Real name: John Alfred Mandel

Effective period / Period of releases: 1958 - 1979

American jazz and film music and popular music composer and arranger.
Born November 23, 1925, in New York City, NY, USA.
Died June 29, 2020, (age of 94) Ojai, CA, USA.
As a songwriter, he charted ten times between 1965-1992 in the U.S. and the U.K. His top charted song was "Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)" for the 1970 movie. He composed the music. The song charted four times between 1970-1992, including hitting #1 in the U.K. in 1980.
He was Inducted into the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame in 2009 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame a year later.