Joseph Raymond Conniff (November 6, 1916 - October 12, 2002) was an American musician. He was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and learned to play the trombone from his father. He studied music arranging from a course book. After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II (where he worked under
Walter Schumann), he was hired by Mitch Miller, then head of A & R at Columbia Records as their home arranger, and he worked with several artists, including
Rosemary Clooney,
Marty Robbins,
Frankie Laine,
Johnny Mathis,
Guy Mitchell and
Johnnie Ray. He wrote a top 10 arrangement for
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