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{{Short description|American vocal arranger and conductor}}
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==Early life==
Conlon was born in 1910 in [[Cuba City, Wisconsin]].
Conlon's first major arranging work was with the [[Kay Kyser]] Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web|title=Encyclopedia Dubuque|url=http://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=CONLON%2C_Jud|website=Encyclopedia Dubuque|accessdate=December 1, 2015}}</ref>
== Career ==
In 1945, the Kay Kyser band was
Conlon, trained on the accordion and as a vocal arranger and conductor, had an ambition to form his own vocal group.
==The Rhythmaires==
The Rhythmaires had launched an association with Crosby that would continue for almost a decade in
Sometimes the Rhythmaires would be expanded into either The Jud Conlon Singers (e.g. "Stay Well", "Sorry") or The Jud Conlon Choir (e.g. "The Loneliness of Evening", "[[More I Cannot Wish You]]", "We Meet Again"
The Rhythmaires also furnished background vocals for Crosby in [[Walt Disney]]’s ''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad|The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]'' (from ''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]]''), released in 1949.<ref name="auto"/>
After the conclusion of Philco Radio Time in 1949,
In early 1958,
For the first two seasons of [[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis]] (CBS-TV, 1959-1963) the Rhythmaires performed the opening and closing theme song, "Dobie",<ref>{{cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |author-link= |date=2020 |title=The Television Treasury: Onscreen Details from Sitcoms, Dramas and Other Scripted Series, 1947-2019 |url= |location=Jefferson NC |publisher=McFarland & Co., Inc. |page=227 |isbn=978-1-4766-8029-3}}</ref> written by [[Lionel Newman]] and [[Max Shulman]].
==Other work==
Crosby had used Conlon to make arrangements and vocal backgrounds for his radio series, and Conlon went on to work for [[Andy Williams]] and [[Guy Lombardo]]. In the mid-1950s,
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==Personal life==
== Filmography ==
===Music department===
* ''[[The Judy Garland Show]]'' (1963–64) (CBS TV) (Choral Arrangements) Credited as The Jud Conlon Singers.
* ''[[Babes in Toyland (1961 film)|Babes in Toyland]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Bobby Darin]] and Friends'' (1961) (TV) (music arranger: vocal arrangements)
* ''[[Screen Directors Playhouse]]'' (music arranger: vocal arrangements) (1 episode, 1956)
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===Self===
* Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956)
* The Scene Of the Crime (1956) (as the Jud Conlon Singers with Bob Thompson's Orch.)
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|0174845}}
* {{Discogs artist|Jud Conlon}}
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[[Category:1966 deaths]]
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[[Category:Capitol Records artists]]
[[Category:Decca Records artists]]
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