Muzzy Marcellino

If you've ever noticed the haunting whistling featured in "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," the theme composed by Ennio Morricone for the Sergio Leone spaghetti Western of the same name starring Clint Eastwood, then you've heard Muzzy Marcellino's famous whistle at its best. He also whistled The High and the Mighty theme, and his mellifluous pucker also is featured on Esquivel's Latin-esque album. Hollywood and advertising agencies routinely called on Marcellino's distinctive talent for whistling throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s. Even Disneyland got in on the act, usin...