The 1966 Batman television show is remembered for many things, including its iconic theme song. While the lyrics were just one word, the “Batman Theme” composer said he had difficulty writing the ...

Neal Hefti, a former big band trumpeter, arranger and composer who worked with Woody Herman and Count Basie and later composed the memorable themes for the movie “The Odd Couple" and the campy hit TV ...

Neal Hefti, whose brilliance as a jazz composer and arranger for Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and other entertainers might have been overshadowed by his familiar theme songs for "Batman" and "The Odd ...

Neal Hefti, a top jazz arranger of the 1940s and ’50s and Grammy-winning composer of the “Batman” and “Odd Couple” themes, died Saturday at his home in Toluca Lake, Calif. He was 85. Hefti composed ...

Here's that message from Bill Crow about Neal Hefti and Bill Claxton. I told this story in my second book, but I'll tell it again here for those who haven't read it: When I first moved to New York ...