
Early life May was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He played trumpet professionally in big bands such as those of Charlie Barnet starting in 1939, but became best known as a talented arranger. His arrangement of the Ray Noble composition Cherokee became a major hit of the swing music era. During the Barnet days, May revealed a significant flair for satire on a composition titled The Wrong Idea that ridiculed the bland Mickey Mouse style of safe big band music with specific musical mockery of bandleader Sammy Kaye
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The Look of Love
Hernando's Hideaway
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Remastered 1996
Mission Impossible
So Nice (Summer Samba)
Man With the Golden Arm
Girl Talk
The Man With the Golden Arm
Gopher Mambo - 1996 Digital Remaster
Hernando's Hideaway - Remastered