What Happened Today In Music, April 16th 1924 was born Henry Mancini (Enrico Nicola Mancini), American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His works include the theme and soundtrack for the Peter Gunn television series as well as the music for The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's. Mancini died of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles on June 14, 1994. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBupII3LH_Q #TodayInMusic