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词条 Lex de Azevedo
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  1. Biography

  2. Discography

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

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| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| birth_name = Alexis King de Azevedo
| occupation = Producer, director, composer, musician, actor
| parents = Alyce King Clarke (mother/deceased), Sydney de Azevedo (biological father/deceased), Robert Clarke (stepfather/deceased)
| spouse = Linda Jan Carter (divorced 1994)
Peggy Davis (divorced)
Roseângela de Azevedo
| children = 10 (including Emilie Brown, Rachel Coleman)
| family = Cam Clarke (half-brother)
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Alexis "Lex" King de Azevedo (born January 14, 1943) is an American composer, song writer, pianist, actor and singer known primarily for his film scores and his work on The Swan Princess of which one of his songs was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. De Azevedo, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also produced the music for the LDS musical Saturday's Warrior.

Biography

Lex de Azevedo was born in Los Angeles, the son of Alyce King of The King Sisters by her first marriage.[1]

He served as a musical director for The Sonny & Cher Show, Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five and The Osmonds.[2] He composed the scores for the films Where the Red Fern Grows and The Swan Princess,[3] for the latter he was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1995 for the song "Far Longer than Forever".[4]

During the 1960s, De Azevedo produced several albums for Capitol Records,[5] including Laurindo Almeida's Plays for a Man and a Woman and the Four King Cousins' Introducing the Four King Cousins.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

He produced the hit version, by the Youngstown, Ohio-based quartet the Human Beinz, of the Isley Brothers' "Nobody but Me", which rose to #8 in 1968.[6][7] He composed for pop singers (including many members of his own family) and the stage.[8]

He is also credited as the co-writer of the Latter-day Saint production, Saturday's Warrior.[9]

De Azevedo has ten children.{{cn|date=January 2016}} His daughters Rachel and Emilie[10] are the creators and producers of the Signing Time! videos, designed to teach children American Sign Language, and he appears in them during the grandparents sequence of Vol. 2. De Azevedo's daughter Julie de Azevedo Hanks[11] is a Latter-day Saint inspirational pop singer. She is also a psychologist who owns and runs Wasatch Family Therapy.[12]

Discography

{{expand section|date=June 2016}}With Stan Kenton
  • Stan Kenton! Tex Ritter! (Capitol, 1962) with Tex Ritter

See also

  • LDS fiction
  • My Turn on Earth

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=12562|title=Utah Celebrities – 04: D-E|work=The Signature Books Library|publisher=Signature Books|accessdate=January 22, 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ldsaudio.com/shop/music.aspx?id=419&type=artist|title=LDS Audio: Lex de Azevedo|publisher=Deseret Book|accessdate=August 15, 2010}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/lex-de-azevedo-1|title=Lex de Azevedo: Information from Answers.com|publisher=Answers.com|accessdate=August 15, 2010}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0207185/awards|title=IMDb: Awards for Lex de Azevedo|publisher=Amazon|accessdate=August 15, 2010}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://nn.byu.edu/story.cfm/68379|title=BYU NewsNet: LDS Musicians Aim to Break into Christian Music|last=Casper|first=Nathan|date=April 16, 2008|publisher=Brigham Young University|accessdate=May 30, 2010}}
6. ^"Nobody But Me" at 45cat.com
7. ^{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|year=2003|title=Top Pop Singles 1955–2002|edition= 1st|publisher=Record Research Inc.|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn= 0-89820-155-1|page=326}}
8. ^{{cite book|last=Hicks|first=Michael|title=Mormonism and music: a history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-LYv2yRim4C&pg=PA203&dq=lex+azevedo&hl=en&ei=0u8CTLZkhPw15pH4Ow&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAjgo#v=onepage&q=lex%20azevedo&f=false|accessdate=May 31, 2010|edition=1|year=1989|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Illinois|isbn=0-252-07147-6|page=203}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Lex+Azevedo&x=0&y=0|title=Amazon.com: Lex de Azevedo|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=May 30, 2010}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0207185/bio|title=Lex de Azevedo – Biography|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=August 15, 2010}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ldsaudio.com/shop/music.aspx?id=419&type=artist|title=Lex de Azevedo|publisher=Deseret Book|accessdate=August 15, 2010}}
12. ^[https://deseretbook.com/t/author/julie-de-azevedo-hanks Deseret Book profile on Julie de Azevedo Hanks], deseretbook.com; accessed January 10, 2016.De Azevedo’s youngest daughter, Sarah de Azevedo, is a professional tattoo artist and business owner in Salt Lake City.

External links

  • {{official website|http://www.azevedomusic.com/about/|Azevedo Music}} – official website and bio
  • Biography by Dacia A. Blodgett-Williams at Almusic.com
  • {{IMDb name|0207185}}
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  • Radio interview (Program originally aired on KSL Radio on November 28, 1999.)
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.signingtime.com/blog/2008/06/out-of-the-chaos-notes-on-raising-nine-independent-children|title=Out of the Chaos: Notes On Raising Nine Independent Children|last=De Azevedo|first=Lex|date=June 16, 2008|publisher=Signing Time}}
  • {{Cite archival metadata

|author = Finding aid authors: John N. Gillespie and James V. D'Ar
|title = Lex De Azevedo music scores and sketches
|url = https://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/MSS%202150
|repository = L. Tom Perry Special Collections
|location = Provo, UT
|date = 1997
|accessdate = May 13, 2016
}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:de Azevedo, Lex}}

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