Euel Box

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2009) Euel Box (born December 31, 1928) is a music producer, composer, arranger, and trumpeter who has written major film scores and radio jingles for major markets. He was born in Georgetown, Texas. Film Scores edit: 1974 -- Benji, 1976 -- Hawmps!, 1977 -- Charge of the Model-T's, 1978 -- For the Love of Benji, 1979 -- The Double McGuffin, 1980 -- Oh Heavenly Dog, 1987 -- Benji the Hunted, Early years edit: Box studied composition at the University of North Texas College of Music in the 1950s and earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in 1952. One of his composition teachers was Violet Archer, resident composer. He was classmates with undergraduate student composer Larry Austin, Eloy Fominaya and graduate students Robert Gauldin and Clifford Shipp. Box married Betty Ruth McCrary and had three children:, Joni Kay Box (b April 11, 1953, Dallas, TX), Terry Joe Box (b Oct 11, 1950, Denton, TX), Alan Lee Box (b Oct 20, 1951, Denton, TX), Awards edit: Benji earned Box and his wife a 1975 nomination for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe award for best song. Jingles edit: Frito Twist/How To Twist -- advertising promotion for Frito-Lay. Frito Twist/How to Twist was recorded in Dallas, Texas, by the PAMS Jingle Studio. Frito Twist/How to Twist, Fritos promo 45rpm (1962), My Home Town jingle produced by PAMS, composed by Euel Box, et. al

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