who wrote the song coat of many colors
Coat of Many Colors (song) "Coat of Many Colors" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Dolly Parton, which has been described on a number of occasions as her favorite song she has written. It was released in October 1971 as the second single and title track from the album Coat of Many Colors.
Fred Steiner Frederick "Fred" Steiner (February 24, 1923 – June 23, 2011) was an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, film historian and arranger for television, radio and film. Steiner wrote the theme music for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and Perry Mason. While Alexander Courage composed the theme music for the original Star Trek TV series (TOS), Steiner’s significant contributions to the franchise included scoring or conducting 29 episodes for TOS between 1966 – 1969 and composing and orchestrating additional music for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).[1] Additionally, Steiner was also one of the team of composers for the 1985 film, The Color Purple, which received an Oscar nomination and was an uncredited composer for Return of the Jedi.[1]