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Arranger,
choral director, composer, keyboardist and vocalist who has
practically made a living tweaking hymns to suit his own unique piano stylings.
His ubiquitous
sheet music includes the Quiet Time
and Singing Men on Sunday Morning
series, as well as Lord of Light,
Prince of Peace: A Musical
Dream for Christmas, replete with a version for concert
performance. He has also done
new arrangements of Stephen Foster songs, including “Camptown Races” and “Nelly Bly”.
A few of his
CDs include Blessed Assurance: Hymns that Comfort the Heart, Quiet Time Piano, and Wonderful Peace. Many of these can be previewed and
are available for download. Not
into mp3s? You can still
purchase the Dick Bolks Singers’ Close to Thee on 8-track tape.
As far has his
vocal work is concerned, he is an in-demand baritone-bass who has sung on
the soundtracks of Charlotte’s
Web, Dr. Seuss’ Horton
Hears a Who!, Heidi’s Song,
King Kong (2005), Robots, Van Helsing, and Yogi’s First Christmas. Other artists with whom he has
worked include Frank Sinatra on his 1979 boxed set, Trilogy, and Celine Dion on her Christmas album, These are Special Times.
He has also
appeared on-screen as a piano player in the Gilmore Girls episode entitled “Keg! Max!” which aired on 29th
April 2003.
Sources:
- http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/a/phrase.html?id=10480&phrase=bolks
- http://www.oldchristianmusic.com/arrangement/piano.htm
- http://www.oldchristianmusic.com/mproductpages/dick-bolks--blessed-assurance.html
- http://www.fredbock.com/Promo.asp?page=230
- http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1336229/Dick-Bolks
- http://www.tv.com/dick-bolks/person/196577/summary.html
- http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,406012,00.html
- http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=1368232&song=I+Love+To+Tell+The+Story
- http://www.simplicityrecords.com/quiettime.htm
- http://www.8-track-shack.com/dick-bolks-singers-close-to-thee-p-8543.html
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1135409/
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