Roger Kellaway Biography

Roger Kellaway (born November 1, 1939) is an American composer, arranger, and pianist. Born in Waban, Massachusetts, he is an alumnus of the New England Conservatory. Kellaway has composed commissioned works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, and jazz big band, as well as for film, TV, ballet and stage productions. As a composer/arranger, he has received two prestigious honors — a 1976 Oscar nomination for Best Adaptation Score for the film A Star Is Born, and the 1989 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement for the album Memos from Paradise. As a pianist, Kellaway has performed and recorded with a wide range of prominent musicians, such as Lena Horne, Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell, Natalie Cole, Yo-Yo Ma, Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, clarinetist Eddie Daniels, and jazz bassist Red Mitchell. Kellaway is perhaps best known for his Cello Quartet recordings in the 1970s.

For the TV sitcom All in the Family (Archie Bunker), Kellaway wrote and played the closing theme — "Remembering You".