1942. He was found with fatal gunshot wounds at his ranch near Newhall, 40 miles north of Los Angeles. Deputy Sheriff John Morrell told press reporters that the death was a suicide. Churchill had been working at the Disney studios and told colleagues only the previous day that he was returning to his ranch "for a rest." Born in Rumford, Maine in 1901, Churchill began as a theater pianist in Ventura, California. His brilliant career as Disney's greatest songwriter started in 1930.
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