Lex de Azevedo
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Alexis "Lex" de Azevedo is an American Mormon
Mormon
The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity...

 composer, song writer, pianist and singer known primarily for his film scores and his work on the LDS
LDS
LDS may refer to:* LDS Church, abbreviation for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah...

 musical Saturday's Warrior
Saturday's Warrior
Saturday's Warrior is a Latter-day Saint musical written by Douglas Stewart and Lex de Azevedo. It was first performed in California in 1973 as a college project....

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Biography

Lex de Azevedo was born in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, the son of Alyce King of The King Sisters
The King Sisters
The King Sisters were an American big band-era vocal quartet.-History:Born and raised in Pleasant Grove, Utah, about 35 miles south of Salt Lake City, the King Sisters originally were part of the "Driggs Family of Entertainers"."In the early 1930s sisters Luise, Maxine and Alyce formed a vocal trio...

 by her first marriage.

De Azevedo served as a musical director for The Sonny & Cher Show, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

 and the Jackson Five and The Osmonds
The Osmonds
The Osmonds are an American family music group with a long and varied career—a career that took them from singing barbershop music as children, to achieving success as teen-music idols, to producing a hit television show, and to continued success as solo and group performers...

. He composed the scores for the films Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Red Fern Grows is a children's novel written by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys and trains two Redbone Coonhound hunting dogs. This book is a popular choice for early middle school reading classes, with a reading level appropriate to grades 4 and up.-Plot summary:Before leaving work one...

 and the The Swan Princess
The Swan Princess
The Swan Princess is a 1994 American animated film based on the ballet "Swan Lake". Starring the voice talents of Jack Palance, John Cleese, Steven Wright, and Sandy Duncan, the film is directed by a former Disney animation director, Richard Rich, with a music score by Lex de Azevedo...

, 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
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

, including Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida was a Brazilian virtuoso guitaristand composer who made many recordings of enduring impact in classical, jazz and Latin genres...

'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
The Human Beinz
The Human Beinz is an American rock and roll / frat rock band from Youngstown, Ohio. Originally known as The Human Beingz, the band initially featured John "Dick" Belley , Joe "Ting" Markulin , Mel Pachuta and Gary Coates -Early career:The Beinz started in 1964 as The Premiers, launching their...

, of the Isley Brothers' "Nobody but Me", which rose to #8 in 1968. He also secured a recording contract for novelty singer Mrs. Miller.

He has also composed for pop singers (including many members of his own family) and the stage.

He is also credited as the co-writer of the Latter Day Saint production, Saturday's Warrior
Saturday's Warrior
Saturday's Warrior is a Latter-day Saint musical written by Douglas Stewart and Lex de Azevedo. It was first performed in California in 1973 as a college project....

.

De Azevedo's daughter Rachel
Rachel Coleman
Rachel de Azevedo Coleman is an American musician and actress. With her sister Emilie de Azevedo Brown, she helped to create the Signing Time! video series to teach children basic American Sign Language . Coleman also produces and directs the series...

 is the producer of the popular Signing Time!
Signing Time!
Signing Time! is a television program targeted towards children one through eight that teaches American Sign Language. It is filmed in the United States and was created by Rachel de Azevedo Coleman and Emilie Brown. Coleman also hosts the series. Between the years 2006 and 2008, it was aired by...

 videos, designed to teach children American Sign Language
American Sign Language
American Sign Language, or ASL, for a time also called Ameslan, is the dominant sign language of Deaf Americans, including deaf communities in the United States, in the English-speaking parts of Canada, and in some regions of Mexico...

, and Lex appears in them during the grandparents sequence of Vol. 2. De Azevedo's daughter Julie De Azevedo is a popular Mormon
Mormon
The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity...

 inspirational pop singer.

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