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paul weston at capitol records , 1940s . popular music comedy 20 september 1996 santa monica , california , u.s. paul wetstein springfield , massachusetts , u.s. 1933 -- 1970s 220px non_vocal_instrumentalist paul weston , capitol records . 12 march 1912 piano paul weston capitol 1940s.jpg paul weston
 paul weston conductor composer arranger pianist
paul weston

`` for the british politician see paul weston -lrb- politician -rrb- '' paul weston -lrb- march 12 , 1912 -- september 20 , 1996 -rrb- was an american pianist , arranger , composer , and conductor , who worked in music and television from the 1930s to the 1970s .
his compositions include popular music songs such as `` i should care '' , `` day by day '' and `` shrimp boats '' .
he also wrote classical pieces , including `` crescent city suite '' and religious music , authoring several hymns and masses .
born paul wetstein in springfield , massachusetts , weston had a keen interest in music from an early age and learned to play the piano .
he was educated at springfield high school , before attending dartmouth college and columbia university .
at dartmouth he formed his own band , as well as touring with the college band .
he later joined columbia 's dance band , the blue lions , but was temporarily left unable to perform following a rail accident , and did some arrangement work while he recovered .
weston sold his first musical arrangements to joe haymes in 1934 .
after haymes requested more material , weston 's music was heard by rudy vallee , who offered him work on his radio show .
weston also met tommy dorsey through haymes , and in 1936 became a member of dorsey 's orchestra .
weston persuaded dorsey to hire the pied pipers after hearing them in 1938 , and the group toured with the bandleader .
after leaving dorsey in 1940 , weston worked with dinah shore , and moved to hollywood after being offered work in films .
in california he met johnny mercer , who invited him to write for his new label , capitol records .
weston became music director at capitol , where he worked with jo stafford , and developed the mood music genre .
stafford moved with him to columbia records in 1950 , and the couple were married in 1952 .
weston worked extensively in television from the 1950s to the 1970s .
he is a founding member of the national academy of arts and sciences , and responsible for the launch of the grammy awards , which were first presented in 1959 .
weston was honored with a trustee award grammy in 1971 , and spent three years as musical director of disney on parade .
along with stafford he developed a comedy routine in which they assumed the guise of a bad lounge act named jonathan and darlene edwards .
their first album of jonathan and darlene recordings was released in 1957 .
in 1960 , their album `` jonathan and darlene edwards in paris '' was awarded a grammy for best comedy album .
weston 's work in music is honored with a star on the hollywood walk of fame .
