Lou Halmy (June 23, 1911 – March 14, 2005) was a jazz musician and

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. In the 1930s he played trumpet with Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra and appeared with the orchestra in the film ''

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''. For most of his career he worked as an arranger and transcriber of musical compositions including such notable songs as " Thanks for the Memory" (1938), "

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" (1955), "

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" (1958), and " Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (1969). In all, the

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records 274 entries for Halmy between 1951 and 2003. Halmy was also a virtuosic whistler, which was a talent he employed as a transcriber and as a performer. McLucas notes that Halmy received royalty checks for his whistling performance in the film ''

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'' (1964).

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*. 1911 births 2005 deaths American jazz trumpeters Jazz arrangers Hungarian emigrants to the United States {{Hungary-musician-stub