Jazz musician and composer Chuck Mangione died on the age of 84. Greatest recognized for his hit music “Feels So Good,” the music icon’s household reported that he handed away peacefully in his dwelling in Rochester, New York, on Tuesday, July 22.
In an announcement from his household, they wrote: “Chuck’s love affair with music has been characterised by his boundless power, unabashed enthusiasm, and pure pleasure that radiated from the stage. His appreciation for his loyal worldwide followers was real as evidenced by how usually he would sit on the fringe of the stage after a live performance for nevertheless lengthy it took to signal autographs for the followers who stayed to satisfy him and the band.”
Throughout his 60-year profession, Mangione well-known within the jazz world for being a world class trumpeter, flugelhorn participant, and composer. He recorded greater than 30 albums and was nominated for 14 Grammys, successful two for Greatest Instrumental Composition for “Bellavia” in 1976 and Greatest Pop Instrumental Efficiency for “Youngsters of Sanchez” in 1979.
His hit music “Feels So Good” was recorded in 1977 for an album of the identical title and was launched as a single in 1978. The tune reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Simple Listening (now often known as Grownup Modern) chart.
Mangione additionally wrote and carried out the ballad “Give It All You Acquired,” which grew to become often known as the theme music for the 1980 Winter Olympics, held in Lake Placid, the place the “Miracle on Ice” occurred, and the U.S. males’s hockey crew gained the gold medal.
Mangione grew to become recognized to modern audiences for his position on the hit animated present King of the Hill wherein he performed himself. Within the present, Mangione was the celeb spokesman for the fictional Mega Lo Mart and had a working gag wherein any music he sang would morph into “Feels So Good.”