John R. Sbarra, Jr. (
Robert?)
November 13th, 1932-May 11th, 2009 (Bath, PA)
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There's not a whole lot of info on the man himself, but the LP "Lovely Ladies" has a short bio on him which sums up pretty much everything I have found online:
John R. Sbarra, composer of ten of the selections included in this album, has been writing music for more than 25 years. In fact Maureen was originally composed in 1957 and waited until now to be recorded. John, with his longtime friend and supporter, Joe DiBuono, co-composed the popular theme for Huckleberry Finn and contributed to a holiday theme Come to [t]he Stable along with other concert favorites which have been performed and conducted by Richard Hayman during his regular concert tours with [t]he St. Louis and Detroit Symphony Orchestras, Pop Series. Richard, in fact, recorded an album of their music which was released last year. John, in his early career, studied composition under Alfred Newman, one of the foremost screen composers of all time.
The cues featured in the SIMS which I'm assuming is what lead you here, were sourced from Megatrax CD "Orchestral Archives Volume 1" (MX53).
I don't think these were sourced from prior library releases, but 'regular' commercial easy listening LPs. I'm no expert in this field, but I believe these cues were sourced and retitled from at least one or more of the following LPs:
Lovely Ladies - Norrie Paramor and His Orchestra (
Haynes & Sbarra H & S 1001, 1978
?)
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Now's the Time... Love Will Always Matter - Frank Barber and His Orchestra (
Haynes & Sbarra H & S 1002, 1979)
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Manhattan Rhapsody: John Fox Plays the Music of John Sbarra (
Duramore DMC 3003, 1985
?)
As you may have picked up on, the first two LPs were both issued on the Haynes & Sbarra label, itself under Haynes & Sbarra Music Publishing & Production Co., based in Rockaway, NJ - and presumably named after Tom Haynes and John Sbarra. The publishing rights for the company are now under Timothy J. Haynes Publishing, which would explain his co-writing credits.
A later compilation CD titled
All My Best... Love Will Always Matter (
Duramore Music Co. JS-001, 1990) also compiles compositions from these LPs and an unidentified Syd Dale LP(?).
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Hope that gives you a bit more to go on