After interviewing legendary composer and arranger Russ Garcia by phone last week, I happened upon the photo you see above. It was taken in 1952. The more I looked at the image, the more the older gentleman to Russ' right looked familiar. I thought to myself, "It couldn't be, could it?" So I typed "Russell Garcia + Charlie Chaplin" into Google. Up came …
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