Born in Battle, Sussex, England on May 9, 1914, Frank Chacksfield was a pianist,
composer and bandleader best known for his string of easy listening albums
recorded with His Orchestra. While rock music was created for the younger
generation, light entertainment / easy listening artists like Frank Chacksfield,
Mantovani, and Bert Kaempfert were very successful with parents and grandparents
of rock fans and often had successful hits on charts that were usually dominated
by youth-oriented fare. Before forming His Orchestra, Frank Chacksfield had
spent years as a conductor and arrang...