Paul Weston

Paul Weston (March 12, 1912 – September 20, 1996) was an American pianist, arranger, composer and conductor. Weston was born Paul Wetstein in Springfield, Massachusetts. Weston has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring his work in music. Though born in Springfield, Weston was reared in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where his family moved when he was two years old. The son of Paul Wetstein, a teacher, and Anna Grady, his parents were also interested in music. At age eight, he started piano lessons. He was an economics major at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, where he graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1933. During his college days, Weston had his own band called "the Green Serenaders"; this allowed him to pay his own...