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- Birth nameSheldon Manne
- Shelly Manne was born on June 11, 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Touch of Evil (1958), Porgy and Bess (1959) and One from the Heart (1981). He was married to Florence Butterfield. He died on September 26, 1984 in Sun Valley, California, USA.
- SpouseFlorence Butterfield(August 26, 1943 - ?)
- Opened his own nightclub, Shelly's Manne-Hole in Los Angeles on North Cahuenga Boulevard in 1960. It remained in operation until 1973.
- The leading percussionist on film and TV soundtracks of the 1950's and 60's, Manne enjoyed a particularly fruitful collaboration with the composer Henry Mancini.
- Member of the Stan Kenton Orchestra from 1946 to 1952. Around the same period also worked with Shorty Rogers, George Shearing, Woody Herman and at Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse Cafe on Hermosa Beach.
- A key figure in the West Coast-based 'cool' jazz movement of the 1950's.
- Inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 1997.
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