"I just heard that we lost saxophone master Plas Johnson," he wrote. "Best known for his famous sax part on the Pink Panther ...

His recording for the theme song, written by Henry Mancini, included a solo improvised in the studio. He also backed Frank ...

Plas Johnson, the saxophonist behind the theme song for the 1963 film "The Pink Panther," died on July 15. He was 94.

He was the featured soloist in the iconic 1963 film's opening number.

Eric D. Johnson has a very practical reason why he started recording his music in 1997 under the name Fruit Bats and has (mostly) kept it ever since. "I have an extremely ordinary name, for one thing.

Plas Johnson, the Hollywood studio saxophonist whose smooth tenor line gave The Pink Panther its unmistakable swagger, has ...

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The "Pink Panther Theme" won three Grammy Awards and was a top-10 hit on Billboard's adult contemporary chart.

The prolific musician played on recordings for artists like Frank Sinatra, BB King, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, the Beach ...

"My solos always seemed to bring the record up another notch," Johnson said in one interview. He played with Frank Sinatra ...