Lex de Azevedo
| Lex de Azevedo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Alexis King de Azevedo January 14, 1943 Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Producer, director, composer, musician, actor |
| Spouse(s) | Linda Jan Carter (divorced 1994) Peggy Davis (divorced) Roseângela de Azevedo |
| Children | 10 (including Emilie Brown, Rachel Coleman) |
| Parent(s) | Alyce King Clarke (mother/deceased), Sydney de Azevedo (biological father/deceased), Robert Clarke (stepfather/deceased) |
| Family | Cam Clarke (half-brother) |
Alexis "Lex" King de Azevedo (born January 14, 1943) is an American composer, song writer, pianist and singer known primarily for his film scores and his work on The Swan Princess of which one of his songs was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. De Azevedo, a Mormon, also produced the music for the LDS musical Saturday's Warrior.
Lex de Azevedo was born in Los Angeles, the son of Alyce King of The King Sisters by her first marriage. He served as a musical director for The Sonny & Cher Show, Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five and The Osmonds. He composed the scores for the films Where the Red Fern Grows and The Swan Princess, for the latter he was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1995 for the song "Far Longer than Forever".
During the 1960s, De Azevedo produced several albums for Capitol Records, including Laurindo Almeida's Plays for a Man and a Woman and the Four King Cousins' Introducing the Four King Cousins.
He produced the hit version, by the Youngstown, Ohio-based quartet the Human Beinz, of the Isley Brothers' "Nobody but Me", which rose to #8 in 1968. He composed for pop singers (including many members of his own family) and the stage.
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