Eugene Edgar Page Jr. was an American conductor, composer, arranger and record producer, most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s.

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Eugene Edgar Page Jr. (September 13, 1939 – August 24, 1998) was an American conductor, composer, arranger and record producer, most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s.\n

His sound can be heard in the arrangements he did for Jefferson Starship, the Righteous Brothers, the Supremes, the Four Tops, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Donna Loren, Nancy Wilson, Martha and the Vandellas, Cher, Harriet Schock, Barry White, the Love Unlimited Orchestra, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, George Benson, the Jackson 5, Roberta Flack, Jim Ford, Elton John (\"Philadelphia Freedom\"), Leo Sayer, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Lovesmith, Michael Lovesmith, Frankie Valli, Helen Reddy and Lionel Richie among many other notable acts in popular music.\n

In addition, he released four solo albums and scored various motion picture soundtracks that include Brewster McCloud and Fun with Dick and Jane. In 1972, he was hired to score the Blaxplotation film Blacula.\n

Gene Page was the brother of musician, songwriter, and producer Billy Page.\n

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Death

Page died after a long-term illness of severe alcoholism at UCLA Medical Center in Westwood, Los Angeles, on August 24, 1998, at age 58.\n

Discography

Studio albums

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With Big Joe Turner\n

The Real Boss of the Blues (BluesTime, 1969)

Singles

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References

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External links

Gene Page discography at Discogs
Gene Page at AllMusic
Gene Page at IMDb

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Death

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

See also

References

External links

Gene Page

Broadcast History