Torrie Zito
Born
October 12, 1933
Died
December 3, 2009 (76 years old)
Known For
Sound
Place of Birth
Utica, New York, USA
Freelance composer and arranger for recordings, musical commercials and television industrial films. As a teenager, he began working as a pianist in clubs. He later worked with Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Liza Minnelli, and Clay Aiken, and he provided the string orchestrations for a number of records, including the John Lennon album "Imagine". He also did arranging for Doc Severinsen and the NBC Orchestra on "The Tonight Show".