Muzzy Marcellino

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Maurice "Muzzy" Marcellino (November 27, 1912 – June 11, 1997) was an American singer and musician, known primarily for his clear, melodious style of whistling. Marcellino's whistling was featured in many TV and movie soundtracks, such as The Mickey Mouse Club and Lassie. His contributions can also be heard on the soundtrack to the 1954 film The High and the Mighty and on Hugo Montenegro's 1968 hit version of the main theme to the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. He was also the musical director of the CBS daytime show, Art Linkletter's House Party. The great whistler of the space-age pop era. Marcellino's strong yet mellifluous whistling was employed to distinctive effect on hit recordings from the theme from The High and the Mighty to Hugo Montenegro's cover of Morricone's theme to The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Esquivel used Marcellino on his Stereo Action album, Latin-esque and was struck by his very precise pitch. If you hear whistling featured on a Hollywood studio recording from the 1950s or 1960s, chances are, you're hearing Muzzy Marcellino. Marcellino actually started out as a guitar player and singer. Around 1932, he joined the Lofner-Harris orchestra, which was the house band at San Francisco's classy St. Francis Hotel. Several years later, he was hired by Ted Fio Rito, with whom he appeared in several now-forgotten Hollywood musicals, including "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" and "Broadway Gondolier." He returned to San Francisco in 1938 and started his

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Birds of a Feather

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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers

Ultra-Lounge, vol. 6: Rhapsodesia

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Ultra-Lounge / Rhapsodesia Volume Six

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Ultra-Lounge / Cocktail Capers Volume Eight

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Ultra-Lounge / Rhapsodesia Volume Six

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Ultra-Lounge / Cocktail Capers Volume Eight

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Ultra-Lounge: Nursery Rhythms!

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Ultra-Lounge: Ciao Bella!

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Ultra-Lounge Vol.6: Rhapsodesia

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Radio & Recording Rarities, Volume 34

Whistling on the Beach at Waikiki

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