Vince Guaraldi
American jazz pianist
Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist who composed music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip. His compositions for this series included their signature melody "Linus and Lucy" and the holiday standard "Christmas Time Is Here". Guaraldi also performed on piano as a member of Cal Tjader's 1950s ensembles and for his own solo career. Guaraldi's 1962 composition "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" became a radio hit and won a Grammy Award in 1963 for Best Original Jazz Composition. He died of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm on February 6, 1976, at age 47, moments after concluding the first half of a nightclub performance in Menlo Park, California.
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Works
- Alma-Ville
- Ballad of Pancho Villa
- Baseball Theme
- Be My Valentine
- Blue Charlie Brown
- Bon Voyage
- Brasilia
- Bus Blues (alternate)
- Bus Blues / Bus Blues (reprise)
- Casaba
- Cast Your Fate to the Wind
- Charlie Brown Theme
- Charlie Brown Theme (reprise)
- Charlie Brown and His All-Stars
- Choro
- Christmas Is Coming
- Christmas Time Is Here
- Coffee and Doe-Nuts
- Cristo Redentor
- Detained in San Ysidro
- Eight Five Five
- El Matador
- Eleanor Rigby
- Fenwyck’s Farfel
- Freeway
- Frieda (With the Naturally Curly Hair)
- Ginza samba
- Happiness Is
- He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown
- He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown (reprise)
- It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown
- It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (2nd reprise)
- It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (reprise)
- Joe Cool
- Just Like Me
- Like a Mighty Rose
- Linus and Lucy
- Linus and Lucy (alternate)
- Linus and Lucy (reprise alternate)
- Linus and Lucy (reprise)
- Little Birdie
- Love Will Come (Nova Bossa)
- Lucifer's Lady
- Manhã de Carnaval
- Masked Marvel (alternate)
- Masked Marvel (reprise) / Masked Marvel (2nd reprise)
- Monterey
- My Little Drum
- Nobody Else
- Oh, Good Grief
- Oh, Good Grief! (2nd reprise)
- Oh, Good Grief! (reprise)
- Peanuts Medley Live (Linus & Lucy, Track Meet - Vince Guaraldi Cover)
- Pebble Beach
- Pebble Beach (alternate)
- Peppermint Patty
- Rain, Rain, Go Away
- Red Baron
- Remembrance
- Rio from the Air
- Schroeder
- Skating
- Star Song
- Thanksgiving Theme
- The Great Pumpkin Waltz
- The Masked Marvel
- Theme
- Theme to Grace / Lament
- Treat Street
- Uno y uno
- Watch What Happens
- Whirlpool
- You're in Love, Charlie Brown
- Young Man’s Fancy
- You’re in Love, Charlie Brown (2nd reprise)
- You’re in Love, Charlie Brown (reprise)