Mancini was born Enrico Nicola Mancini in the Little Italy neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the steel town of West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. His parents emigrated from the Abruzzo region of Italy. Mancini's father, Quinto, was a steelworker, who made his only child begin flute lessons at the age of eight. When Mancini was 12 years old, he began piano lessons. Quinto and Henry played flute together in the Aliquippa Italian immigrant band, "Sons of Italy". After high school, Mancini attended the renowned Juilliard School of Music in New York. In 1943, after roughly one year at Juilliard, his studies were interrupted when he was drafted into the army. In 1945, he participated in the liberation of a South German concentration camp.
Mancini recorded over 90 albums, in styles ranging from big band to classical to pop. Eight of these albums were certified gold by The Recording Industry Association of America. He had a 20 year contract with RCA Records, resulting in 60 commercial record albums that made him a household name composer of easy listening music.
Mancini's range also extended to orchestral and ethnic scores (Lifeforce, The Great Mouse Detective, Sunflower, "Tom and Jerry: The Movie", Molly Maguires, The Hawaiians), and darker themes ("Experiment In Terror," "The White Dawn," "Wait Until Dark," "The Night Visitor").
Mancini was also a concert performer, conducting over fifty engagements per year, resulting in over 600 symphony performances during his lifetime. Among the symphony orchestras he conducted are the London Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He appeared in 1966, 1980 and 1984 in command performances for the British Royal Family. He also toured several times with Johnny Mathis and with Andy Williams, who had sung many of Mancini's songs.[citation needed]
Mancini had experience with acting and voice roles. In 1994 he made a one-off cameo appearance in the first season of the sitcom series Frasier, as a call-in patient to Dr. Frasier Crane's radio show. Mancini voiced the character Al, who speaks with a melancholy drawl and hates the sound of his own voice, in the episode "Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast?" Mancini also had an uncredited performance as a pianist in the 1967 movie Gunn, the movie version of the series Peter Gunn, the score of which was originally composed by Mancini himself.
Mancini was nominated for an unprecedented 72 Grammys, winning 20 Additionally he was nominated for 18 Academy Awards, winning four. He also won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for two Emmys.
Mancini won a total of four Oscars for his music in the course of his career.
Mancini died at the age of 70 in Beverly Hills/Los Angeles, California of pancreatic cancer. He was working at the time on the Broadway stage version of Victor/Victoria. At the time of his death, Mancini was married to singer Virginia "Ginny" O´Connor, with whom he had three children. Ginny Mancini went on to found the Society of Singers a non profit organization which benefits the health and welfare of professional singers worldwide. Additionally the Society awards scholarships to students pursuing an education in the vocal arts and holds the annual Ella Awards.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers(ASCAP) Foundation "Henry Mancini Music Scholarship" has been awarded annually since 2001.
You'll Never Know
Henry Mancini Lyrics
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You'll never know just how much I care
And if I tried, I still couldn't hide my love for you
You ought to know, for haven't I told you so
A million or more times?
You went away and my heart went with you
I speak your name in my every prayer
I swear I don't know how
You'll never know if you don't know now
(You went away and my heart went with you
I speak your name in my every prayer)
If there is some other way to prove that I love you
I swear I don't know how
You'll never know if you don't know now
You'll never know if you don't know now
In Henry Mancini's song "You'll Never Know," the singer laments the fact that the person they love will never truly understand the depth of their feelings. The lyrics are full of regret and longing, as the singer admits that they have tried to hide their emotions but cannot deny the intensity of their love.
The lines "You went away and my heart went with you, I speak your name in my every prayer" reveal the pain of separation and the constant presence of the loved one's memory. The repeated phrase "You'll never know if you don't know now" emphasizes the urgency of the singer's desire to have their love reciprocated.
Overall, the song is a poignant reflection on the complexities of love and the ways in which it can be both exhilarating and challenging. The lyrics capture the bittersweet nature of unrequited love, as well as the hope that the loved one may someday understand the depth of the singer's feelings.
Line by Line Meaning
You'll never know just how much I miss you
I miss you so much, but you may never understand the depth of my longing.
You'll never know just how much I care
I care for you deeply, but you may never realize just how much.
And if I tried, I still couldn't hide my love for you
Even if I tried to conceal my love for you, it would still be apparent.
You ought to know, for haven't I told you so
I have already expressed my feelings for you, so you should be aware of them.
A million or more times?
I may have expressed my love for you countless times, but still you may not comprehend.
You went away and my heart went with you
When you left, my heart went along with you.
I speak your name in my every prayer
I think about you constantly and always make you a part of my prayers.
If there is some other way to prove that I love you
I am willing to prove my love for you by any means necessary, if only you'd give me the chance.
I swear I don't know how
I am willing, but maybe not capable of proving my love for you in any other way.
You'll never know if you don't know now
If you still have doubts about my love for you, you may never realize it unless you give me a chance.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JASON DARR, JACEN DEAN EKSTROM, BRIAN HOWES, MIKE SWEENEY, JAMIE WARREN
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