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Also known as John Costa

American pianist

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
BR
Active from
1945-09-26
Active to
2022-11-09

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Listeners
9,208
Total plays
96,576

Tags

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Johnny Costa (January 18, 1922 – October 11, 1996) was an accomplished jazz pianist. Given the title "The White Tatum" by jazz legend Art Tatum himself, Costa is best known for his work as musical director of the children's television program, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Costa graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with two degrees in music, and immediately began work as a musician, and eventually music director, for Pittsburgh's KDKA-TV. He provided piano and organ music for many programs

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
John
Family name
Costa
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Arnold
Place of death
Pittsburgh
Occupation
composer
Instrument
accordion
Image
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date of death
1996-10-11
date of birth
1922-01-17
place of burial
Philadelphia
cause of death
anemia
start of work period
1955-00-00
Commons category
Johnny Costa
manner of death
natural causes
number of viewers/listeners
475270
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