Overview

• Mangione passed away in his sleep at his Rochester home on July 22, his manager said
• He won two Grammy Awards—in 1977 for best instrumental composition and in 1979 for best pop instrumental performance—among 14 nominations
• His 1978 instrumental “Feels So Good” became a platinum-selling crossover hit and reached No. 2 on the Billboard albums chart
• Mangione composed “Chase The Clouds Away” for the 1976 Montreal Olympics and “Give It All You Got” for the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games
• Over a multi-decade career he released more than 30 albums and appeared on television shows such as King of the Hill and Magnum, P.I.