Richard Hayman

Richard Warren Joseph Hayman (March 27, 1920 – February 5, 2014) was an American musician who was the chief music arranger of the Boston Pops Orchestra for over 50 years, and served as a pops conductor for orchestras including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony and the Grand Rapids Symphony in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He toured and recorded as a harmonica player and made dozens of recordings for Mercury Records as "Richard Hayman and His Orchestra." His biggest hit was a single, "Ruby," from the 1952 film Ruby Gentry, starring Jennifer Jones and Charlton Heston. Hayman's arrangement featured himself as harmonica soloist. Over a lengthy career, he created musical arrangements for more than 50 artists and entertainers including Barbra Streisand, Bob Hope, Liza Minnelli and Olivia Newton-John.

William Perry: Toujours Provence & Other Music for Stage and Screen - 2019-10-11T00:00:00.000000Z

You Go to My Head: Smooth Hits - 2019-05-27T00:00:00.000000Z

My Playlist for the Christmas Season - 2018-11-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Spanish Doll - 2017-11-14T00:00:00.000000Z

2014 Midwest Clinic: The United States Navy Band (Live) - 2015-08-14T00:00:00.000000Z

50 Early Music & Baroque Masterpieces - 2014-07-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Midwest Clinic 1996 (The 50th Annual) - United States Navy Band - 2012-01-03T00:00:00.000000Z

12 Hours of Christmas: A Day of Classical Christmas Music - 2011-11-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Det Goda Livet - 2011-03-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Christmas Chill - The Ultimate Collection - 2008-12-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Mancini: Music of Henry Mancini (The) - 2006-01-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Viva España And Mexico - 2005-01-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Still, W.G.: From the Black Belt / Ives, C.: Violin Sonata No. 4 / Coolidge, P.S.: New England Autumn (Under an American Sky) - 2005-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Anderson, L.: Orchestral Favourites - 2002-01-11T00:00:00.000000Z

The Great Waltzes - The Essential Collection - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Children's Classics Vol. 1 - 1999-04-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Prokofiev (The Best Of) - 1997-06-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Bach, J.S.: Romantic Bach (The) - 1996-06-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Remembering Duke Ellington - 1995-06-19T00:00:00.000000Z

American as Apple Pie - 1994-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Pops Roundup - 1993-05-10T00:00:00.000000Z

I Could Have Danced All Night - 1991-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Broadway Blockbusters - 1991-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Classic Film Scores - 1991-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Vintage Broadway - 1991-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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