Perry Botkin Jr., Grammy-Winning Arranger of "Nadia's Theme," Dies at 87
Quark. The Young and the Restless was retitled "Nadia's Theme" when ABC's Wide World of Sports used it in a montage during the 1976 Summer Olympics, where the Romanian Comăneci, then 14, scored several perfect 10s en route to three gold medals. The track earned Botkin a Grammy for best instrumental arrangement in 1977. Also among his credits were "Wichita Lineman," a big hit for Glen Campbell, and "Rhythm of the Rain," which The Cascades took to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. He scored such films as They Only Kill Their Masters (1972), Skyjacked (1972), Tarzan the Ape M...
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