CHUCK MANGIONE
Charles Frank "Chuck" Mangione is an American born Fluglehorn player and composer. He was born in 1940 in Rochester, New York, and achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-pop hit Feels So Good. With his piano playing brother, Gap, they led the Jazz Brothers, a group that recorded 3 albums for Riverside Records. In addition, Chuck himself recorded more than 30 albums. Chuck attended Eastman School of Music, leaving in 1963 to join Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In 1970 Chuck won his first Grammy in the category of Best Instrumental Composition for Bellavia. His composition Chase the Clouds Away was used in the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics and another later composition Give It All You Got was used for the theme for the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, New York. Along with Children of Sanchez he wrote the theme music for The Cannonball Run. In the animated TV series King of The Hill, Chuck plays himself as a celebrity spokesman for Mega Lo Mart, always wearing the trademark red and white shirt from the cover of his I Feel So Good album. A recurring joke throughout the series is that whatever tune he plays on his flugelhorn it inevitably shifts to Feels So Good after a few bars.
