Milton DeLugg
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Milton DeLugg wrote many remarkable and popular songs such as "Orange Colored Sky," recorded by Nat King Cole. He wrote TV theme songs and stacks of movie music. All the while, he was working with and becoming friends with the great American tunesmiths, being one of them himself. Luckily for our archives, Milton's interview includes several incredible stories from the all-but-forgotten days of Tin Pan Alley. He was a bandleader, arranger, publisher, musical director and one of the nicest men you'd ever hope to meet.