Jazz pianist and composer George Shearing, best known for composing the standard "Lullaby of Birdland," passed away in Manhattan on Monday morning of congestive heart failure, according his longtime manager Dan Sheets. He was 91.
Shearing, who was born on August 13, 1919, in Battersea, London, composed more than 300 titles, landing multiple albums on the "Billboard" charts throughout the 1950s to 1990s.
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